Surprised to see me back so soon?
Well I got my first paper back this week:
That’s right folks, don’t adjust your screens. 58.
Now, I don’t think it’s as bad as it seems. That seems to be a common kind of mark around here from what I’ve heard. I’ve tried to console myself with the idea that my first graduate-level paper was savaged by one of the best minds in the field… It’s not working too well but it’s all I have to hold on to. Well, that and the fact that the LSE’s grading guide says that anything over a 65 shows the ability to undertake PhD work. So it’s not that bad, right? Right???
In other news I went to a Canadian carol night that was held at Crown Court Church of Scotland for the Canuck expat community. This particular church has been in operation in London since 1603 and had been on its site in Covent Garden since 1711. Quite a lovely building and the music was splendid. I got goose-bumps. I still have “Holy Cow, I’m living in London (aka the centre of the universe…well of the part that matters anyways)!” moments now and again and that was certainly one of them. Last week I went to a service held at St. Paul’s Cathedral for American Thanksgiving. It was free and so I went. It felt weird to be surrounded by a few hundred (thousand? I didn’t turn around to see how full the place was) Americans but the service was nice (mercifully free of rhetoric) as was the building itself. I think I preferred the Canadian service though. It was cosier, and the music was better and strait from my childhood. And I was surrounded by Canadians. =)
Next week my friend Brennan will be coming over from the Promised Land (i.e. that land of milk and honey, the True North Strong and Free) to visit and we’ll be spending some time running around Italy (neither of us has been) and then to Belgium where he did his Master’s degree a couple of years ago. Should be fun and I’ll get to spend Christmas on the Continent.
Well I got my first paper back this week:
That’s right folks, don’t adjust your screens. 58.
Now, I don’t think it’s as bad as it seems. That seems to be a common kind of mark around here from what I’ve heard. I’ve tried to console myself with the idea that my first graduate-level paper was savaged by one of the best minds in the field… It’s not working too well but it’s all I have to hold on to. Well, that and the fact that the LSE’s grading guide says that anything over a 65 shows the ability to undertake PhD work. So it’s not that bad, right? Right???
In other news I went to a Canadian carol night that was held at Crown Court Church of Scotland for the Canuck expat community. This particular church has been in operation in London since 1603 and had been on its site in Covent Garden since 1711. Quite a lovely building and the music was splendid. I got goose-bumps. I still have “Holy Cow, I’m living in London (aka the centre of the universe…well of the part that matters anyways)!” moments now and again and that was certainly one of them. Last week I went to a service held at St. Paul’s Cathedral for American Thanksgiving. It was free and so I went. It felt weird to be surrounded by a few hundred (thousand? I didn’t turn around to see how full the place was) Americans but the service was nice (mercifully free of rhetoric) as was the building itself. I think I preferred the Canadian service though. It was cosier, and the music was better and strait from my childhood. And I was surrounded by Canadians. =)
Next week my friend Brennan will be coming over from the Promised Land (i.e. that land of milk and honey, the True North Strong and Free) to visit and we’ll be spending some time running around Italy (neither of us has been) and then to Belgium where he did his Master’s degree a couple of years ago. Should be fun and I’ll get to spend Christmas on the Continent.
I should post again before Christmas but just in case I don't, 'Feliz Navidad, prospero año y felicidad' and all that!
3 comments:
Don't worry about the mark, I'd be happy if all of my students had atleast that as an average. Unfortunatly that is not the case this semester.
Have fun in Italy with Brennan!
Christmas will be in the mail when you get back to London.
~Dez & Russ~
Graham, your post has made me fear for my life. I'm sure you'll get better marks as you go on, and these don't really count anyways do they?
Privet! Kak dela mou droog? bac post ochen xorowo.
That's about the mark I'm expecting in Russian! glad to hear you will see Italy and the like. tell us all about it. I've not been yet. Happy Christmas Brother.
Ben
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