Adam Easy Wishes Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Yeah, why the hell not.Phew, nice one. Then it does happen to me a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 This great weather, combined with "Honestly" by Zwan coming on during my lunchtime walk, made me realise how ace things are going for me at the moment:Going to SxSw with the missus in a couple of weeks.Being in an ace band with some great friends, putting on shows and stuff.Going to see an ace band tonight who I'd never thought would play Aberdeen.Decemberists and a trip to Glasgow at the weekend, woo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Good News Is Good BBC - Press Office - Adam and Joe return to 6 Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidm Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Good News Is Good BBC - Press Office - Adam and Joe return to 6 MusicThis is a day I will forever remember as being the best of the year. Oh yes.I am one good grade away from getting a 2.1 in July.In three weeks time I'll be working in Washington DC on a work placement for nearly a month.Les Savy Fav/Young Legionaire/Battery Face tonight at the Tunnels, which is a potential gig of the year already.Being a far better person, and much happier than I was this time last year. All ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 The reason I'm so good at spotting them in essays is that I used to do it all the time as well. Strangely enough only one lecturer/tutor ever called me up on it. Most of the students were fine after I explained it to them and it helped when I pointed out the page in the Good Writing Guide (my constant companion) that explains it as well. If they bothered to get a copy which maybe a handful did.I once commented on comma splicing in four consecutive essays by a student before he did anything about it. That was when I gave him a really low mark. You've got to hit them in the marks sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Yup, some of them got that after a short exercise and first essay when they handed in a second essay with the same errors. In other news, the dinner I just made which was all sorts of chicken satay gorgeous. That was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I think I've been splicing commas all my life. Never been pulled up for it. In fact, I didn't once get pulled up for punctuation at uni. This puts into question the validity of my entire degree. Thank you academic folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Shane and Derek gave me bad marks, A-Mac, T-Bakez and DJ Dub gave me good marks. Young markers FTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I know all of them apart from DJ Dub, I'm still trying to figure out who that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 According to my (very old) records, I gave Karma Tsunami (I think) 14 for an essay. I don't know if that's a good mark or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 According to my (very old) records, I gave Karma Tsunami (I think) 14 for an essay. I don't know if that's a good mark or not.<18 = bad mark, 18+ = good.DJ Dub, 'Dub' being short for W. Dan Wall. What a nice fellow he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 <18 = bad mark, 18+ = good.DJ Dub, 'Dub' being short for W. Dan Wall. What a nice fellow he is. Being a strict marker, I like to think anything above about 12 is quite good from me. Either that or I give an awful lot of bad marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 <18 = bad mark, 18+ = good.]Only if you want a first class degree, and only losers get them. I'm all about the 15 and above. A 2.1: "the drinking man's 1st." A 14 is ok, but I'd expect better from KarmaTsunami. I got a 14 for economics last term. Quite disappointed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Only if you want a first class degree, and only losers get them. I'm all about the 15 and above. A 2.1: "the drinking man's 1st." A 14 is ok, but I'd expect better from KarmaTsunami. I got a 14 for economics last term. Quite disappointed.I did apparently comment that the essay 'showed promise'. I'm all about the positives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Only if you want a first class degree, and only losers get them. I'm all about the 15 and above. A 2.1: "the drinking man's 1st." A 14 is ok, but I'd expect better from KarmaTsunami. I got a 14 for economics last term. Quite disappointed.Here here. As long as you don't get a Desmond you're ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I'm now trying to figure out who Mr Owl is and having a brain freeze. The only essays I have to hand are MLitt onwards. A 14 is a sadface from me, but since I got a 2:1 in the end and then a Distinction on my MLitt like a boss (including really good grades for courses I had to do then but wouldn't if I'd sat the MLitt a year later. Long story short, Derrida ruined my Christmas but I fucking knocked that essay out the park). My only guess is DJ Dub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I'm now trying to figure out who Mr Owl is and having a brain freeze. The only essays I have to hand are MLitt onwards. A 14 is a sadface from me, but since I got a 2:1 in the end and then a Distinction on my MLitt like a boss (including really good grades for courses I had to do then but wouldn't if I'd sat the MLitt a year later. Long story short, Derrida ruined my Christmas but I fucking knocked that essay out the park). My only guess is DJ Dub.I'm not DJ Dub, although I'd quite like to be. It was a really long time ago - 2004 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I'm now trying to figure out who Mr Owl is and having a brain freeze. The only essays I have to hand are MLitt onwards. A 14 is a sadface from me, but since I got a 2:1 in the end and then a Distinction on my MLitt like a boss (including really good grades for courses I had to do then but wouldn't if I'd sat the MLitt a year later. Long story short, Derrida ruined my Christmas but I fucking knocked that essay out the park). My only guess is DJ Dub.Derrida ruined Christmas for everyone. According to him all gifts are of a 'circular economy' forever binding us to a never ending cycle of giving and receiving and the idea of 'exchanging' gifts negates the definition of the word itself.Can't he just leave sunty alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Oh sheesh, I would have been first/second year then. Shakespeare and Rev to Rev...possibly Contemporary Scottish Literature, I think that was second semester. Did you have long hair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Oh sheesh, I would have been first/second year then. Shakespeare and Rev to Rev...possibly Contemporary Scottish Literature, I think that was second semester. Did you have long hair?No, fairly short. Although I did have long hair when I was a young hooligan, but that was a long time ago. I don't do any of your main subjects. And don't know too much about Derrida either. Probably a blessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 No, fairly short. Although I did have long hair when I was a young hooligan, but that was a long time ago. I don't do any of your main subjects. And don't know too much about Derrida either. Probably a blessing.Are you Norn Arsh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Are you Norn Arsh?I don't think so. I bet all these folks you're imagining I am are way cooler than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 The only other person I can think of has the initials PS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 The only other person I can think of has the initials PS.No - that's not me either. I obviously didn't make a big impression! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 It's been six/seven years. The guy I had for EL1007 was, I'm fairly sure, a long haired guy whose initials were DS. I might have had him for the Scottis....Sorted! Cheers for the PM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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