Am I the only one who doesn't think I have enough time to study for Xmas exams?

Blowfish

the evil lime wrote:

This is one of those rare situations where grinding might work in the real world...

If only it was as much fun though.

I have 9 assigments to do before the end of term, and thats without even thinking about exams

rainbow kirby

Gotta love the CS end of term squish... *runs away screaming*

Anton17

Kaptain Redeye wrote:

Yes. Easy.

Ive gone to history, english and politics lectures for first, second and third arts. The material was basic.

Ive read many of the books for the lecturers I dropped in on.

I find this difficult to believe. Along with your course work, you have also been attending English, History and Politics lectures just for kicks???
Is commerce seriously that unfulfilling? How's that social life going?

For the record I'm quite content with my level of course work, I never complained, I just don't appreciate all this condescension.

panda100

Anton17 wrote:

I find this difficult to believe. Along with your course work, you have also been attending English, History and Politics lectures just for kicks???
Is commerce seriously that unfulfilling? How's that social life going?

For the record I'm quite content with my level of course work, I never complained, I just don't appreciate all this condescension.

In my honest opinion there is no course particularly harder then other courses. All those in the quinn school have a chip on their shoulder but we get the last laugh as they'll all be back in the smurfit school in a years time paying through their noses for further qualifications cos they couldnt get a job. Thats what hapens to everyone I knows whose done commerce! B+L is different,good solid course.

Back on topic....Just wondering if anyone else here has to repeat exams from last year?Were u glad of the summer break so you didnt have tor repeat exams or do you wish they were held back in august. I never thought id say this but bring back the august repeats!

pretty*monster

Kaptain Redeye wrote:

Yes. Easy.

Ive gone to history, english and politics lectures for first, second and third arts. The material was basic.

To be fair, for english anyway, while the material covered in lectures is usually basic (and frequently obvious) a much higher standard is required for essays and exams.

If I think about it, for most of the last two and a half years the essays and exams I've done in english bear little or not relation to what's covered in lectures, sasve for the fact that it's (usually) to do with the same core texts.

breadmonkey

panda100 wrote:

In my honest opinion there is no course particularly harder then other courses.

Some courses are definitely harder than others imo.

panda100

breadmonkey wrote:

Some courses are definitely harder than others imo.

But its not something to gloat about or put people down for like Kaptainredeye was doing.
What maybe difficult for some people might be incredibly easy for others. For example,I am atrocious at writing essays and it used to take me weeks to finish one english essay at school. Yet I find learning off 30 differnet bones and nerves in the arm incredibly easy.I know people who really struggle with learning things like this of by heart.

Jonny Arson

panda100 wrote:

But its not something to gloat about or put people down for like Kaptainredeye was doing.
What maybe difficult for some people might be incredibly easy for others. For example,I am atrocious at writing essays and it used to take me weeks to finish one english essay at school. Yet I find learning off 30 differnet bones and nerves in the arm incredibly easy.I know people who really struggle with learning things like this of by heart.

Nail on head. Just because you're a Law student doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able for Engineering, same for Commerce/Medicine etc.

TBH this whole ''my course is > your course'' debate is a pile of annoying bollix. It is impossible and foolish to make judgements on courses/subjects you don't do. Sure, some courses have longer hours or require more reading than others but at the end of the day you filled that course on your CAO form, you did the research on your chosen course, you are stuck with it, you take responsibility for it - to moan about other students in other courses because they ''have it easier'' or whatnot is absolutely pathetic. Spend your time concentrating on your course and not worrying about how little other students are supposedly doing.

Scraggs

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

Nail on head. Just because you're a Law student doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able for Engineering, same for Commerce/Medicine etc.

TBH this whole ''my course is > your course'' debate is a pile of annoying bollix. It is impossible and foolish to make judgements on courses/subjects you don't do. Sure, some courses have longer hours or require more reading than others but at the end of the day you filled that course on your CAO form, you did the research on your chosen course, you are stuck with it, you take responsibility for it - to moan about other students in other courses because they ''have it easier'' or whatnot is absolutely pathetic. Spend your time concentrating on your course and not worrying about how little other students are supposedly doing.

Round of applause for Zane!

gubbie

panda100 wrote:

But its not something to gloat about or put people down for like Kaptainredeye was doing.
What maybe difficult for some people might be incredibly easy for others. For example,I am atrocious at writing essays and it used to take me weeks to finish one english essay at school. Yet I find learning off 30 differnet bones and nerves in the arm incredibly easy.I know people who really struggle with learning things like this of by heart.

Here here, only with Maths instead of learning bones

singingstranger

Well done to Zane for knocking some sense into this thread.

the evil lime

panda100 wrote:

All those in the quinn school have a chip on their shoulder

Hey!

I don't...do I?

panda100

the evil lime wrote:

Hey!

I don't...do I?

There is exceptions to every rule and you are a big exception on this case:)

Stepherunie

panda100 wrote:

In my honest opinion there is no course particularly harder then other courses. All those in the quinn school have a chip on their shoulder but we get the last laugh as they'll all be back in the smurfit school in a years time paying through their noses for further qualifications cos they couldnt get a job. Thats what hapens to everyone I knows whose done commerce! B+L is different,good solid course.

With all due respect:

a) I've met plenty of meds who've had a chip on their shoulders aswell as an 'I'm so much better and far superior to you in every single, solitary way - you are nothing but a piece of dirt' attitude. (met plente of people in other courses with that attitude too so don't just tar commerce students)

b) not everyone going to the smurfit school does commerce or wasnt't able to get a job - I myself am seriously considering going there to study - they offer an MBA in Health Care management which I'd find very useful. Also quite a few people go there to further there skills and to progress higher in there jobs. Hence why so many people opt for the 2 year part time MBA.

Ballerina

TheVan wrote:

Jeez....I haven't enough time at all!

Fúcking arts get a "reading week".....I would do so much with a reading week!

me too!being in first year,i thought i could take it easy for the first couple of weeks and now i feel really behind and would LOVE a week to catch up!now the work is building and building and when i study ohne subject,i get lost in another- Its like a visious(sp?) circle!!!

panda100

Stepherunie wrote:

With all due respect:

a) I've met plenty of meds who've had a chip on their shoulders aswell as an 'I'm so much better and far superior to you in every single, solitary way - you are nothing but a piece of dirt' attitude. (met plente of people in other courses with that attitude too so don't just tar commerce students).

Dont get me wrong I wasnt trying to tar just commerce students.There is snobby people in every course. I know people in arts and sciences who look down their noses at me for my course cos Im not able to discuss deep philisophical matters etc etc. I am sure there probably is med students with chips on their shoulders (I dont know any though) like their is in every course. The point I was trying to make is that there is no one course better then any others so nobody has the right to think their superior to anyone else or that their workload is infinetly harder.

Stepherunie wrote:

b) not everyone going to the smurfit school does commerce or wasnt't able to get a job - I myself am seriously considering going there to study - they offer an MBA in Health Care management which I'd find very useful. Also quite a few people go there to further there skills and to progress higher in there jobs. Hence why so many people opt for the 2 year part time MBA.

I was just trying to put kaptainredeye in his place Cheap shot by me I admit. Im sure not everyone who goes to the smurfit school is a failed commerce student.
Are you mad though?Your doing rad right??Why bother with the smurfit school??

Stepherunie

In order to further my career and progress I have no option but to consider options outside of straight radiography if I wish to continue living in Ireland. Currently there is little career progression past clinical specialist grade in Ireland hence my consideration of a masters in the Smurfit School, which, incidently, is one of the highest rated graduate schools of business in Europe if I remember correctly.

So why bother with the Smurfit School: simple; radiologists chip on THEIR shoulder seeing as they live in the belief that radiographers are incapable of reporting radiographs aswell as them (which btw has been shown by research to be totally incorrect)

OT: Working 9 to 5 in a busy A and E and trying to study afterwards is not working out too well - getting little study done and it's not boding well for the finals in 5 weeks. AGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!