I just got 80% on my first piece of coursework for my 2nd module (DD205), woo :-). And it was on a really boring subject that I'm not personally interested in (the USA/Mexico border).

I got two 80%-courseworks for my last module (DD100), and an average of 71%. (With the last half of the course being completed in Afghanistan, away from my library and mostly offline!).

So, what I learned from this first piece is: Leave it to the last minute, and then rush it!

Tags: academia, afghanistan, degree, offline, sociology, studying, university, vexen
Current Location: Monchengladbach, Germany

I may be coming to the UK, London, for some days at the beginning of April. I will be doing two things:

1. Daytime: Sitting in the British Library with a laptop, being a geek</p>
2. Going to The Dev</p>

I don't know if I'll get to any nightclubs, as I'm not entirely sure what days I'll be over.

I'll be basically flying over from Mon 02 Apr 2007 to the Sat (5 nights)... can I crash in a spare room somewhere, if anyone is so kind!

Tags: british library, library, studying, uk
Current Location: Monchengladbach, Germany

I'm a student... 'cos I'm a first year student, I'm a "fresher".

I'm studying Social Sciences with Sociology at the Open University. First module starts in a few weeks. Badly timed, that, 'cos I'm also getting married, going on honeymoon and moving house. I'm sure I can fit in some studying, too.

Anyway... I feel kind-of overexperienced to be doing an "Introduction to the Social Sciences" module... the pre-prep stuff they sent me was to do with quoting people, reading texts critically, and all kinds of other Scholar 101 things that I think I know rather well...

Also, as a third of my library can be applied to the social sciences, hopefully I can produce some well-researched and referenced texts for them... I've got to ask my tutor what their rules are quoting yourself in your own essays. I don't want to be done for plagiarism when it's my text in the first place! Might have to reword my own words in order to avoid copycatting myself!

Tags: life, open university, studying
Current Mood: excited
Listening To: Jellybean - The Real Thing