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Post by Nunquam Elaine Riddle on Feb 5, 2009 23:18:28 GMT 1
Just a place for Amy to tell us all about how she's getting on with her uni work and . . . . dare I even type the dreaded 'J' name? Jane!
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Post by Remus Lupin on Feb 9, 2009 16:41:03 GMT 1
Thank you for such a lovely gesture, Tash. On Friday, my supervision was reasonable, professor Sutton seems to have had a word in 'Krappen's' conch. Krappen is my name for Jane, because cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02M7bCedHv7Rw/610x.jpg; imagine her with purple hair (slightly more spiky but the same length) and in a wheelchair and you have my supervisor. Speaking of lookalikes, www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/gy/staff/gyslh/index.html all she needs is a scar! Seems to be the typical academic look. Thanks, but no thanks, I say! May be presenting at some point, if my abstract is accepted so that will be exciting; Krappen seems to think it will be accepted and I hope so, because I would love the challenge of presenting at a conference! Slight amount of difficulty with sentence structure ('a qualitative enquiry which aims to consult postgraduate students, living with a range of impairments and enrolled at various universities across England') although hopefully common sense will prevail, and they will realise I meant, for instance, a dyslexic postgraduate at Bath, a postgraduate who uses a wheelchair at Liverpool Hope and Deaf postgraduate at Wolverhampton (random of course) rather than a person who happens to be Deaf ('D' because many regard it as a culture, such as French, Canadian and so on), dyslexic and a wheelchair user, enrolled at Liverpool Hope, Bath and Wolverhampton university. Goodness, I write such a great deal! |
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Post by Nunquam Elaine Riddle on Feb 11, 2009 3:07:40 GMT 1
Oh Amy!
I hope she's right too!
To present at a confrence would be an amazing oportunity for you!
Well, it would me quite impressive for any one person, even if they had disabilities or not to be enrolled at three universities at once!
LOL
Hopefully common sense will prevail
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Post by Remus Lupin on Feb 11, 2009 12:30:46 GMT 1
Certainly would be. From suspected dyslexic to presenter at a conference (and Lord knows there are enough people who are both, including my Extended Research Methods lecturer, not suspected though, diagnosed). Magic! It would be utterly expensive and exhausting to be enrolled at three universities at once, so yes, I would say it would be impressive! I daresay Jane will explain (or complain) if the sentence makes no sense. Or maybe she is too simple to understand them!  Excellent! Discovered another phrase; "Students vary in terms of impairment and university enrolled at." |
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Post by Remus Lupin on Mar 10, 2009 15:37:04 GMT 1
Oh my goodness! Have to re-write the second part of my essay (failed yet again to rise to the challenge of essay writing, although I am improving) and in a booboo of almost Bridget Jones proportions, I submitted my abstract to a postgraduate conference...but on corpus linguistics hehe, I think it's pretty safe to say I won't get a call-back!
YES! Supervision has been cancelled! No supervision until Thursday 19!
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Post by Remus Lupin on Mar 15, 2009 14:25:14 GMT 1
Oh my goodness! Having re-read Jane's email...
"I suggest you talk to Steve about how best to manage your study time until the exam." Until the exam! Meaning I'm through to the exam!
Fab! Frightening, but fab!
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Post by Remus Lupin on Apr 21, 2009 10:04:25 GMT 1
Krappen, it seems, is attempting to break me, by telling me that I am not at the required standard for someone at my level yesterday, then this morning that I must visit Languages and Social Sciences (my School) to ask for a date and time for the exam...she is an enigma!
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Post by Remus Lupin on May 5, 2009 11:23:15 GMT 1
Oh dear, what an unpleasant twist in the tale (although a compliment in a sense as it demonstrates that Krappen fears I will succeed)!
My results no longer qualify me to enter second year! Due to my condition, I have an excellent memory which Krappen believes is an advantage that will, in itself, allow me to progress to a stage which another part of my condition should hinder (the elements of the 'Big D').
Talks will be held between Krappen, someone by the name of Lucien, professor Sutton ('The Man'!) and presumably others in the Politics department to see whether I progress or not. Shocking, but as one door closes, another opens. A dirty tactic on Krappen's part, gathering support from staff I have not met and ensuring a passed exam does not mean success. Creative, I'll give her that!
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Post by Remus Lupin on May 25, 2009 12:20:04 GMT 1
I have a lovely ABBA earworm and feel I might demonstrate to Krappen that I can write critically. 'Honey, Honey'!
Concepts, context, content, critique (compare! And contrasting).
Then conclusion, that's the 6 C's (you'll pass! That's a critique!)
I've heard about this before (heard about this before)
I've got to read some more (I've got to read some more)
Jane can kiss my @$$, cos I'm gonna pass...(oh she drives me crazy!)
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For Tash (Nunquam/Bella/Dorcas) x
Excellent! Discovered another phrase; "Students vary in terms of impairment and university enrolled at."