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Oof, it has really been ages. Even by my usual standards I have been stupidly busy the last couple of months...
So I had my first semester exams, which for the most part went pretty well. Marks are given out of 20, with the pass mark being 10 and something like 16 being roughly equivalent to the cut-off point for a 1st. Apart from one coursework based module where I got a zero because I had an ADHD and missed the deadline (but there's no cap on the resit mark, and I'll just have to resubmit the work I've already done), I got one 12, one 16, one 19, and three 20s. I am particularly proud of my 20 in History of Church and Theology for two reasons - one is that I found it a lot more challenging than the other courses I did well in, and worked bloody hard for it, and the other is that I ran into my history professor a few weeks later at an evening lecture, and he introduced me as "the only student I've ever given a 20 to" which was extremely gratifying!
My second semester started really well, and my new modules are all extremely interesting, but the last few weeks have been a little challenging, with one thing after another going wrong. And whilst no one individual thing has been unsurpassable (although some have been bloody expensive), the accumulated effect has been rather draining. In my Hebrew class we are working through translating the first couple of chapters of Job, and it is feeling rather too relevant for comfort... I think the first thing was leaving my bag - containing my laptop, my passport, and my kindle - on the train. Then a week later my bike was stolen. Then a couple of days later I flooded my kitchen. Then the next day I tripped whilst I was running for a train, and hurt my shoulder. Then the following day (which was Shrove Tuesday) I was about to start making pancakes when fuse in my hob went, taking out the electricity in my flat, and it took me a couple of days to figure out where the tripped switch was to turn it back on, and the hob is still broken and I still haven't had my pancakes!
And one way or another dealing with these things (not having a laptop for a few days, having to stay at home to wait for things to be delivered, not having electricity) has lead to missing lectures and not being able to get as much work done. And I am getting old so more than a week later my shoulder still hurts, which is making it hard to sleep, and to do housework, and neither being in pain nor being horribly short of sleep, nor being in a messy environment are terribly conducive to getting work done, especially work than involves concentrating hard. So I am feeling quite behind and quite stressed. And all will be fine, and I will get caught up, but I would really appreciate it if life could refrain from firing any more curveballs for the next few weeks...
So I had my first semester exams, which for the most part went pretty well. Marks are given out of 20, with the pass mark being 10 and something like 16 being roughly equivalent to the cut-off point for a 1st. Apart from one coursework based module where I got a zero because I had an ADHD and missed the deadline (but there's no cap on the resit mark, and I'll just have to resubmit the work I've already done), I got one 12, one 16, one 19, and three 20s. I am particularly proud of my 20 in History of Church and Theology for two reasons - one is that I found it a lot more challenging than the other courses I did well in, and worked bloody hard for it, and the other is that I ran into my history professor a few weeks later at an evening lecture, and he introduced me as "the only student I've ever given a 20 to" which was extremely gratifying!
My second semester started really well, and my new modules are all extremely interesting, but the last few weeks have been a little challenging, with one thing after another going wrong. And whilst no one individual thing has been unsurpassable (although some have been bloody expensive), the accumulated effect has been rather draining. In my Hebrew class we are working through translating the first couple of chapters of Job, and it is feeling rather too relevant for comfort... I think the first thing was leaving my bag - containing my laptop, my passport, and my kindle - on the train. Then a week later my bike was stolen. Then a couple of days later I flooded my kitchen. Then the next day I tripped whilst I was running for a train, and hurt my shoulder. Then the following day (which was Shrove Tuesday) I was about to start making pancakes when fuse in my hob went, taking out the electricity in my flat, and it took me a couple of days to figure out where the tripped switch was to turn it back on, and the hob is still broken and I still haven't had my pancakes!
And one way or another dealing with these things (not having a laptop for a few days, having to stay at home to wait for things to be delivered, not having electricity) has lead to missing lectures and not being able to get as much work done. And I am getting old so more than a week later my shoulder still hurts, which is making it hard to sleep, and to do housework, and neither being in pain nor being horribly short of sleep, nor being in a messy environment are terribly conducive to getting work done, especially work than involves concentrating hard. So I am feeling quite behind and quite stressed. And all will be fine, and I will get caught up, but I would really appreciate it if life could refrain from firing any more curveballs for the next few weeks...
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Date: 2025-03-11 02:52 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2025-03-11 04:45 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2025-03-11 05:35 pm (UTC)From:And wrt the rest, rooting for you so much, especially for a much calmer few weeks for things to improve in. <3
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Date: 2025-03-12 01:27 am (UTC)From:Equally, the grades and the history in particular are eminent grounds for bragging!
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Date: 2025-03-12 11:49 am (UTC)From:Sorry to hear about the TooMany curveballs. Hope things are less ballsed up soon.
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Date: 2025-03-12 05:41 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2025-03-12 09:32 pm (UTC)From:And well done on the excellent grades
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Date: 2025-03-13 03:05 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2025-03-18 04:41 pm (UTC)From:I hope all the less-good things are done with now!