Well I have just come back from my holiday - on the Queen Mary II - and it was wonderful - and to commemorate there is a new photo - which actually includes me - on the blog.
I will get round to a proper update in the near future, M255 is going well and the final assignment is being checked for as we speak. However, all the learning I have had to do coupled with the break has pushed all useful information out of my brain. This morning when I got to work I had forgotten my pass code to get in and had to be let in by the receptionist.....ah well.
Thursday, 30 August 2007
Wednesday, 1 August 2007
The Open University Boost I needed
Having been jaded with the whole OU experience recently (mainly because of the M253 horror) I have been given the boost to get back on with things that I needed.
Two course results have been returned - and by heck they were good ones.
MST121 - my second mathematics course - was returned and I had OCAS and OES scores of 98%. Unsurprisingly I really enjoyed this course, but was still pleasantly surprised by how well I performed on the last two assignments.
But, the big surprise was M263 - Distinction (WOO HOO!). I am so happy (although the question I performed most badly on was not actually the question that I thought I had stuffed up - strange but true). It was a very valuable experience in exam technique and I am relieved to have got off to this flying start as far as graded examinable components for my degree are concerned. It has given me the boost to get stuck back into M255 to see if I can reproduce this feat. :)
Two course results have been returned - and by heck they were good ones.
MST121 - my second mathematics course - was returned and I had OCAS and OES scores of 98%. Unsurprisingly I really enjoyed this course, but was still pleasantly surprised by how well I performed on the last two assignments.
But, the big surprise was M263 - Distinction (WOO HOO!). I am so happy (although the question I performed most badly on was not actually the question that I thought I had stuffed up - strange but true). It was a very valuable experience in exam technique and I am relieved to have got off to this flying start as far as graded examinable components for my degree are concerned. It has given me the boost to get stuck back into M255 to see if I can reproduce this feat. :)
Monday, 23 July 2007
M255 - recapturing the enthusiasm
So after the misery that was M253, and the intensity leading up to the M263 exam, M255 got lost in the quagmire and I found myself with little enthusiasm for the course. However, with TMA 03 I made a conscious effort to get my arse back into gear and get on with it. What do you know - it paid off. I managed a 99% - which I am very proud of. Hopefully I can carry the momentum forward into the final TMA and onwards to the exam in October.
Having looked at the specimen paper it looks challenging - but I can only do my best, and there is my holiday between now and then to enervate me even more!
Having looked at the specimen paper it looks challenging - but I can only do my best, and there is my holiday between now and then to enervate me even more!
M253 Feedback
So I passed M253 - not wonderfully - but I passed it.
What is confusing is that I received some feedback on the examinable component - i.e. the last assignment - and I am not sure if it makes any sense. I don't know whether too much time has elapsed between getting the results or what but the comments didn't really help..............
Ah well - onwards and upwards.
What is confusing is that I received some feedback on the examinable component - i.e. the last assignment - and I am not sure if it makes any sense. I don't know whether too much time has elapsed between getting the results or what but the comments didn't really help..............
Ah well - onwards and upwards.
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
A death in the family....
Alas one of the turbo snails has shuffled off the mortal coil.
(S)/he had been falling off things a lot lately so I imagine that the end was nigh but unfortunately last Friday I found an upturned shell and no sign of an inhabitant.
Who will eat my algae now?
(S)/he had been falling off things a lot lately so I imagine that the end was nigh but unfortunately last Friday I found an upturned shell and no sign of an inhabitant.
Who will eat my algae now?
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
M253 Results?
I wonder where the M253 results are....it has been over two months since the final ECA and as of yet there has been no word.
The date for the final submission was March 26, any yet here we are ten weeks later with no results.
I think I will mail the OU to check.
The date for the final submission was March 26, any yet here we are ten weeks later with no results.
I think I will mail the OU to check.
Monday, 28 May 2007
Long time no post....
It seems like forever since I got round to writing on this thing...I blame work. The new job is keeping me very busy which means I have less time to muse!
So what has happened since the last posting - well the marine tank now has two Clarki Clown Fish, 2 Yellow-Tailed Damsels and a Firefish (very pretty but very shy). As we speak I am acclimating a blood shrimp to the tank. He is not the happiest little shrimp at the moment, but hopefully that will pass and he will settle down.
There is also a figure of 8 puffer going into the tropical tank - he is beautiful, I just hope he isn't ultra destructive....there are plenty of snails for him to chomp on though - so he should be fine.
As far as OU goes things are still fairly hectic. I am finally getting over the horror that was M253, and managed to get my final TMA for M263 in on time. The result truly shocked me - 99% - guess I know more than I thought I did. We will have to see how I fare in the exam - which is no the 11th June. It will be my first exam in 8 years so I am not expecting miracles!
M255 TMA 02 is due this week (24th) and luckily it is finished. Also MST121 TMA_04 is also due for submission. That has been written for a while so all I have to do is to remember to put it in the post next week and that will be all of my level 1 courses done and dusted (I have already submitted the last CMA for MST121). There have been no results for M253 as of yet. I have provided the OU with my feedback on "the worst course ever" though.
In other news I am back at the gym - it has been a real mental struggle after being out for so long with my back but, touch wood, it is going really well - and I am much much happier in myself because of it.
Hopefully won't be another month before I post my next entry!
So what has happened since the last posting - well the marine tank now has two Clarki Clown Fish, 2 Yellow-Tailed Damsels and a Firefish (very pretty but very shy). As we speak I am acclimating a blood shrimp to the tank. He is not the happiest little shrimp at the moment, but hopefully that will pass and he will settle down.
There is also a figure of 8 puffer going into the tropical tank - he is beautiful, I just hope he isn't ultra destructive....there are plenty of snails for him to chomp on though - so he should be fine.
As far as OU goes things are still fairly hectic. I am finally getting over the horror that was M253, and managed to get my final TMA for M263 in on time. The result truly shocked me - 99% - guess I know more than I thought I did. We will have to see how I fare in the exam - which is no the 11th June. It will be my first exam in 8 years so I am not expecting miracles!
M255 TMA 02 is due this week (24th) and luckily it is finished. Also MST121 TMA_04 is also due for submission. That has been written for a while so all I have to do is to remember to put it in the post next week and that will be all of my level 1 courses done and dusted (I have already submitted the last CMA for MST121). There have been no results for M253 as of yet. I have provided the OU with my feedback on "the worst course ever" though.
In other news I am back at the gym - it has been a real mental struggle after being out for so long with my back but, touch wood, it is going really well - and I am much much happier in myself because of it.
Hopefully won't be another month before I post my next entry!
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