Installment two
The Essay
Hello again and here is instalment two.
So what have I been up to since the Christmas
break? I’ve been doing lots of reading, lots and lots of
reading!! Turns out I had a 6,000 word essay to do as part of
my MA. It was an independent study, so I eventually decided to
base it around Racism in the U.S. Military during the Vietnam
War. I got deep, I got well deep. That’s what I love
about history and the whole subject. I love the fact that on
this course I’m able to choose where and what I want to study and
can shape it to what interests me. It’s a very interesting
subject, whether you’re a geek or not.
12 Book Limit
So once again I had a pile of books,
definitely not enough to only have a twelve book limit on this
library card. Eight short loans and four long loans. It never
really works out, especially when you have a lot to read
about. I’m so glad that we have Ebray. If you don’t know what
it is, I strongly recommend that you look into it, but basically
its an on-line library of books and texts. Perfect for when you are
up to your loan limit and cant get any books out. Plus it saves you
getting a muscle work out by not having to carry a massive pile of
books home.
Pebble Pad
I was even back on “the award winning pebble
pad”, (I can’t call it anything else now, not since hearing it said
at every graduation I attended this past year). Managed to
get the final entry submitted. I really tried to push the
boat out by making sure that this last entry met all the assessment
criteria. I challenged, related to other comments and even
underpinned my comments with quotes from relevant sources.
Its worth 50% of the total module so no point in throwing away
valuable points. I now have to just keep my fingers crossed
and hope for the best. Phew…….
Submitted!!
The bonus is, (back to my 6,000 word
essay) that by careful planning and organisation, I was able
to finish my essay, leave it a day, then come back to it and read
over with fresh eyes, and a clear head. None of this running
from the printer and trying to get to registry to hand in before
5pm. Not me!! I printed it out, then took a leisurely
stroll over to “Here To Help”, handed in my assignment and thought
about a short period of relaxation. Well at least until next
Saturday and my whole day of lecture.
Personal Life
The holidays are a great thing. A chance
to relax after a semester of hard study. I managed to enjoy a
selection of cocktails, visit friend, spend some quality time with
family and loved ones. Enjoy and indulge in my love of
cooking and my greater love of eating. Managed to catch up and
step-up my gym activities. I haven’t played snooker in a
while, so I enjoyed the chance of getting a few games in, verty
expensive now!! One of the best things about having a little time
off from work and studies, is I was able to wash my car,
finally!!!
There are times when I have to really
sacrifice my gym/swim for the sake of the degree, but I do enjoy
getting back into the usual swing of thing. Luckily for me, it’s
too cold to do any work on my allotment garden. Yes that’s
right, I have an allotment garden!!
January is looking like it’s gonna be a very
busy month full of lots of new things especially work and
play. So much to say that I think I’ll have to save it for
another blog entry. If you can’t see it above this one, then
that means I haven’t written it yet. So check back shortly and
enjoy.
Thanks for taking an interest. See you
soon.
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