Exams, Service, Philosophy and too much...
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tcpipLast weekend went to see Donna Williams and the Aspinauts perform, rock musical style, the play Footsteps of a Nobody, derived from her bestselling book, Nobody Nowhere. The rock musical is hardly the sort of stylistic genre which I have much time for, but the band performed well and, of course, Donna's story is one worth telling which she did with expected passion.
Yesterday sat the Financial Management exam which was extremely difficult. I suspect my results will be significantly different to the 88% I received for the assignment in the course. There is a good argument that the exams for such subjects should be open-book, but alas such enlightened education policies have no reached this institution. Thursday is the Management Perspectives exam which I hope to do better in.
On Sunday I gave the service for former Senator Lyn Allison's address at the Unitarians who spoke in her current role as President of Dying With Dignity. I chose appropriate readings and notes from her address will be available soon. After the service conducted a session for the Philosophy Forum on Genes, Media and the Mind.
Somewhere amongst all this I've been doing some HTML/CSS coding for a RMIT website (because apparently nobody else in ARCS does this) and need to prepare for my presentation the eResearch 2009 Conference in Sydney next week (whereupon I shall be visiting said city for all of two days). I've also managed to squeeze in another playtest session for Rolemaster Cyradon last Sunday and another this Thursday.
I must confess that the past and coming week is leaving me quite exhausted, not in least because of the knowledge that it won't be until next Wednesday that life will return to a normal pace.
Yesterday sat the Financial Management exam which was extremely difficult. I suspect my results will be significantly different to the 88% I received for the assignment in the course. There is a good argument that the exams for such subjects should be open-book, but alas such enlightened education policies have no reached this institution. Thursday is the Management Perspectives exam which I hope to do better in.
On Sunday I gave the service for former Senator Lyn Allison's address at the Unitarians who spoke in her current role as President of Dying With Dignity. I chose appropriate readings and notes from her address will be available soon. After the service conducted a session for the Philosophy Forum on Genes, Media and the Mind.
Somewhere amongst all this I've been doing some HTML/CSS coding for a RMIT website (because apparently nobody else in ARCS does this) and need to prepare for my presentation the eResearch 2009 Conference in Sydney next week (whereupon I shall be visiting said city for all of two days). I've also managed to squeeze in another playtest session for Rolemaster Cyradon last Sunday and another this Thursday.
I must confess that the past and coming week is leaving me quite exhausted, not in least because of the knowledge that it won't be until next Wednesday that life will return to a normal pace.
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Date: 2009-11-03 05:15 am (UTC): D
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Date: 2009-11-06 05:56 am (UTC)Yes, all of life is an exam... Just in most cases one can access source material, ask their friends etc.
I understand that exams have their purpose, but the degree that they are appropriate varies on the course in question. A pilot's exam, for example, should be real-time and intrinsic.
A financial management exam? Now that should be open-book.
Anyway, Financial Management killed me. I left that room feeling shell-shocked. For Management Perspectives I walked out grinning.
Now just have to give the paper in Sydney next week and life will be back to normal :)
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Date: 2009-11-10 02:27 pm (UTC)I don't know if you got the email I hope I sent re: my withdrawing from the creative writing fiction game. After months, it's clear that I don't have time, even if though it's way cool. Best wishes to you & yours!! I hope all Australians are a civilized, intelligent and interesting as the ones I've met online. Peace.
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