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Freebase Dali · 12-02-2011, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Don't feel bad. I had a take-home exam for one of my political science courses last year, and I had two days to complete it, so I thought "what the hell, they won't know that I'm researching info I need to know for this thing." Instructors should expect that if they're assigning take-home exams.

Of course, instructors want everyone to pass, or at least as many students as possible receiving a passing grade. Here, they usually have a quota to meet (I think it's 80% or something), and exceeding that quota looks really good on their record. I had one professor in first year that was actually suspended last year, because for three consecutive semesters (or four, I don't remember), less than 60% of students passed her course.

Yea, and I'm totally OK with that too. I know I'm learning what I need to know, and I'm responsible for that, regardless of test scores.
But, I know a lot of people that basically only pay attention when it comes to preparing for tests, and only for the short-term to get that degree. Those are usually the people (in my field, anyway) that get to their jobs not knowing what the hell they're doing and end up working menial, low-pay craptastic jobs that barely have anything to do with the field they paid all that money to learn about.

Salami · 12-03-2011, 05:21 AM

Hi S K! How did your Bergen op Zoom trip end up like?

Howard the Duck · 12-03-2011, 05:23 AM

typical Saturday afternoon-evening

spent most of it blaring music at top volume

Salami · 12-03-2011, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

typical Saturday afternoon-evening

spent most of it blaring music at top volume

Still saturday morning over here at the moment.

Howard the Duck · 12-03-2011, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mighty Salami

Still saturday morning over here at the moment.

yes, I'm aware

i was there before, remember (Cardiff, not Cheshire)

Salami · 12-03-2011, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

yes, I'm aware

i was there before, remember (Cardiff, not Cheshire)

Naaah, just thought it's nice that I've still got Saturday evening to look forward to!

Howard the Duck · 12-03-2011, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mighty Salami

Naaah, just thought it's nice that I've still got Saturday evening to look forward to!

i wasn't even awake Saturday morning

got up around 4pm just now

Salami · 12-03-2011, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

i wasn't even awake Saturday morning

got up around 4pm just now

10 AM for me. Even if i stayed up till 1 AM the previous night I'll always be awake by 10 for some reason.

s_k · 12-03-2011, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Mighty Salami

Hi S K! How did your Bergen op Zoom trip end up like?

Lol, went very smoothly. Almost too smooth for video's sake. But I'll have it done this evening

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Bit of sweat in the town of Veldhoven which appears to be made of roadworks. I had two different satnav systems running at the same time, but in the end one sent me straight into a building (there was a road before) and the other one, well...:

Road just stops there.

Apart from that the way back from Rijswijk took me 4,5 hours instead of the usual 2 hours because of three (!) different traffic jams on my route.

Here's one:

Here's the gas station at which I took a piss

And another one ;D

I don't mind traffic jams. I wasn't in a hurry of any kind, it was warm enough to put the window down (with the heating on) and I was listening to sublime, loud. Got thumbs up

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Salami · 12-03-2011, 06:00 AM

Your videos this evening will also be getting the thumbs up!

I love that picture of the road just ending: they seem to have put so much work into it and then it just ends!

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Salami Get in ma belly Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1,385	Hi S K! How did your Bergen op Zoom trip end up like?

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Salami Get in ma belly Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1,385	Your videos this evening will also be getting the thumbs up! I love that picture of the road just ending: they seem to have put so much work into it and then it just ends!