An update :o
Tuesday, December 21st, 2004 08:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizziecTerm has finished now. Been a rather hectic one too, there seemed to be no time to stop and breathe. Still, hopefully the holidays should give me some breathing space. Ben and I finished most of our Christmas shopping yesterday and cos it was a Monday and term still hasn't finished for most schools it wasn't too horrid. Unfortunately will have to do the last few bits in Croydon on the 23rd - that *will* be horrible :( Still, feel accomplished that most of it is out of the way :)
For those of you interested in my academic work, my marks have jumped this year from an average of 58% to an average of 68%. I'm so proud of myself :D I hope I can keep it up, cos this would mean I could graduate with a definate 2:1, which is what I'm after. Still, I'll cross my fingers and hope quietly that I can keep it up. Have holiday work to do, which sucks :( Even worse is that all the books I need are out of the library until the 12th January, with the deadline being 5 days or so after that :| Will need to talk to my tutor I think.
Speaking of my tutor, some may recall the battle over powerpoint I had with him:
Dear Dr Tutor,
I just picked them up from the history office - thank you. I'll return them
to you on Monday in the lesson if this is ok with you.
I was wondering if it would be alright to include a powerpoint presentation
within our presentation as a whole and if so if facilities could be provided
to run this off.
Thank you again,
Elizabeth
I got a reply:
Dear Elizabeth
I don't think the experiment with powerpoint was very successful last time: it
struck me as merely distracting. I have to book them in the History Office,
pick them up on Friday and lock them in the ES1 cupboard on the Sunday night
before, pick up an extension lead, and them take it all back to the office.
(in addition, I usually have slides to sort out and bring, plus all the usual
paper). I'd rather you use slides from the Library slide collection, which
are much simpler in ES1.
Tutor
So I sent him an email back:
Dear Dr Tutor,
I'd agree that when powerpoint is badly designed and animated it can be a
hinderance and distraction to the point of the presentation, however, when
used properly it can reinforce points in an easily digestable way that allows
students to get the most from a talk.
I am not planning on using animation or bright colours, merely a few pictures
and bullet points to emphasise the main points of the talk.
An alternative to powerpoint I could use, which cuts out all of the flashy
distracting powerpoint extras is http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/,
which is a very clean cut, lightweight way to do things.
Based on this evidence is their any chance that you could reconsider your
decision?
Yours Sincerely,
Elizabeth
I never recieved a reply. As a result my partner and I did a powerpoint pres and printed it to sheets of assitate instead, as they were the facilities available to us :|
After out visit to the British Museum as part of the course (piccies here), I sent him a link to the pictures I took. And got a reply:
Dear Liz
Thanks for sending me these. There are some v good ones, and it makes me
think I should move from slides to power point, and use my cam more.
Thanks again
Tutor
Bwhahaha. I shall view that as a victory! :D
Anyway, this has been long and boring enough, so I shall finish up now with a meme I stole from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
red_pill.
End Of Year Meme
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Went on an aeroplane, went to a concert.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I never make new years resolutions :P
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope
5. What countries did you visit?
Spain. And it rocked :D
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
A place on teacher training course, a second job, more money, a proper house for me and ben, a graduates certificate from the University of Kent.
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The dates of my holiday in Mallorca, my mother's birthday, the day I went to see the SU welfare people, teh day when I fell apart completely and my friends, family and fiance started the long job of putting me back together again, the day I finished my dissertation, BNL Concert.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Passing my exams and the year. My dissertation. Staying sane :P
9. What was your biggest failure?
Being weak enough to let things become personal. Having to give things up because I can't distance myself from them sufficiently for me not to get ill again.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Depression, if that counts ;)
11. What was the best thing you bought?
DVD burner for computer. Tickets for plane ride to MoofCon 2004
2. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Personally? Ben, foo, rah, Claire (Tanner :P), my mother, my brother, Bethan, my employers and their children (not neccessarily in that order ;))
In the World, generally? Margaret Hassan.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Personally: some people who probably read this, who I will do a service to and not mention their names. [edit] possibly not the people you might think ;)
In the World: George W. Bush. Ian Paisly.
4. Where did most of your money go?
rent, food, bills, tuition fees.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My planned wedding, my holiday in spain, Christmas, my mum's birthday (though that was tempered with terror that she would hate it ;)) LOTR ROTK ;) BNL Concert \o/
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Sister Hazel: Your Winter. Anything by Barenaked Ladies :P
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? Fatter
c) richer or poorer? Poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Laughing. Working in the summer. Work over the course of the previous academic year.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Crying. Procrastinating. Arguing. Worrying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my family
21. Did you fall in love in 2004?
< soppy >yes - more deeply every day. I'm more in love now than I was a year ago - that's saying something< /soppy >
22. How many one-night stands?
None :)
23. What was your favourite TV program?
CSI
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Probably. I'm working on not hating anyone though.
25. What was the best book you read?
It was one about the holocaust - don't rememeber the name. Will edit this later when I do :)
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Barenaked Ladies ;)
27. What did you want and get?
Umm...dunno really. I wanted to pass the year and I got that...
28. What did you want and not get?
enough money to cope comfortably
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
LOTR: ROTK, The Incredibles.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Cafe de China, Tyler Hill Fireworks. I was 21.
31.What would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not struggled most of the year with various stuff.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Jeans and a tshirt
33. What kept you sane?
Ben and my family. Foo and Rah, Claire and Bethan.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
none ;)
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The american election.
36. Who did you miss?
Umm..sometimes my father...that's baout it. Everyone else I see regularly.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
I didn't ;)
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
Choose your friends and housemates carefully ;)
For those of you interested in my academic work, my marks have jumped this year from an average of 58% to an average of 68%. I'm so proud of myself :D I hope I can keep it up, cos this would mean I could graduate with a definate 2:1, which is what I'm after. Still, I'll cross my fingers and hope quietly that I can keep it up. Have holiday work to do, which sucks :( Even worse is that all the books I need are out of the library until the 12th January, with the deadline being 5 days or so after that :| Will need to talk to my tutor I think.
Speaking of my tutor, some may recall the battle over powerpoint I had with him:
Dear Dr Tutor,
I just picked them up from the history office - thank you. I'll return them
to you on Monday in the lesson if this is ok with you.
I was wondering if it would be alright to include a powerpoint presentation
within our presentation as a whole and if so if facilities could be provided
to run this off.
Thank you again,
Elizabeth
I got a reply:
Dear Elizabeth
I don't think the experiment with powerpoint was very successful last time: it
struck me as merely distracting. I have to book them in the History Office,
pick them up on Friday and lock them in the ES1 cupboard on the Sunday night
before, pick up an extension lead, and them take it all back to the office.
(in addition, I usually have slides to sort out and bring, plus all the usual
paper). I'd rather you use slides from the Library slide collection, which
are much simpler in ES1.
Tutor
So I sent him an email back:
Dear Dr Tutor,
I'd agree that when powerpoint is badly designed and animated it can be a
hinderance and distraction to the point of the presentation, however, when
used properly it can reinforce points in an easily digestable way that allows
students to get the most from a talk.
I am not planning on using animation or bright colours, merely a few pictures
and bullet points to emphasise the main points of the talk.
An alternative to powerpoint I could use, which cuts out all of the flashy
distracting powerpoint extras is http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/,
which is a very clean cut, lightweight way to do things.
Based on this evidence is their any chance that you could reconsider your
decision?
Yours Sincerely,
Elizabeth
I never recieved a reply. As a result my partner and I did a powerpoint pres and printed it to sheets of assitate instead, as they were the facilities available to us :|
After out visit to the British Museum as part of the course (piccies here), I sent him a link to the pictures I took. And got a reply:
Dear Liz
Thanks for sending me these. There are some v good ones, and it makes me
think I should move from slides to power point, and use my cam more.
Thanks again
Tutor
Bwhahaha. I shall view that as a victory! :D
Anyway, this has been long and boring enough, so I shall finish up now with a meme I stole from
red_pill.1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Went on an aeroplane, went to a concert.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I never make new years resolutions :P
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope
5. What countries did you visit?
Spain. And it rocked :D
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
A place on teacher training course, a second job, more money, a proper house for me and ben, a graduates certificate from the University of Kent.
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The dates of my holiday in Mallorca, my mother's birthday, the day I went to see the SU welfare people, teh day when I fell apart completely and my friends, family and fiance started the long job of putting me back together again, the day I finished my dissertation, BNL Concert.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Passing my exams and the year. My dissertation. Staying sane :P
9. What was your biggest failure?
Being weak enough to let things become personal. Having to give things up because I can't distance myself from them sufficiently for me not to get ill again.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Depression, if that counts ;)
11. What was the best thing you bought?
DVD burner for computer. Tickets for plane ride to MoofCon 2004
2. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Personally? Ben, foo, rah, Claire (Tanner :P), my mother, my brother, Bethan, my employers and their children (not neccessarily in that order ;))
In the World, generally? Margaret Hassan.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Personally: some people who probably read this, who I will do a service to and not mention their names. [edit] possibly not the people you might think ;)
In the World: George W. Bush. Ian Paisly.
4. Where did most of your money go?
rent, food, bills, tuition fees.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My planned wedding, my holiday in spain, Christmas, my mum's birthday (though that was tempered with terror that she would hate it ;)) LOTR ROTK ;) BNL Concert \o/
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Sister Hazel: Your Winter. Anything by Barenaked Ladies :P
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? Fatter
c) richer or poorer? Poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Laughing. Working in the summer. Work over the course of the previous academic year.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Crying. Procrastinating. Arguing. Worrying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my family
21. Did you fall in love in 2004?
< soppy >yes - more deeply every day. I'm more in love now than I was a year ago - that's saying something< /soppy >
22. How many one-night stands?
None :)
23. What was your favourite TV program?
CSI
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Probably. I'm working on not hating anyone though.
25. What was the best book you read?
It was one about the holocaust - don't rememeber the name. Will edit this later when I do :)
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Barenaked Ladies ;)
27. What did you want and get?
Umm...dunno really. I wanted to pass the year and I got that...
28. What did you want and not get?
enough money to cope comfortably
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
LOTR: ROTK, The Incredibles.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Cafe de China, Tyler Hill Fireworks. I was 21.
31.What would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not struggled most of the year with various stuff.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Jeans and a tshirt
33. What kept you sane?
Ben and my family. Foo and Rah, Claire and Bethan.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
none ;)
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The american election.
36. Who did you miss?
Umm..sometimes my father...that's baout it. Everyone else I see regularly.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
I didn't ;)
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
Choose your friends and housemates carefully ;)
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Date: Tue, Dec. 21st, 2004 02:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Tue, Dec. 21st, 2004 03:13 pm (UTC)Woohoo for teh Lizzeh! :D
*huggles*
Have a lovely Christmas, dearie :)
re:Dear Dr Tutor,
Date: Tue, Dec. 21st, 2004 09:32 pm (UTC)and incidently powerpoint for history presentations rocks, pretty much an automatic 70+ when done reasonably well with a few nice touches (piccies and hand outs) in my experience, much better at bringing a class to life than sitting there with a sheaf of scriblings.