Is anyone else feeling kinda "meh" about the end of Term?

Boston

I know I am, and I can't exactly place why, maybe it's down to the fact i know i'll be spending allot more time in college in the mid term, then actually in term.

Joe

Edwardius

LiouVille wrote:

I know I am, and I can't exactly place why, maybe it's down to the fact i know i'll be spending allot more time in college in the mid term, then actually in term.

Joe

Last week of lectures EVER, so no. Gonna be in the windjammer from ten o clock in the morning celebrating "temporary victory day".

Boston

You know the white horse inn opens before the auld winjammer, and is much nicer.

snorlax

yeah i know what you mean i'v got to get two essays to get done in the 2 weeks and then im straight on placement (accident and emergency, the most stressful part of the hospital but am looking forward to the challenge!)...

not to worry though as fencing's on over break..and so long as they keep the coffee place open my breaks will be numerous...thankfully i'v only the two exams this year..it's pretty much all continous assessments and essays...

cuckoo

Yeah, michelmas term there was the "i'll get it done over the christmas break....", and then i didn't. Hilary term - "i'll get it (and all that stuff i didn't get done over christmas) over the easter break".

So, yeah, i have the blahs and the mehs. Also, i'm just plain tired as well.

Time Magazine

Damn Schols.

But woohoo, 2nd in my Marketing class for my Google essay! That puts me 7th in my class on essay submissions out of a class of 254. Go me.

Pity my essay submissions won't count if I get exemptions or higher.

Ah well, excitement here I come!

xeduCat

Research = no concept of terms. But a series of events (essays, Schol, dissertation) combined with not-that-many-hours-to-begin-with meant that I never paid much attention to the Hilary/Trinity break anyway...

John

Not so much a meh feeling as a panic feeling

Pet

John2 wrote:

Not so much a meh feeling as a panic feeling

Concurred.

Barry Aldwell

Right, these end of year exams, I only have to get 40% in each to pass the year, right? Sound.....

ApeXaviour

Pet wrote:

Concurred.

You're jf... why the fk are you getting stressed?

My panic isn't hasn't really set in yet. It would be if I wasnt doin schols because then I'd be freaking at the fact I know NOTHING for end of year exams and I need 50% to get through. But I'm only focused on schols atm and I've never in my life been better prepared for a set of exams. Then again I've only once ever got a 2.1 in any subject (JF chem oddly).

Pet

ou're jf... why the fk are you getting stressed?

Oi, don't give me that "Oh it's so easy" crap. You didn't think it was easy at the time I'd say. I thought the Leaving Cert was quite easy at the time, now I look back on it as absolute piss. You're a physicist, aren't you supposed to know about relativity?

Winters

I'm feeling youre face tbh.




Ugly fecker >_<

ApeXaviour

Pet wrote:

Oi, don't give me that "Oh it's so easy" crap. You didn't think it was easy at the time I'd say. I thought the Leaving Cert was quite easy at the time, now I look back on it as absolute piss.

You're kidding right? The leaving cert was WAY harder than first year! it IS so easy... You don't start getting back to LC standards til SF. Then (depending on your course) the work triples again in either 3rd or 4th year. eg my course is supposedly more difficult in 3rd than fourth but a botony friend of mine I've never seen work so hard in his final year, whereas his third year seemed relatively doss-like.

Pet wrote:

You're a physicist, aren't you supposed to know about relativity?

Lorentz contractions? Time dilation? Twin paradox? You're not gonna start being one of those people who equate theories and physical concepts to how they feel are ya man?
"Oh oim sooo cluttered, my loife's entropy has increased dramatically. But due to the uncertainty principal nobody can be entirely aware of just how much chaos theory descroibes me..."

Boston

ApeXaviour wrote:

You're kidding right? The leaving cert was WAY harder than first year! it IS so easy... You don't start getting back to LC standards til SF. Then (depending on your course) the work triples again in either 3rd or 4th year. eg my course is supposedly more difficult in 3rd than fourth but a botony friend of mine I've never seen work so hard in his final year, whereas his third year seemed relatively doss-like.

Lorentz contractions? Time dilation? Twin paradox? You're not gonna start being one of those people who equate theories and physical concepts to how they feel are ya man?
"Oh oim sooo cluttered, my loife's entropy has increased dramatically. But due to the uncertainty principal nobody can be entirely aware of just how much chaos theory descroibes me..."

Interesting enough, entrophy in engineering is used as a measure of how informative something is.

Nietzschean

ApeXaviour wrote:

You're kidding right? The leaving cert was WAY harder than first year! it IS so easy... You don't start getting back to LC standards til SF.

...Maybe for you physics types........ 1st year TP/maths is quite hard(not relative to later years, but to the LC yep..)

Nietzschean

John2 wrote:

Not so much a meh feeling as a panic feeling

kinda getting beyond panic to accepting doom for the moment...

cuckoo

ApeXaviour wrote:

Lorentz contractions? Time dilation? Twin paradox? You're not gonna start being one of those people who equate theories and physical concepts to how they feel are ya man?

What, like the way that Einstein guy talked about time spent sitting on a too hot stove compared to time spent talking to a pretty girl?

I think college exams are a little scarier (for me anyway) because there's so much other stuff that we could be doing with our time rather than studying/going to lectures, so i have't worked as hard as i could have - and in school teachers are preparing us for the LC, the LC is the means and the end, while in college there's that notion of an education in the subject and stuff.

[back on topic]

I haven't noticed really that we're at the end of the term, though I was aware that it was coming soon. Week 9 eh. How about that.

18 lecture weeks completed out of 24, and come 4 months time I'll be finishing up here.

europerson

Donal, have you got any information booklets about feeling "meh" about the end of term?

Meh.

ApeXaviour

Nietzschean wrote:

...Maybe for you physics types........ 1st year TP/maths is quite hard(not relative to later years, but to the LC yep..)

I really refuse to accept that in the freshman years, TP has more of a workload than Science. In the sophister years I'm quite willing to admit they have a harder time overall than Phy/AP/PCAM/CP* (that's Physic, Astrophys, Phys&Chem of Advanced Materials and Comp Phys), not by a whole mind you lot tbh but it is harder. But for instance (freshman) sci students who do physics. They do the same physics as TP, but total workload wise? Triple it. Remember we do at least three full subjects (other sci peeps do 3 and a half)


*Actually if I had to give my opinion on the most demanding of the physics related subjects in the sophister years I'd have to say the go in this order:
TP>AP>Phy>CP>PCAM. Though in all honesty I wouldn't say there is any sort of huge difference between them.

Nietzschean

ApeXaviour wrote:

I really refuse to accept that in the freshman years, TP has more of a workload than Science.

I never said workload, while they do have a pretty full week i know well the sci lot have one also. I'm referring to subject difficulty being several degree's higher than that of the LC, all the stuff the tp's did but phy people didn't , so like special rel and the maths courses... donal can explain the finer points of 111 to you no doubt

Pet

You're kidding right? The leaving cert was WAY harder than first year!

I don't know what kind of LC/JF you had, but this year is waaaaaaaaaaay harder than the Leaving cert, which was complete piss. There's much more to learn and so much more depth in the subjects. Plus, the whole continuous assessment thing..

wheresthebeef

We have no easter holidays, oh woe is the Faculty of Health Sciences. Snorlax feels my pain. What this about 40% pass rates???? I thought all of TCD was 50% pass rate?

ApeXaviour

Nietzschean wrote:

I never said workload, while they do have a pretty full week i know well the sci lot have one also.

I never said timetable. If you have in any-way a half decent aptitude you can get over "difficulty" with a lot of work and perseverence. Hence it making up a good chunk of workload. I still say freshman science has more workload than freshman TP.

Nietzschean wrote:

I'm referring to subject difficulty being several degree's higher than that of the LC, all the stuff the tp's did but phy people didn't so like special rel

If you're gonna mention special rel at least mention that it is an absolute and utter piece of piss.. I honestly think I'd rather have done that instead of whatever we did in JF.

Nietzschean wrote:

and the maths courses...

How about all the stuff that we did that TP don't? Chemistry, geography/geology etc? All a lot more difficult, a lot higher and indepth a level than LC as you can go into a full degree with each.

Pet wrote:

I don't know what kind of LC/JF you had, but this year is waaaaaaaaaaay harder than the Leaving cert, which was complete piss. There's much more to learn and so much more depth in the subjects. Plus, the whole continuous assessment thing..

They're more indepth and there's more to learn on a per subject basis yes. But when you compare with a 7 subject leaving cert? Are you being serious?.. I mean I'm fairly sure you had a better LC than me? Maybe I had an easier time cos I happened to do well in phys/chem/maths in LC and so didn't have do any catch-up in JF (they being the subjects I chose). But from my recollections of LC I was slaving away at english/irish etc only to be dissappointed. And from my recollections of JF I didn't do a tap, drank myself silly. I attended my labs during the year thats about it. 2 weeks cramming at the end and bam: 58% avg. God has that changed in the last two years though... Exponentially more work

wheresthebeef wrote:

We have no easter holidays, oh woe is the Faculty of Health Sciences. Snorlax feels my pain. What this about 40% pass rates???? I thought all of TCD was 50% pass rate?

Must be a health sci thing. Tbh it doesnt matter much really. They adjust the exam papers / marking for an even spread of the bell curve anyway...

Nietzschean

ApeXaviour wrote:

I never said timetable. If you have in any-way a half decent aptitude you can get over "difficulty" with a lot of work and perseverence. Hence it making up a good chunk of workload. I still say freshman science has more workload than freshman TP.

Emm maybe you can in chemistry/biology/physics, but not in maths, there isn't alot of books/decent books on some of the subjects we do, even in first year. So if you can't follow the recommended text because its written terribly working for more hours rarely helps.

If you're gonna mention special rel at least mention that it is an absolute and utter piece of piss.. I honestly think I'd rather have done that instead of whatever we did in JF.

Not everyone found it that way, though like our lecturer was woefull, was a complete split in the class, people got 4 or 9/10 in all the assignements, very few in between. Personally i thought it was easy but.....others didn't...

How about all the stuff that we did that TP don't? Chemistry, geography/geology etc? All a lot more difficult, a lot higher and indepth a level than LC as you can go into a full degree with each.

Given my experence from sci of Phy the difficulty level in 1st year was only on par with the LC. we found huge differences in difficulty in first year between physics and maths. Maths assumed you knew the lc backwards and found it easy, Physics didn't even assume you did it for the lc........

cuckoo

wheresthebeef wrote:

We have no easter holidays, oh woe is the Faculty of Health Sciences. Snorlax feels my pain. What this about 40% pass rates???? I thought all of TCD was 50% pass rate?

Depends on the year as well. In JS science we need 45% to be able to go onto the SS ("honour") year, 40-44% we get a pass degree and a go bye byes (there's no supplementals for JS science), <40% and it's a go bye byes empty handed.

For JF and SF science the pass mark was 40%.

arbeitsscheuer

LiouVille wrote:

I know I am, and I can't exactly place why, maybe it's down to the fact i know i'll be spending allot more time in college in the mid term, then actually in term.

Yeah, ditto to that. UCD's off til April 2nd from this friday, but I'm gonna be coming back in to college every day of every week in between, I'm that screwed for my finals...

So, when I hear the (many) people who talk bout gettin hammered to "celebrate" end of lectures this week, I can't really help but feel "Meh", cos nothin much will change for me.

Kind of a downer really...

Thanks a lot Joe!!!!:mad:

Pet

They're more indepth and there's more to learn on a per subject basis yes. But when you compare with a 7 subject leaving cert? Are you being serious?.. I mean I'm fairly sure you had a better LC than me? Maybe I had an easier time cos I happened to do well in phys/chem/maths in LC and so didn't have do any catch-up in JF (they being the subjects I chose). But from my recollections of LC I was slaving away at english/irish etc only to be dissappointed. And from my recollections of JF I didn't do a tap, drank myself silly.

I did pass Irish, English and Music were my best subjects, and I had a great German teacher..maybe that's why I found it so easy. But for me, this year is much, much more difficult/time-consuming than the Leaving Cert..

Boston

First year was very very hard in the auld enginneering faculty. 9 - 6 most days, four hour lab session, like ten exams at the end of the year. 3 years has been much easier, in that regard*

* I say that having spent five hours of my own free times yesterday, working on a project.

ApeXaviour

Nietzschean wrote:

Not everyone found it that way, though like our lecturer was woefull, was a complete split in the class, people got 4 or 9/10 in all the assignements, very few in between. Personally i thought it was easy but.....others didn't...

I suppose some things just click with ya and some don't. That clicked for me, whereas something like (at least the programming part of) 161 just didnt. I tried, I honestly did but I couldn't see the logic behind it. That's obviously not a problem for you

Just outta curiosity, who was your SR lecturer?

Pet wrote:

I did pass Irish, English and Music were my best subjects, and I had a great German teacher..maybe that's why I found it so easy. But for me, this year is much, much more difficult/time-consuming than the Leaving Cert..

God help you then roro as you progress. Seriously find a subject you love and go with that cos it it gets damn harder. I seriously reckon I see more JS/SS in the library right now than people studyin for schols....

Pet

Well to be honest, I do quite like most of my subjects. The only part I'm going to have serious trouble with is chemistry and biochemistry, everything else is interesting, and if I find it interesting then studying it is a breeze.

Nietzschean

ApeXaviour wrote:

Just outta curiosity, who was your SR lecturer?

Barklie is it? small guy with glasses...

snorlax

i have pains in my back from bending over the whole time...and i think i don't like bess jocks/ bops or urang a tangs(and i don't care if thats spelt wrong) people that talk insanely loudly in a library!

I don't HAVE an end of term. I'm on Erasmus, got 1.5 weeks off for Christmas, a month exams straight after and then went straight into the new term without even a week's break! Last exam on Saturday, new term started on Monday. Term runs until mid July with only a week off for Easter.

I never realised how easy I had it at Trinity, with all the massive holidays. I have the same amount of essays to do but no time off to do them, and I have exams in everything in June/July.

ApeXaviour

Where are you at?

in Spain

Nietzschean

ouch well sucks to be you... come on 3 week break to spend in the library!

Boston

I wish I was in the library, does anybody know aythign about Gal 22v10 integrated chips. Their an ancient piece of kit, with very little on the net about them.

Crash

Just use a damn CPLD you lazy ****er

ApeXaviour

Nietzschean wrote:

ouch well sucks to be you...

Yes indeed, I'd hate to be in spain :rolleyes:

Nietzschean wrote:

come on 3 week break to spend in the library!

I hear that Renegade... The only holiday that's actually meant anything to me was the 7 days I took off between christmas day and new years day.

rsynnott

Very much so; after term come Schols.

Boston

crash_000 wrote:

Just use a damn CPLD you lazy ****er

I would if I could, and I don't think you quiet follow how difficult the gal can be.

ApeXaviour

rsynnott wrote:

Very much so; after term come Schols.

Good luck in them man!

Ron DMC

LiouVille wrote:

I would if I could, and I don't think you quiet follow how difficult the gal can be.

quite

rsynnott

ApeXaviour wrote:

Good luck in them man!

Thanks; to be honest, tho, I seem to be doing them out of pure masochism (I'm not even really in the right year). I seriously doubt I'll get them.

Crash

oh i do - they were on our dld tutors in first year.