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Ames

littlemisschocolate wrote: »

Ames, I know where you're coming from regarding the OU. I'm no longer a student with them; the second attempt at DD202 was making me ill. Plus I was spending more time on the internet attempting to find out what certain things meant.

Good luck with Leeds Uni, if it's something you want you will get it.

Banbury is fine by me, so long as it's not in August as that's when the DH is home and we're going away and then going to a stag/hen weekend in NY!

Claire, Elfen's been on bookofthefaces recently and she seems fine.

I understand that. This is my second attempt and I'm really struggling. I can't understand how when I did A level economics I got a grade A with nearly 100% on some papers, and yet I'm barely scraping passes now. A lot of it is not understanding what they want in the answers, which was a problem with A level too (my tutor just says 'read the notes'). I also find the diagrams really hard to understand, they don't build them up from scratch adding a bit in each time, they just take the full thing and try to explain it - usually with the explanation on the other side of the page!

If I can get into Leeds then hopefully I can actually learn something, instead of fuming and stressing about the OU system and stuff.

I've got so bad that I even moaned to Niall Ferguson (TV historian, professor at Oxford and Stanford) about it when I met him at Hay :rotfl:

I don't have a problem doing history with the OU, so my ideal outcome would be to do social sciences of some description at Leeds part time, and history part time with the OU.

If I do get in I'm going to rearrange the flat so the living room is a bedsitting room, and the bedroom's a study/library. Unless of course I can actually buy a house (still keeping everything crossed for that outcome).

Ames

Gemmzie, I've found that too I think some people just get kicked off for no reason. I feel really bad adding people again though just in case...

Erme

Ames wrote: »

I think she added me on twitter, but since I don't know how twitter works I don't know what she's up to or anything.



:eek::eek::eek: How can they tell you you have to home educate? Words fail me.



Me too!

Right, off to catch up on the rest of the thread...

Okay and what's wrong with home educating? I mean it's cheaper than private schooling and like I know a SAHM who has home educated 12 of her children. With the education system being so liberal and even 6 year olds worried about fat and calories in cake I just hear too many scare stories about the state education system to consider anything else :T

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Butti

Right I'm up.
The person spec 'tell us about yourself' section is printed off for me to fill in. Ironing first and then JSA form (again) this afternoon cos I can't remember the password - which was a random jumble of things.

Later Toots,

B x

Erme

Butti wrote: »

Right I'm up.
The person spec 'tell us about yourself' section is printed off for me to fill in. Ironing first and then JSA form (again) this afternoon cos I can't remember the password - which was a random jumble of things.

Later Toots,

B x

You're doing the ironing LOL...You obviously have more energy than me right now who is doing all she can to stay awake :eek:...Have a meeting @ 11...then lunch and work (card making business)...

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Butti

Yes, done that now Erme, only half the height of Everest now!
....and have found password for JSA form so that should be finished by midday. Now, cup of tea and then down to it.

Wonder which oldies and newbies will pop in today.

B

littlemisschocolate

Ames wrote: »

I understand that. This is my second attempt and I'm really struggling. I can't understand how when I did A level economics I got a grade A with nearly 100% on some papers, and yet I'm barely scraping passes now. A lot of it is not understanding what they want in the answers, which was a problem with A level too (my tutor just says 'read the notes'). I also find the diagrams really hard to understand, they don't build them up from scratch adding a bit in each time, they just take the full thing and try to explain it - usually with the explanation on the other side of the page!

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The diagrams on my lord, they sent me into a tizz every time I looked at them. And then there was the great big pile of donkey balls they called SPSS!

Are we really in June as the weather outside resembles November!

Butti

In my last economics assignment my supply and demand curves weren't curved - oops!:D For you boffins (thinking Z) that means its a monopoly and the UK housing market is not a monopoly - double oops!

LMC, I'm having trouble sleeping because my feet are cold and I can't bring myself to wear bedsocks in June!

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Erme

Butti wrote: »

Yes, done that now Erme, only half the height of Everest now!
....and have found password for JSA form so that should be finished by midday. Now, cup of tea and then down to it.

Wonder which oldies and newbies will pop in today.

B

Do you want to come and do mine :rotfl:...

littlemisschocolate wrote: »

Are we really in June as the weather outside resembles November!

Just my thought...

Found a really cheap treat from the bead shop when I couldn't find the earrings I wanted in the bathroom this am ...

Jo (2) by johanino36, on Flickr

Don't know if that'll work or not.....the decoration in the background I did myself (3 or so coats) and the prints in chocolate were made by cutting up a kitchen sponge and dabbing on. The artwork is an original oil gotten from the charity shop for £20....

The earrings are like brown wooden beads and I got some can beads (beads in the design of minature branded cans) for 40p :j so they'll make some nice ones..

In fact I think I might make some for PS (psycho sibling)'s birthday later in the year.....at £1.35 for a pair (and I already had the pliers) it could well be worth it..

Anyone know where to get the boxes from though to sell them?

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Butti

Erme wrote: »

Do you want to come and do mine :rotfl:...

Thanks for the offer but I think I'll pass on that. I've still got the other 14,750 ft to do :rotfl:

B