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Photoshoots and Exams
Posted March 18th 2015 at 07:57 PM by LlamaLlamaDuck
Currently nibbling thoughtfully on Skittles (I just can't decide if I like the blue ones or not), glaring at my sports psychology textbooks, and refreshing the SHERLOCKED page every minute or so.
Tickets for the photoshoots are on sale as of 7pm. It's now 6.28pm. I've decided, after a lot of to-ing and fro-ing to get photos with Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Gatiss. The Holmes boys. I'd really love to get Andrew Scott as well but standing in queues all weekend waiting for photos isn't the reason we're going down there. I might change my mind last minute and go with Benedict and Andrew. Actually, I probably will. It's a little more expensive but it's a once in a lifetime chance so I fully intend to make the most of every moment.
I just need to get through this exam tomorrow first. If you can call it that. We're allowed one of the books in with us, and we can write whatever the hell we want in it as long as there are no extra sheets of paper or anything stuck in there. We also have access to the case studies that will be used so if one is about a team we can guess that team dynamics and cohesion will be asked about, if one is about a guy who just can't make his ass exercise, it'll be about adherence and motivational techniques. I only need 40% to pass and even though the paper is designed to take two hours, we get three hours to complete it. If you can't get 40% with THAT much extra help then you might as well just give up now. At least, that's what I was thinking earlier if I somehow manage to fail this.
I then decided to completely avoid unless absolutely necessary any modules that involve an exam from now on. I'm much happier with the EMAs that you work on at home in your own time and hand in by the deadline. At least THOSE don't have to be handwritten. I can guarantee if I fail it will be because they can't read my writing properly.
I'm looking forward to it in a strange way. I can't wait to walk out of there and know I never have to open one of those books again. Weinberg and Gould (or Weiner and Gouldberg as I keep calling them) can bugger off for good. The book is just not suited to the module. Two good reasons why: 1. It's American so all the numbers and statistics relate to America. I'm studying in Scotland. Just a tiny difference there. 2. The guidance notes for the second assignment seriously said "You will notice that the Study Guide and textbook have different definitions of the termination stage. You will not be marked down for whichever you choose."
THEY DEFINE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. It's not something small either. The Study Guide defines the termination stage of the whatever-it-is model as failing/relapsing and going back to the start. Weiner and Gouldberg describe it as when you're successful and reach the end of the stages. THOSE ARE POLAR OPPOSITE DEFINITIONS.
Aside from that, we have all these activities and audio clips and DVDs and God knows what else to do each week. This module is 30 credits. It's got more work than the three others I've done put together and they amounted to 120 credits in all. In other words: One class from second year has more work than the entirety of first year. In a shorter space of time.
But once it's over I'm meeting the lovely girlfriend (
) for a while. I can finally breathe because that will be one huge thing less to deal with.
And I will never have to lug those books into work with me again. Hallelujah!
Tickets for the photoshoots are on sale as of 7pm. It's now 6.28pm. I've decided, after a lot of to-ing and fro-ing to get photos with Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Gatiss. The Holmes boys. I'd really love to get Andrew Scott as well but standing in queues all weekend waiting for photos isn't the reason we're going down there. I might change my mind last minute and go with Benedict and Andrew. Actually, I probably will. It's a little more expensive but it's a once in a lifetime chance so I fully intend to make the most of every moment.
I just need to get through this exam tomorrow first. If you can call it that. We're allowed one of the books in with us, and we can write whatever the hell we want in it as long as there are no extra sheets of paper or anything stuck in there. We also have access to the case studies that will be used so if one is about a team we can guess that team dynamics and cohesion will be asked about, if one is about a guy who just can't make his ass exercise, it'll be about adherence and motivational techniques. I only need 40% to pass and even though the paper is designed to take two hours, we get three hours to complete it. If you can't get 40% with THAT much extra help then you might as well just give up now. At least, that's what I was thinking earlier if I somehow manage to fail this.
I then decided to completely avoid unless absolutely necessary any modules that involve an exam from now on. I'm much happier with the EMAs that you work on at home in your own time and hand in by the deadline. At least THOSE don't have to be handwritten. I can guarantee if I fail it will be because they can't read my writing properly.
I'm looking forward to it in a strange way. I can't wait to walk out of there and know I never have to open one of those books again. Weinberg and Gould (or Weiner and Gouldberg as I keep calling them) can bugger off for good. The book is just not suited to the module. Two good reasons why: 1. It's American so all the numbers and statistics relate to America. I'm studying in Scotland. Just a tiny difference there. 2. The guidance notes for the second assignment seriously said "You will notice that the Study Guide and textbook have different definitions of the termination stage. You will not be marked down for whichever you choose."
THEY DEFINE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. It's not something small either. The Study Guide defines the termination stage of the whatever-it-is model as failing/relapsing and going back to the start. Weiner and Gouldberg describe it as when you're successful and reach the end of the stages. THOSE ARE POLAR OPPOSITE DEFINITIONS.
Aside from that, we have all these activities and audio clips and DVDs and God knows what else to do each week. This module is 30 credits. It's got more work than the three others I've done put together and they amounted to 120 credits in all. In other words: One class from second year has more work than the entirety of first year. In a shorter space of time.
But once it's over I'm meeting the lovely girlfriend (
) for a while. I can finally breathe because that will be one huge thing less to deal with.And I will never have to lug those books into work with me again. Hallelujah!
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