Monday, May 21, 2012

And it's my best score yet!

For a change, I got my TMA 06 results back within a week, so it was a huge surprise for me, to see the email informing me that I could upload my marked essay. To add to the surprise, when I got to the relevant place, I saw that I'd managed to score a whopping 80% for this final TMA!


After only having two weeks to read all the relevant chapters, work through the various assignments on each chapter, and then write my TMA, it really was a shock for me to get such a high mark - especially as I posted it, thinking that I'd be really happy with just a pass mark :)


As usual, my tutor wrote in depth where I hadn't expanded the information that was needed, or I'd missed the opportunity to write about this subject, or that one and, as usual, I wondered where I could fit in all she asked of me, with the limited word count we had - and that's without the fact of her being lucky that I remembered enough of the facts to write anything at all!


I'm really pleased with my result, albeit puzzled as to how I could get such a high mark when I can't remember what I'd written, at least, not without having it in front of me! But, as I go about getting everything together, ready to begin writing my EMA (End-of-Module-Assignment), I can't help feeling relieved that the torture that is this module, is soon to be over and done with! 


As usual for this stage of my writing an essay, my mind is a total blank, and so I'm, once again, having to trawl through all of the course books and study guides, along with watching and listening to the CD-ROMs, in the hopes that something will spark an idea for me to write about.


I really do feel that every TMA I've written for this module, has been a rehash of the one before and, with the instructions given for this final essay, it looks to me to be exactly the same kind of thing again :/


One of my fellow students got it very right when she said that E301: The art of English, can be likened to Marmite - you either love it, or you hate it. I'm afraid, unlike Marmite, which I've always loved, this module is definitely on my hate list!


But, provided that I can get a 70% pass rate for the EMA, by August, I should be the proud possessor of my degree and, as the OU have kindly renamed my degree to reflect the work I've put into it, I'll be awarded a BA (Hons) Literature with Creative Writing :)


It has taken me 6 long years to get to this point, and there have been a lot of ups and downs along the way but, all-in-all, I'm so very glad I started studying with the Open University. It has opened up my whole life in many ways but , more especially, it has enabled me to be in contact with like-minded people from across the UK, and even Europe. This has been vital to me, as I live my life stuck between four walls, a prisoner of my own body. But, with the aid of my trusty laptop - another gift from the O.U - I am able to roam all across the world in my search for knowledge, and the companionship of others in the same position as myself.


When I weigh it all up, I have to admit that I wouldn't have changed this experience for the world - but it is definitely time for me to move on, and for me to start to use all the things I've been taught!





Tuesday, May 01, 2012

My Life Travels :)

I've just been sent this by my Cuz, and couldn't resist posting it here, as it is just so me at the moment! Lol



I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots.
Apparently, you can't go alone. 
You have to be in Cahoots with someone else.
 
I've also never been in Cognito. 
I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane. 
They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. 
I have made several trips there, thanks to my 
friends, family and work. 
I live close, so it's only a short drive.
 
I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. 
That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.

I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.
 
Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.
 
One of my favourite places to be is in Suspense! 
It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! 

At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!

And, sometimes I think I am in Vincible but life shows me I am not.

People keep telling me I'm in Denial but I'm positive I've never been there before!

I have been in Deepoo many times; the older I get, the easier it is to get there. 
I actually kind of enjoy it there.

So far, I haven't been in Continent; but my doctor says I'll be going soon.