Yeah, that's true

 

So glad xmas day is on a Monday this year... means I'm working Saturday night, then i'm off until the following Friday! :yahoo:

 

I have two weeks off at xmas. :cheer: and even better than that I have mock exams two weeks before exams so I should get some study time as well. :cheer:

Uni breaks up on the 21st, I think for 3 weeks ^_^

 

And it's 'reading week' next week (A glorified Half Term) so I have a whole week and a half of lie-ins! :yahoo:

Uni breaks up on the 21st, I think for 3 weeks ^_^

 

And it's 'reading week' next week (A glorified Half Term) so I have a whole week and a half of lie-ins! :yahoo:

 

Urgh I don't think I properly break up until sumit like the 20th this year although I think year 11 breaks up a day earlier or something to the rest of the school. :unsure:

 

Lucky you. :D

Urgh I don't think I properly break up until sumit like the 20th this year although I think year 11 breaks up a day earlier or something to the rest of the school. :unsure:

 

Lucky you. :D

 

I need it :P

 

All these late nights/early mornings are killing me

 

Ugh.. which reminds me I have a dull hour-long lecture first thing tomorrow morning :(

I need it :P

 

All these late nights/early mornings are killing me

 

Ugh.. which reminds me I have a dull hour-long lecture first thing tomorrow morning :(

 

I have five hours worth of dull lessons. :( Even worse tomorrow I have science modular tests and then double science later. :(

I have five hours worth of dull lessons. :( Even worse tomorrow I have science modular tests and then double science later. :(

 

I have a lecture, then an hour of shorthand, then an hour-long seminar afterwards (A seminar is basically where everything in the lecture gets re-told and you get handouts, etc). Then I have 3 hours of nowt, then another shorthand session from 3-4, then that's me done for the day.

 

So our days more or less work out the same, when you consider that you probs get about an hour for lunch and break times etc... we're both so badly done to :lol:

I have a lecture, then an hour of shorthand, then an hour-long seminar afterwards (A seminar is basically where everything in the lecture gets re-told and you get handouts, etc). Then I have 3 hours of nowt, then another shorthand session from 3-4, then that's me done for the day.

 

So our days more or less work out the same, when you consider that you probs get about an hour for lunch and break times etc... we're both so badly done to :lol:

 

Yeah your probably right. :lol:

 

What uni you at?. :unsure: Sunderland?. :unsure:

Yeah your probably right. :lol:

 

What uni you at?. :unsure: Sunderland?. :unsure:

 

Yep -_-

 

I did also apply for Teesside and ScumCastle, but Scumcastle got all snobby on me and refused me entry because I'm from Sunderland "I did not meet grade requirements", and the journalism course at Teesside was the wrong one, so I had to cancel the offer... shame, as well because they accepted my offer before I even got the grades :lol:

 

And I would've been with my mate :(

Yep -_-

 

I did also apply for Teesside and ScumCastle, but Scumcastle got all snobby on me and refused me entry because I'm from Sunderland "I did not meet grade requirements", and the journalism course at Teesside was the wrong one, so I had to cancel the offer... shame, as well because they accepted my offer before I even got the grades :lol:

 

And I would've been with my mate :(

 

I'm thnking of doing a journalism course when I go to uni. :o ^_^

 

I don't know which uni i'd like to go for though. :o One of my cousins studied maths at Newcastle and she loved it. :o

I'm thnking of doing a journalism course when I go to uni. :o ^_^

 

I don't know which uni i'd like to go for though. :o One of my cousins studied maths at Newcastle and she loved it. :o

 

I like Sunderland uni, but I can't say the journalism course is as good as I expected it to be.. might get better over the next year :unsure:

 

And chances are if you're going in for a journalism course, you'll be required to learn shorthand (or $h!thand as I like to call it). It's basically scribbles on a page that allow you to accurately write down what people are saying really really quickly. 95% of editors these days will only employ journalists who can write 100 words per minute, but it's only 80 for magazine journalists

I like Sunderland uni, but I can't say the journalism course is as good as I expected it to be.. might get better over the next year :unsure:

 

And chances are if you're going in for a journalism course, you'll be required to learn shorthand (or $h!thand as I like to call it). It's basically scribbles on a page that allow you to accurately write down what people are saying really really quickly. 95% of editors these days will only employ journalists who can write 100 words per minute, but it's only 80 for magazine journalistsin

 

Really!. :o Well I can already write very fast but my handwriting is appauling. :(

Really!. :o Well I can already write very fast but my handwriting is appauling. :(

 

I'm a reasonably fast writer myself, but believe it or not, it doesn't really help if you can't remember the outlines and everything.

 

You need to learn to be able to write this:

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1899/shorthandgy9.png

...at 100 wpm

 

I'm struggling to get past 50 :unsure:

I'm a reasonably fast writer myself, but believe it or not, it doesn't really help if you can't remember the outlines and everything.

 

You need to learn to be able to write this:

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1899/shorthandgy9.png

...at 100 wpm

 

I'm struggling to get past 50 :unsure:

 

I don't even have a clue what it means. :mellow: :lol:

I don't even have a clue what it means. :mellow: :lol:

 

It says *clears throat*..

 

"it is not...er...something... that four girls(?) should have to share one tlf?! :huh: / There have been some cases of flu(?) in the office and-"

 

**** it, I can't understand it and i'm supposed to be learning the stupid thing :lol:

It says *clears throat*..

 

"it is not...er...something... that four girls(?) should have to share one tlf?! :huh: / There have been some cases of flu(?) in the office and-"

 

**** it, I can't understand it and i'm supposed to be learning the stupid thing :lol:

 

I really do feel for you having to learn that. :( :lol:

I really do feel for you having to learn that. :( :lol:

 

It's awful :P

 

Learning the shorthand alphabet's a piece of p***, but it's when you start learning word groupings and special outlines that it starts to get annoying. They have all these stupid little rules for each thing, but then they're inconsistent so you can swap the letters round when they're followed by a certain outline, but when there's a specific letter in there you're not allowed to... it's pointless. We're in the 21st Century, we have dictaphones and minidisc recorders to record people's speech :lol:

 

Oh, and the lecturer who teaches shorthand is a she-male

Edited November 7, 200618 yr by Y!kes

It's awful :P

 

Learning the shorthand alphabet's a piece of p***, but it's when you start learning word groupings and special outlines that it starts to get annoying. They have all these stupid little rules for each thing, but then they're inconsistent so you can swap the letters round when they're followed by a certain outline, but when there's a specific letter in there you're not allowed to... it's pointless. We're in the 21st Century, we have dictaphones and minidisc recorders to record people's speech :lol:

 

Oh, and the lecturer who teaches shorthand is a she-male

 

I can imagine it been awful. :(

I can imagine it been awful. :(

 

They haven't helped by giving me the bloody thing 5-6 on Mondays and Tuesdays and twice on a Wednesday :(

 

I hate it, and it's the first module i'm taking at uni where I can turn round and say that about :unsure:

They haven't helped by giving me the bloody thing 5-6 on Mondays and Tuesdays and twice on a Wednesday :(

 

I hate it, and it's the first module i'm taking at uni where I can turn round and say that about :unsure:

 

Ouch. :(

 

That reminds me I ust revise tonight for my Science. :party2:

Ouch. :(

 

That reminds me I ust revise tonight for my Science. :party2:

 

Which Science are you revising for? Or do you get three-in-one action?