kwsaint Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 Wondering what exams everyone is sitting this year on SWF. I'm doing my A levels so revision is about 5 minute sessions with 5 minute intervals of saints web. Anyone else?
Whitey Grandad Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 I haven't done any exams since my MSc around 1976, apart from the refereeing exam which had the highest pass threshold of all.
CB Saint Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 Wine tasting - trying to legitimise my borderline alcoholism
St Chalet Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 I swore I'd never do another exam the day I sat my finals in 1998. Stayed true to that.
bridge too far Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 My (step) granddaughter has just started her self-imposed isolation for 3 weeks of revision. She has landed a fantastic job IF she gets a 2.1. She's job hunting if she doesn't. Fingers crossed for her!
Toon Saint Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 Viva voce, with an 80,000 word thesis to finish before October. Horrid.
Gemmel Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 My (step) granddaughter has just started her self-imposed isolation for 3 weeks of revision. She has landed a fantastic job IF she gets a 2.1. She's job hunting if she doesn't. Fingers crossed for her! Good luck to her BTF
sandwichsaint Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 Viva voce, with an 80,000 word thesis to finish before October. Horrid. Dreadful! Don't know viva voce but we'll move on; 80,000 words in 6 months. 13.500 words a month, 3000 words a week, 75 words an hour. And they say nurses have it tough....
Sheaf Saint Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 If you had asked me 4 years ago if I ever expected to be doing exams again I would have laughed at the suggestion, seeing as I am fast approaching 40 now. But in 2011 I decided to do a taster course with the Open University and I totally caught the bug. I'm now on a pathway to complete a part-time degree in environmental studies and in June I will sit my first level 2 exam. I'm pretty confident about it this time around. I was a nervous wreck before sitting a level 1 exam last year, as it was my first proper one since I took my GCSEs in 1991, but I breezed it in the end. My biggest problem is this bloody place. It's far too much of a distraction when I should be studying!
buctootim Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 Dreadful! Don't know viva voce but we'll move on; 80,000 words in 6 months. 13.500 words a month, 3000 words a week, 75 words an hour. And they say nurses have it tough.... Viva voce just means an oral questioning on your dissertation as opposed to a written one.
igsey Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 Chemistry exams in May/June for me, in the second year of my degree at Southampton Uni - bricking it somewhat! On the upside, I've made things easier for myself by choosing an elective module in first-year physics with material we've already covered and a multiple choice exam
Grey Crab Posted 14 April, 2014 Posted 14 April, 2014 I am taking my Level 1 Moderator's Exam so I can qualify as a Saintsweb wonk.
SO16_Saint Posted 15 April, 2014 Posted 15 April, 2014 My (step) granddaughter has just started her self-imposed isolation for 3 weeks of revision. She has landed a fantastic job IF she gets a 2.1. She's job hunting if she doesn't. Fingers crossed for her! What's she looking to do, BTF? Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
Saintandy666 Posted 15 April, 2014 Posted 15 April, 2014 None this year. Had some last year and have the big ones, my finals, (which are more than slightly terrifying) next year.
bridge too far Posted 15 April, 2014 Posted 15 April, 2014 What's she looking to do, BTF? Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk She's doing Economics at Kent and, last summer, had a paid internship for a major bank in the city. If she gets her predicted 2.1 they have a permanent job for her.
Whitey Grandad Posted 15 April, 2014 Posted 15 April, 2014 Exams are nothing to worry about. Just a chance to show them how brilliant you are.
Clapham Saint Posted 15 April, 2014 Posted 15 April, 2014 She's doing Economics at Kent and, last summer, had a paid internship for a major bank in the city. If she gets her predicted 2.1 they have a permanent job for her. She'll be voting Tory in no time...
bridge too far Posted 15 April, 2014 Posted 15 April, 2014 She'll be voting Tory in no time... Well naturally she has a mind of her own but, given her upbringing, I have no doubt she'll be true to her left wing roots
Saintandy666 Posted 17 April, 2014 Posted 17 April, 2014 Exams are nothing to worry about. Just a chance to show them how brilliant you are. Or an attempt to show how well you can cram and how well you know the exam technique. And I know that that is cynical, but there is a truth in it.
ecuk268 Posted 17 April, 2014 Posted 17 April, 2014 Mrs ecuk268 keeps saying that I should have my head examined.
Sheaf Saint Posted 17 April, 2014 Posted 17 April, 2014 Or an attempt to show how well you can cram and how well you know the exam technique. And I know that that is cynical, but there is a truth in it. Indeed there is. It seems utterly senseless to me that we spend years and years preparing our kids for an event that they will never have to face again in real life outside of education. Not only that, we evaluate their ability to function in the workplace on their ability to prepare for and perform in such a unique and un-necessarily stressful situation.
Saintandy666 Posted 19 April, 2014 Posted 19 April, 2014 Indeed there is. It seems utterly senseless to me that we spend years and years preparing our kids for an event that they will never have to face again in real life outside of education. Not only that, we evaluate their ability to function in the workplace on their ability to prepare for and perform in such a unique and un-necessarily stressful situation. For sure! I've never felt so far that my examinations have ever truly in any way demonstrated much. I think my class work etc that I do all year is a far better indicator of how I think. And I'm saying this as someone who has generally done very well in exams so far.
Turkish Posted 19 April, 2014 Posted 19 April, 2014 I don't like to brag about my qualifications as not only do I have 4 GCSES but also a city and guilds in travel and tourism. I also have a certificate in manual handling and am a qualified first aider. I hope to add to my long list of qualifications by achieving the NVQ level 2 is administration as I wish to progress my career from printer cartridge telesalesist to warehouse administrator where I can use my manual handling and admin skills fully.
harvey Posted 19 April, 2014 Posted 19 April, 2014 I don't really care how well any of you do, as long as I don't have to watch you whooping and hollering on the news when you get your results....
Saint in Paradise Posted 20 April, 2014 Posted 20 April, 2014 Bah - only wimps who haven't prepared for all those pencil and paper exams need to worry. The only really very scary exam is the medical one which will determine if you will be allowed to continue your career Luckily for me I don't have to worry about any types of exam any more.
DuncanRG Posted 20 April, 2014 Posted 20 April, 2014 I'm taking the final batch of exams for my NCTJ Diploma (National Council for the Training of Journalists). 120 words per minute shorthand, sub-editing/design and a portfolio. Hopefully those are the last I'll ever do. Good luck to everyone preparing for something!
ben05 Posted 20 April, 2014 Posted 20 April, 2014 2 more ACA exams in June. Only 3 to go until qualification after that. Then time to crack on with the CFA ...
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