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"I think" - AngelWings' University Journal
sweetiepi:
--- Quote from: AngelWings on December 01, 2017, 07:50:41 pm ---- December 4: Monash Results Release. There's also the early SMS service, but I'd rather not know until I have to.
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I feel this on many levels. although it is getting me very anxious, I'd rather not have to know them until it is absolutely necessary too. :)
--- Quote from: AngelWings on December 01, 2017, 07:50:41 pm ---Random tangent: I've realised that, even before uni, my favourite day of the week has always been Sunday, because it's always been the only day I could sleep in. Is this the same to many of the university-level ANers here? What about the high school students/ recently graduated Year 12s? Does it change between primary, high school and university? If so, why do you think that is?
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When I was younger, Sundays used to be early starts for me, but I'm super glad that I can sleep in all I want on Sundays now. Definitely my favourite day of my week now, as opposed to Saturdays with my younger brother's athletics starting at 8:15 in the morning! :P
(However, I really like sleep regardless, so I attempt to sleep in as much as I can (or as much as my younger siblings will let me haha. :P ) during the week as well- with varying success. :) Do you feel this, yourself, AngelWings?)
AngelWings:
--- Quote from: insanipi on December 01, 2017, 08:07:54 pm ---I feel this on many levels. although it is getting me very anxious, I'd rather not have to know them until it is absolutely necessary too. :)
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(However, I really like sleep regardless, so I attempt to sleep in as much as I can (or as much as my younger siblings will let me haha. :P ) during the week as well- with varying success. :) Do you feel this, yourself, AngelWings?)
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Glad to know we're on the same page! Saturdays have always been busy, so I've always had to be up early. Similar to you, I try to get as much sleep in as much as I can as well, however, it's my tendency to overthink and periods of minor insomnia that sometimes bust those dreams. I've tried clearing the mind in various ways, which has helped before, but sometimes you just can't help it. :P
zofromuxo:
--- Quote from: AngelWings on December 01, 2017, 07:50:41 pm ---Random tangent: I've realised that, even before uni, my favourite day of the week has always been Sunday, because it's always been the only day I could sleep in. Is this the same to many of the university-level ANers here? What about the high school students/ recently graduated Year 12s? Does it change between primary, high school and university? If so, why do you think that is?
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Hmmm... I'm going with Monday. Its like a fresh, new start to the week.
I forget about the past transgression from the previous week and just go about my life.
AngelWings:
--- Quote from: zofromuxo on December 01, 2017, 09:13:33 pm ---Hmmm... I'm going with Monday. Its like a fresh, new start to the week.
I forget about the past transgression from the previous week and just go about my life.
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Nice point!
Date: December 4th 2017
Two words. Results release.
I received an email with my marks on it at 11am, but I haven’t looked at it yet. Oddly enough, a good portion of the nerves have vanished, so I’m taking that peace of mind as a positive sign. It might sound like I’m super wound up on grades, however, the only reason I care is because I’m not great at what I do, but I have a lot of interest/ passion and intend to take it to higher levels, which have grade requirements. Before this semester, my grades were literally borderline. I have back up plans if I can’t get into Honours and I’ll be applying for them, no matter my grades. Currently Plan B is to study Masters.
Aside, I’ve finally got the two genetics books I need to revise waiting on the hold shelf after requesting one a month ago and the other last Friday; any revision I’ve done has been using old electronic copies, which have changed significantly between editions. I picked up the two books I had on reserve and went home again to check my results.
* * * * * * * *
Was expecting a few passes and credits. Last semester, I worked myself to the ground (particularly during exams) and destroyed my health. Missed my goals by such a small margin that I figured it wasn't worth the same risk again, so I took this semester's exams easier.
To my surprise, I was greeted with relatively higher results than those and, after comparison against my other semesters, it's been my best semester yet! I've ended on a high note. Thank goodness! (You can probably hear my relief.) I won't post my results on here, because I'd prefer them to remain private, but it's good enough that I've got results that calculate to be well over the requirements I need. (Really proud that using the Honours calculations, my average increased by 10! Incredibly satisfied in the improvement considering where I was in 2016 - I may save that story for another time.)
This also means that I'm officially done and dusted and I could graduate, if I so wished. Instead, I'll wait for my Honours offer - if/ when it comes - to determine whether I'll actually be showing up or not. I just need to wait to see if/ when that offer arrives.
Hopefully it's only onwards and upwards from here on out! ;D
This entry got a little messy. Whoops. As always, if you have questions, feel free to ask. I don't bite. :)
AngelWings:
Date: December 11th 2017
Another double post.
It's been a busy weekend. Most of it hasn't been as a result of uni, but from work, family and life in general. It always happens the one moment you want peace and quiet. It keeps you occupied though, so I'm not upset about it. (Fun fact: I'm naturally a pessimist and I try as hard as possible to be an optimist.) Besides the uni stuff, I've just finished with one of my two jobs for the year on Friday and the other one won't finish until the 23rd.
I wound up unintentionally revising Japanese and Chinese the other day, by sitting down to watch a film. The film was entirely spoken in Japanese and the subtitles were in Chinese and Japanese. Understood most of it with not that many issues, despite having 5 years' break between them, so I still got it. :) Multilingual life is awesome. I find it harder to revise languages properly but they sort of sneak up on you when you least want them to - I believe this to be a good thing.
On the uni front, I haven't received any word on Honours offers yet. I'm not too concerned, considering they said 15th December as the final day. My chances are looking up though; with my results from last week, I know that I've got every requirement and more. I've also worked with my intended supervisor before, so it should be good.
In terms of the two books, I'm already through the first section of the first chapter. Progress is happening, albeit slow as always. I'm planning to get through more of that tonight and possibly start the second book. I just hope I can finish these in time for next year.
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