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Chess Piece Face
How about "all-rounder"? Or "renaissance man/woman", for that matter...


Yep, that would do :smile:
jcb914
Does anyone actually use those? Ours seem to be permanently set to one or the other..... :p:

My building is new and doesn't even have one! I didn't use my one in my room last year that often. :yes:
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ukebert
Well not really, as that is a negative thing, whereas Y__ was talking about somebody being good at lots of things. Jack of all trades means that you are barely competent at lots of things (i.e. me).

I've always understood it as being good at everything, rather than something negative.
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Barbara Bodenhorn has been around for that long?! I thought she was relatively new to Cambridge!
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Craghyrax
I've always understood it as being good at everything, rather than something negative.


I think the full phrase is 'Jack of all trades, master of none', or something like that.
Big problem is that "eierlegende Wollmilchsau" doesn't just refer to people. And yes, I think it's a bit of a negative thing.
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generalebriety
Big problem is that "eierlegende Wollmilchsau" doesn't just refer to people. And yes, I think it's a bit of a negative thing.


Oh well, I suppose I will have to live with the fact that there's no exact translation for the phrase :smile: .

warning: maths follows:
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Lol Y :p:
Geritak
I think the full phrase is 'Jack of all trades, master of none', or something like that.

Oohhh...
Btw, which stream did you take this year?
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Craghyrax
Oohhh...
Btw, which stream did you take this year?


I took Soc Anth - I don't have my first supervision until this Friday, though, which is slightly annoying.

Right now, I'm struggling with an essay on the modern relevance of Marx (hence why I'm posting on here at this ridiculous hour!) which needs to be e-mailed off tomorrow. It's not even that I don't understand the points I'm making, it's just that on the journey from my brain to my hands, the words seem to be getting stuck at about my elbows... :woo:
I seem to be the only one in the group trying to do handwritten timed essays rather than full trying-to-understand-the-material essays. Looks like tomorrow's supervision is going to be a real correctional session.
michaelyus
I seem to be the only one in the group trying to do handwritten timed essays rather than full trying-to-understand-the-material essays. Looks like tomorrow's supervision is going to be a real correctional session.

I'm doing the latter...I'd rather crack the material now, and sort exam technique later, than be able to write a perfect essay with no content.
616 words down...
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616 words down...


Are you doing an all nighter? Cos I am...
The West Wing
Are you doing an all nighter? Cos I am...


Well, I've got to get this essay done by 8am... Whether it takes me all night remains to be seen :p:
Phew, I've finished my essay and sent it to my supervisor. And so to bed :sleep:
michaelyus
I seem to be the only one in the group trying to do handwritten timed essays rather than full trying-to-understand-the-material essays. Looks like tomorrow's supervision is going to be a real correctional session.


I think at this stage it's better to go with the latter - you'll be using your essays to revise later, and the extra reading you do for these now are also useful.
Chess Piece Face
How about "all-rounder"? Or "renaissance man/woman", for that matter...


Or even, a bit closer to home, RenaissanceMensch? ;p
Chess Piece Face
Phew, I've finished my essay and sent it to my supervisor. And so to bed :sleep:

I gave up on my essay at 4, then woke up at 7 to get it done. As if it wasn't already difficult enough to stay awake during Cells lectures, on 3 hours sleep it'll be impossible.

And I'm feeling ****** for other reasons too, today's gonna be a bad day.
I received a message this morning on Facebook. Someone wanting information about ''studing'' at my university as they want to continue ''studing'' at post graduate level.
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John's has slidey things. And Jack of all trades is definitely a negative. It's really annoying me though...I'm sure english does have another good word or phrase to label something with a lot of different uses/benefits/skills....or something....but I can't make it come into my head >.<

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