hark the herald christmas beckons

Red Alert

yes, the elec eng department are actually letting us have christmas holidays tomorrow the 22nd - you have to love them!

so who else has been scrooged out of half the holidays?

Invader Zim

Not me. Arts let me off on the 9th :):)

Sangre

Hate to have christmas exams *and* to top it off become an engineer. Thats like being crippled and in the ER discovering you're in the late stages of penis cancer.

OfflerCrocGod

Me. My last exam tommorow (well today) and I am finding it very hard to give a **** about it tbh. I'll probably fail it I've just been totally wrecked by these exams. I've had 6 in a row one after another I really want a break About 2 hours sleep every night for a week has to be very bad for you, no matter your age - it's just too much.

Alana

Grrrrrrrrrrrr to the mean eng people who inflict such vile mastiness upon you.It aint quite the same, but i seem to work tonnes of over time and extra days, so i get home at 11 r so, go to bed and get up and go to work again...grr to them too...good luck with your exams, and enjoy ur xmas or what ickle bit of it you get....

humdrum

Ive been off for two weeks now, really needed this break from those 12 hour weeks...its a hard hard life in arts my friends

Chick

but even though youve a 12hr wk are you supposed to actually be doind stuff on ur time off, like reading or something (yeah right....), or is it actually time off?

Sangre

Id would also like to point out my 12 hour weeks and no exams at christmas and then just 5 at summer and no I dont do Oirts.

Chick

what do you do?

Sangre

Law.

Chick

oh yeah never thought of that. my friend is doing law+german in trinity and only has like 16hrs

Sangre

Yeah but the trinity law people study loads outside of that.

Chick

meaning you dont?

humdrum

there are essays and reading to be done but its strictly optional (ie...eh, no thanks), counts for 10% of the overall grade only

rob1891

So do you kids prefer to have all the exams in Summer? I finished my undergraduate degree last year and I was always damning them for not letting us get half of the year over and done with at Christmas and now my wee brother is (or was until yesterday) up in his room studying away and I am downstairs laughing at him and generally being a nuisance

Sangre

Chick wrote:

meaning you dont?

A bit, but the trinity folk in law go way overboard from day one.

Sangre

rob1891 wrote:

So do you kids prefer to have all the exams in Summer? I finished my undergraduate degree last year and I was always damning them for not letting us get half of the year over and done with at Christmas and now my wee brother is (or was until yesterday) up in his room studying away and I am downstairs laughing at him and generally being a nuisance

What....so you're against them?

rob1891

Sangre wrote:

What....so you're against them?

no, I would have prefered to get them over with, but I never faced the reality of studying during or near to christmas, so I'm just wondering if anyone who's lived under both systems cares to comment.

Chick

Sangre wrote:

A bit, but the trinity folk in law go way overboard from day one.

just cos they actually do stuff lol?

Sangre

Chick wrote:

just cos they actually do stuff lol?

Yeah....lol!...its like lol because they go to the library nearly every since day one in first year...LOL....and here is the loliest part...they only have exams in summer LOLOL!!!

rainbow kirby

Sangre wrote:

Id would also like to point out my 12 hour weeks and no exams at christmas and then just 5 at summer and no I dont do Oirts.

Similar to me, but I have 9 in the summer...:(

Chick

somebody needs a chill pill... :rolleyes:;)

Invader Zim

Chick wrote:

somebody needs a chill pill... :rolleyes:;)

Can I have one too?

blondie83

Red Alert wrote:

yes, the elec eng department are actually letting us have christmas holidays tomorrow the 22nd - you have to love them!

so who else has been scrooged out of half the holidays?

Ah well at least they're over now - hope everyones exams went well. Mine actually went okay scarily enough, and sure it will be nice not to have to do 13 again this Summer :cool:

Red Alert

we were gonna go to whelan's but there wasn't a late bar so we ended up in the palace too!