Communal University Journey Journal

[Shadowxo]

There are people in my engineering workshop that haven't attended or even watched any of the lectures this sem. yhe demonstrators choose our groups for us for most of the assignments (yay) so I'm relying on luck to get someone who's capable :-/

[M909]

August 11:

Was so glad it wasn't freezing yesterday morning, hoping that will also be the case today Also, attend all my tutes, but watch certain lectures at home if I can (Eg MAST10009 are 4 days a week and you pretty much have to be there to see blackboard, but there's 1 ACTL10001 lecture on Wednesday where everything is recorded, so Wednesdays my 'day off' - which I mostly spend studying , but I find this is actually better as I can pause, try the question, then resume so I understand content and take on much more). Also, 1-1.5hr travel each way really takes a tole, so I think you kind of have to be flexible and figure out what works best for you, rather than attending EVERY class cause it's 'recommended'

[Shadowxo]

August 11:

Was so glad it wasn't freezing yesterday morning, hoping that will also be the case today Also, attend all my tutes, but watch certain lectures at home if I can (Eg MAST10009 are 4 days a week and you pretty much have to be there to see blackboard, but there's 1 ACTL10001 lecture on Wednesday where everything is recorded, so Wednesdays my 'day off' - which I mostly spend studying , but I find this is actually better as I can pause, try the question, then resume so I understand content and take on much more). Also, 1-1.5hr travel each way really takes a tole, so I think you kind of have to be flexible and figure out what works best for you, rather than attending EVERY class cause it's 'recommended'

I'm the same, I have a single lecture on Thursdays so it's my day off. Downside is I sometime forget to watch it (like yesterday) so I might watch it on the weekend and hope I can follow today's lecture
I've found a day off is very useful to me, last semester I didn't have any so on my weekend 1 day was spent doing physics and maths homework (physics homework was exceptionally difficult and took 3-10 hours, most people just gave up) and Sunday I had to travel 1h each way for a 4h meeting. So, basically no days off for me.
This time though I can get lots of my work done early so I'll have part of the weekend to either relax or get a head start on things makes it a lot less stressful

[K888]

Have discovered that selecting outcome measures to use to evaluate a 5 week health improvement program is much harder than designing said 5 week health improvement program.

Just slowly sinking and drowning in uni (& personal) stuff at the moment. Will be glad when the year ends.

[sweetiepi]

I'm so glad to finally present my first group assignment of the semester on Monday, it has been fun to do the prep, however I'm down with a cold atm- not what I needed

Also not looking forward to next week so much- my timetable gets 2x busier than the past few weeks, so I'm super glad that I've gotten myself organised- else I'd be pretty screwed haha

[Joseph41]

I'm so glad to finally present my first group assignment of the semester on Monday, it has been fun to do the prep, however I'm down with a cold atm- not what I needed

Also not looking forward to next week so much- my timetable gets 2x busier than the past few weeks, so I'm super glad that I've gotten myself organised- else I'd be pretty screwed haha

How gross are group assignments, though?

[sweetiepi]

How gross are group assignments, though?

Generally they are gross
Although honestly this one wasn't too bad
(Maybe I had a good group )

[Shadowxo]

I've been so busy that I haven't been able to watch the latest GoT episode... If that isn't busy I don't know what is

[Lavar Big BBB Balls]

There are people in my engineering workshop that haven't attended or even watched any of the lectures this sem. yhe demonstrators choose our groups for us for most of the assignments (yay) so I'm relying on luck to get someone who's capable :-/

Soz for intruding but this is what is making me scared of wanting to study eng in uni...people who don't give shit in group work..

[Shadowxo]

Soz for intruding but this is what is making me scared of wanting to study eng in uni...people who don't give shit in group work..

I expect it'll only really be a problem during first year. Usually you can choose your own groups (from my experience) so hopefully that'll be the same in future years. After first year though the main people taking it will be wanting to do well, and often the individual work is worth more than group work. Don't worry about it too much

[strawberries]

why are essays so hard?

[Joseph41]

why are essays so hard?

What's this one on, Strawbs?

[elysepopplewell]

I'm in week 4, and this time next week, 2 of my assessments will be over, and in 9 days from now - 3 over! 3 of 9, complete! Woohoooooo. This weekend is going to be hell on Earth

Also, I'm really enjoying reading the readings each week. I ALWAYS read them all. I can't help but think I have no right to be dissatisfied with a mark I get back if I didn't actively do everything the teacher "expected" in order to get the full marks. Y'know? Can't complain about a pass when I didn't do what is essentially a course requirement lol.

Also, beginning to think about a masters? I'm doing two subjects this semester I'm loving:

Sexing Power, and Communicating Nations. Both are about cultural relativism, imagined communities, identities formed through histories, etc. Really thinking if I studied further, I'd love it to be on something like this. It's pretty cheap to do a Masters in Germany...

[Sine]

14/08/2017

-shout out to anyone in bms1042 (public health and preventitive medicine) ; since an assignment is due in a week and all the questions are so ambiguous.
-BMS1052 (human neurobiology) got a quiz due in a week which is worth 7%

[Sine]

15-08-17

Not too bad had lectures/tutorials from 2-6 but skipped a 8am lecture 
continued working on bms1042 assignment
I think I have a group presentation coming up RIP