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I declare it to be weekly update time! Apparently I have already forgotten Monday. Well, it began with ling! And we got our mid-sem tests back. I got 39/49, which was a little bit disappointing because I thought I'd done better than that. When we finished the exam I was like "that was really easy!" and James was like "that was really hard" and yet we got basically the same mark. (And he barely studied! Totally not fair. =P) I lost a lot of marks that I didn't need to, simply because I didn't write enough. =S My explanations are always too simplistic. Though I did get 10/10 for the phonetic dictation test, which was a surprise, but totally a fluke. So I have 34% for the course so far. =P
All I remember about the philosophy lecture was that John Atkins went on and on about Descartes AGAIN. =P I think they're secretly lovers. (Descartes isn't really dead. His ego is too big to let him die.) The tute, on the other hand, was pretty good. Canada wasn't there so a lot of people got to speak and we actually had a proper philosophical discussion. The ling lecture was even ok - though we were doing language acquisition again so it was very familiar - and she let us out half an our early!
In the Rome lecture on Tuesday I managed to end up sitting in a row with a whole lot of people who I know, but I still failed at talking to them! In fact, Jessie was actually sitting next to me but we didn't speak the entire time. @_@ But Katja also came, so I wasn't lonely. (AND JONATHAN WAS THERE. I KNOW. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER.) And I have decided that I like Pompey better than Sulla and Marius, even though he does look hilarious. (And not like a warlord at all...) In Contemporary literature Bronwyn was lecturing about The White Tiger, which was interesting but a bit tedious. Afterwards I hung out with James until his sociology lecture and then went home to work on my philosophy essay - fun times.
Wednesday was kind of lame. In the morning I caught a banana 109 to UQ and the bus driver packed the bus so full of people that I had to stand on the circular bit in the middle that you're not supposed to stand in (AT ANY TIME, the sign said) - which is not as fun as it sounds because the floor spins whenever you turn corners and it made me feel sick. =S I always try to avoid the back of banana buses anyway, but the bus was so full that I couldn't really ask anybody to let me go down the front, because there wasn't room to move.
( Rant )Then I had my Contemporary literature tute, which was also bad. We were split into pairs and given questions and my partner was Mercija, but she didn't really have anything to say at all and told Margaret that we didn't know what to do - and then Margaret got really angry at us for no reason. =S She basically told us that we were letting the class down by not putting any effort into participating and it seemed totally unfair and uncalled for - we'd only just started the exercise, it's not as though we were just sitting there for ages doing nothing. And I was annoyed because I actually DID have things to say but I find it hard to talk and share ideas when the other person isn't contributing anything. And Margaret was like "you can't not put effort into this when we have so much work to catch up on because we missed a tute last week." Prettttty sure the reason why we missed the tute was because she went on strike. =/ And we didn't have to miss a tute - if she'd TOLD us that she was striking we could have joined another tute group. Oh well, it wasn't that bad, I answered the question (with no help from Mercija...) when we presented at the end of the class so I at least had a chace to redeem myself.
And then there was the dust storm! There was no dust in the morning when I was going to uni, it was just really windy. And when I was in class I didn't realise that there was a dust storm blowing over, I just thought that the windows of the Michie building were really dirty. =P (Which is a reasonable assumption!) But the air was all browny-orange outside too! It was pretty horrible. I was in the Parnell for my Turning Points lecture for two hours, but apart from that I spent most of the day taking refuge in the Michie. (Though I did venture out at one point to buy a donut. =D) But even so, my nose and throat got all full of dust and made it hard to breathe. D=
There's still a lot of dust around today - though I think most of it is on my cat, he hasn't cleaned himself yet. And he keeps picking up more dust wherever he goes.
Turning Points tute was also quite bad. I only spoke once and what I said wasn't really very useful. =S Then at the end I had a really valid point to make but didn't get a chance to speak because the same people just kept talking. And Yorick asked everybody else a question except for me and another girl. =( At the beginning of semester I contributed a lot but now I'm never heard over the loud people.
Last night I finished my philosophy essay, hurrah! Though I think it's quite bad. If I had more time I'd probably change it a lot, but I'd done all that I can do for now.
For some reason, I woke up this morning and thought that my tutoral started at 10:00. So I caught the early bus to uni and spent half an hour trying to get my homework done, before realising that nobody else was there and that the classroom was empty. And then I realised that it starts at 11. =P I've never done that before, usually I'm like "YES! It's Thursday! I get to sleep in for an extra hour!"
Today we had our first tute with the new Rome tutor. It was really strange to walk into that classroom and see another tutor there - since Chris has been my tutor for ancient history all year. It was still pretty good, though the new guy has a very different teaching style. He gave us an activity to do in pairs, which I really liked, because they're excellent for getting people to actually talk to each other. Chris hasn't done anything like that at all this semester, which is probably one of the reasons why nobody has talked much in the tutes so far. But Chris always has a really indepth analysis of the sources and so I always learnt something new about the topic, whereas in this tute we really just discussed things that I already knew from the lectures/readings. And he didn't get the people who had done the assignment for that week to present their argument, which I thought was strange, because isn't that part of our tute participation mark? =S
Afterwards I went and voted so that I could get my union voucher and buy lunch. =P (I'm such a bad student). Then hung out with Katja and various other people until James finally arrived and we handed in philosophy and ling. It was nice to just hang out at uni without having to go and study.
Aaaand, this afternoon I got a visit, a (mutual) apology, and a hug from Amyyy. =D Sooo that is completely awesome.
That be all! Because now it be Gleeeee time. =D
All I remember about the philosophy lecture was that John Atkins went on and on about Descartes AGAIN. =P I think they're secretly lovers. (Descartes isn't really dead. His ego is too big to let him die.) The tute, on the other hand, was pretty good. Canada wasn't there so a lot of people got to speak and we actually had a proper philosophical discussion. The ling lecture was even ok - though we were doing language acquisition again so it was very familiar - and she let us out half an our early!
In the Rome lecture on Tuesday I managed to end up sitting in a row with a whole lot of people who I know, but I still failed at talking to them! In fact, Jessie was actually sitting next to me but we didn't speak the entire time. @_@ But Katja also came, so I wasn't lonely. (AND JONATHAN WAS THERE. I KNOW. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER.) And I have decided that I like Pompey better than Sulla and Marius, even though he does look hilarious. (And not like a warlord at all...) In Contemporary literature Bronwyn was lecturing about The White Tiger, which was interesting but a bit tedious. Afterwards I hung out with James until his sociology lecture and then went home to work on my philosophy essay - fun times.
Wednesday was kind of lame. In the morning I caught a banana 109 to UQ and the bus driver packed the bus so full of people that I had to stand on the circular bit in the middle that you're not supposed to stand in (AT ANY TIME, the sign said) - which is not as fun as it sounds because the floor spins whenever you turn corners and it made me feel sick. =S I always try to avoid the back of banana buses anyway, but the bus was so full that I couldn't really ask anybody to let me go down the front, because there wasn't room to move.
( Rant )Then I had my Contemporary literature tute, which was also bad. We were split into pairs and given questions and my partner was Mercija, but she didn't really have anything to say at all and told Margaret that we didn't know what to do - and then Margaret got really angry at us for no reason. =S She basically told us that we were letting the class down by not putting any effort into participating and it seemed totally unfair and uncalled for - we'd only just started the exercise, it's not as though we were just sitting there for ages doing nothing. And I was annoyed because I actually DID have things to say but I find it hard to talk and share ideas when the other person isn't contributing anything. And Margaret was like "you can't not put effort into this when we have so much work to catch up on because we missed a tute last week." Prettttty sure the reason why we missed the tute was because she went on strike. =/ And we didn't have to miss a tute - if she'd TOLD us that she was striking we could have joined another tute group. Oh well, it wasn't that bad, I answered the question (with no help from Mercija...) when we presented at the end of the class so I at least had a chace to redeem myself.
And then there was the dust storm! There was no dust in the morning when I was going to uni, it was just really windy. And when I was in class I didn't realise that there was a dust storm blowing over, I just thought that the windows of the Michie building were really dirty. =P (Which is a reasonable assumption!) But the air was all browny-orange outside too! It was pretty horrible. I was in the Parnell for my Turning Points lecture for two hours, but apart from that I spent most of the day taking refuge in the Michie. (Though I did venture out at one point to buy a donut. =D) But even so, my nose and throat got all full of dust and made it hard to breathe. D=
There's still a lot of dust around today - though I think most of it is on my cat, he hasn't cleaned himself yet. And he keeps picking up more dust wherever he goes.
Turning Points tute was also quite bad. I only spoke once and what I said wasn't really very useful. =S Then at the end I had a really valid point to make but didn't get a chance to speak because the same people just kept talking. And Yorick asked everybody else a question except for me and another girl. =( At the beginning of semester I contributed a lot but now I'm never heard over the loud people.
Last night I finished my philosophy essay, hurrah! Though I think it's quite bad. If I had more time I'd probably change it a lot, but I'd done all that I can do for now.
For some reason, I woke up this morning and thought that my tutoral started at 10:00. So I caught the early bus to uni and spent half an hour trying to get my homework done, before realising that nobody else was there and that the classroom was empty. And then I realised that it starts at 11. =P I've never done that before, usually I'm like "YES! It's Thursday! I get to sleep in for an extra hour!"
Today we had our first tute with the new Rome tutor. It was really strange to walk into that classroom and see another tutor there - since Chris has been my tutor for ancient history all year. It was still pretty good, though the new guy has a very different teaching style. He gave us an activity to do in pairs, which I really liked, because they're excellent for getting people to actually talk to each other. Chris hasn't done anything like that at all this semester, which is probably one of the reasons why nobody has talked much in the tutes so far. But Chris always has a really indepth analysis of the sources and so I always learnt something new about the topic, whereas in this tute we really just discussed things that I already knew from the lectures/readings. And he didn't get the people who had done the assignment for that week to present their argument, which I thought was strange, because isn't that part of our tute participation mark? =S
Afterwards I went and voted so that I could get my union voucher and buy lunch. =P (I'm such a bad student). Then hung out with Katja and various other people until James finally arrived and we handed in philosophy and ling. It was nice to just hang out at uni without having to go and study.
Aaaand, this afternoon I got a visit, a (mutual) apology, and a hug from Amyyy. =D Sooo that is completely awesome.
That be all! Because now it be Gleeeee time. =D
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