It was time for a bit of a clean-up of the blog. Too many "gadgets", so I just created one big html file with multiple tables and moved stuff around a bit.
This means it will be easier for me to maintain and also to change to a new layout (which will probably happen, as I think this one looks a bit dull)
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Pure Maths is next
My OU schedule over the last 12 months has been almost the same as that of a full-time university student, in that I've taken 110 points of study. Juggling the demands of a full-time job, and also my training (cycling / running) schedule alongside the study was difficult, and I think this was reflected in the result for my MS221 exam. I simply did not do enough study or revision.
I'm not a natural at Maths, I find it difficult. In fact at school I was pretty convinced I'd failed my o-level, and only just scraped through it. I then went on to pass additional maths at o-level, again just scraping though. Now it has to be said that at school I was a lazy sod frankly, and was more interested in sport, music, girls and beer (not necessarily in that order), but it doesn't hide the fact that I was poor at maths.
However, I like a challenge, and I don't give up easily, so I've signed up for M208. This will test me thoroughly, but if I make it through this course I think I will make it to the finish line!
There are no computing modules starting until February, so I will just be doing only maths for the first few months, but I'm intending to do 120 points this year which will be my heaviest schedule to date. I think it will be more manageable than this year, as I had 80 points over 3 modules starting in October and one 30 point module starting in February. This time it will be a 60 / 60 split Oct / Feb with the maths being a single module.
I didn't like continually switching between modules last year, and found myself getting confused what I'd covered where (especially on MST121 and MS221). So a single 60-pointer I'm hoping will suit me better.
We will see in September.
I'm not a natural at Maths, I find it difficult. In fact at school I was pretty convinced I'd failed my o-level, and only just scraped through it. I then went on to pass additional maths at o-level, again just scraping though. Now it has to be said that at school I was a lazy sod frankly, and was more interested in sport, music, girls and beer (not necessarily in that order), but it doesn't hide the fact that I was poor at maths.
However, I like a challenge, and I don't give up easily, so I've signed up for M208. This will test me thoroughly, but if I make it through this course I think I will make it to the finish line!
There are no computing modules starting until February, so I will just be doing only maths for the first few months, but I'm intending to do 120 points this year which will be my heaviest schedule to date. I think it will be more manageable than this year, as I had 80 points over 3 modules starting in October and one 30 point module starting in February. This time it will be a 60 / 60 split Oct / Feb with the maths being a single module.
I didn't like continually switching between modules last year, and found myself getting confused what I'd covered where (especially on MST121 and MS221). So a single 60-pointer I'm hoping will suit me better.
We will see in September.
Thursday, 2 August 2012
MS221 Result - still on track
What a huge relief, and more than a little surprise.
I wasn't one bit confident that I'd passed, and was hoping to scrape a grade 4 pass at best, so there was a big YEESSSS when I saw the result for this one, 55% and a Grade 3 Pass.
My fear that my plans would be derailed were unfounded. I struggled like hell with this one, and put in a lot of hours, so this means a lot more to me than my distinction in M257.
Get in there son!
Now I'll have to register for some more modules, and go through another year of pain.
I wasn't one bit confident that I'd passed, and was hoping to scrape a grade 4 pass at best, so there was a big YEESSSS when I saw the result for this one, 55% and a Grade 3 Pass.
My fear that my plans would be derailed were unfounded. I struggled like hell with this one, and put in a lot of hours, so this means a lot more to me than my distinction in M257.
Get in there son!
Now I'll have to register for some more modules, and go through another year of pain.
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Certificate In Mathematics
Today I got confirmation of my Certificate in Mathematics. Here is the equation:-
MU123 + MST121 = Certificate In Mathematics
This was simply a by-product of the modules I've taken of course, but still nice to have.
MU123 + MST121 = Certificate In Mathematics
This was simply a by-product of the modules I've taken of course, but still nice to have.
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
M257 Result
A distinction! I'm vey pleased with that, since I messed up in the exam (or so I thought).
MST121 Result
A pass in this one. No surprise there, since a score of 40%+ was enough and there was no examinable part. Still, another 30 credits in the bag.
Saturday, 16 June 2012
M362 TMA02 finished
I need some time off now, the exams last week left me a bit drained, but I had to have the M362 TMA02 in by the 26th of this month, so I finished it off today. I think I made a pretty good job of it, but we'll see. I got 94% on the first TMA (don't think I posted about that)
For both TMAS's I've had to use Netbeans, rather than do the development in Eclipse (my usual trick) which is for me a bit of a pain since I'm really comfortable with Eclipse, and I don't like Netbeans one bit. I still end up pasting the code into Eclipse to get it formatted for insertion into the Word document since it's easier to do that than fight with Netbeans.
For both TMAS's I've had to use Netbeans, rather than do the development in Eclipse (my usual trick) which is for me a bit of a pain since I'm really comfortable with Eclipse, and I don't like Netbeans one bit. I still end up pasting the code into Eclipse to get it formatted for insertion into the Word document since it's easier to do that than fight with Netbeans.
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