Bliddy Beetroot!
Been a while since I posted - probably largely because I've had my head stuck in textbooks and notes most of the time. I've done a couple of gym classes, but not any running or biking. The knee's still giving me gyp - so not good.
Anyway - as it happens it was brilliant timing, as I needed to study. I did two past papers the day before and aced them. So - yesterday I woke up quite edgy - it was odd to be doing an exam again after so many years, and especially one that mattered a lot. ANyway - into college, where I bumped into one of the group - but she had her notes sprawled out on the table and that was the last thing I needed! Another of the gang turned up, and we chatted inanely before heading down to the exam hall.
I tutted a lot at the exam regulations, which IMO were a bit iffy, particularly the desk spacing if I've remembered the rules correctly, and probably sounded like a right exams anorak, but when you've been teaching for years these things tend to stick.
The paper was an odd one - in that questions were on topics that hadn't been covered in past papers - or at least in a different way to before or in more detail than before, which made it hard to call on the bank of ready answers I had. I managed most of them fine (I think), but one on beetroot floored me. It was probably meant to test the top few per cent of candidates - the "how well can you apply your knowledge to a completely new scenario" type thing, and I think I gave an intelligent answer.
Overall then, I did well. I did have ideas of getting one of the "top five students in the country" letters, which was possible and still is, but I don't think I did quite well enough. Pretty confident I'll get an A from it, but I was hoping to do that and then get as much of a buffer above that for the tougher modules in the A2. I can always retake it in the summer, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. I suspect I'll get an A either way, but the more pressure I can take off the better! Anyway - if George's offer me a B then that'll help a lot :oD
Time to get down to module four, but I'm goign to take a day to recover. I felt knackered at last night's class, but it was good to see the peeps again and have a bit of a natter. I got some reassurance that my beetroot answer was right, although I haven't asked the tutor.
I've still got an ofdd unsettled feeling now though - the fizzio goal is going along nicely, but somehow the cloud of getting a job at the end of it (there's problems with finance and stuff) is taking the shine off it. Sure - I'll have a fun time studying for it, I'm loving learning again, but if I go through all this to then struggle to find work, or get a poorly paid job, it'll be a bit of a pisser!
Anyway - as it happens it was brilliant timing, as I needed to study. I did two past papers the day before and aced them. So - yesterday I woke up quite edgy - it was odd to be doing an exam again after so many years, and especially one that mattered a lot. ANyway - into college, where I bumped into one of the group - but she had her notes sprawled out on the table and that was the last thing I needed! Another of the gang turned up, and we chatted inanely before heading down to the exam hall.
I tutted a lot at the exam regulations, which IMO were a bit iffy, particularly the desk spacing if I've remembered the rules correctly, and probably sounded like a right exams anorak, but when you've been teaching for years these things tend to stick.
The paper was an odd one - in that questions were on topics that hadn't been covered in past papers - or at least in a different way to before or in more detail than before, which made it hard to call on the bank of ready answers I had. I managed most of them fine (I think), but one on beetroot floored me. It was probably meant to test the top few per cent of candidates - the "how well can you apply your knowledge to a completely new scenario" type thing, and I think I gave an intelligent answer.
Overall then, I did well. I did have ideas of getting one of the "top five students in the country" letters, which was possible and still is, but I don't think I did quite well enough. Pretty confident I'll get an A from it, but I was hoping to do that and then get as much of a buffer above that for the tougher modules in the A2. I can always retake it in the summer, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. I suspect I'll get an A either way, but the more pressure I can take off the better! Anyway - if George's offer me a B then that'll help a lot :oD
Time to get down to module four, but I'm goign to take a day to recover. I felt knackered at last night's class, but it was good to see the peeps again and have a bit of a natter. I got some reassurance that my beetroot answer was right, although I haven't asked the tutor.
I've still got an ofdd unsettled feeling now though - the fizzio goal is going along nicely, but somehow the cloud of getting a job at the end of it (there's problems with finance and stuff) is taking the shine off it. Sure - I'll have a fun time studying for it, I'm loving learning again, but if I go through all this to then struggle to find work, or get a poorly paid job, it'll be a bit of a pisser!
posted by XFR Bear @ 8:47 am
9 Comments:
beetroot??????
WTF????
When will you hear from St Georges-thats the last one you are waiting for isnt it?
dont think too far ahead
enjoy the here and now
Things sound like they're going well Bear :o)
xxx
Still got to hear from UEL, but not really interested in them now that Kings and Brunel have come through - they won't make the top two even if George's doesn't want me
You don't suppose that things might have changed x years hence by the time you've finished the course? The world will still need physios. It's not as if you're studying maintenance of VHS players, analogue TVs or something now, is it?
:o)
Yes, of course it could change - just feels a bit of an unknown though. The NHS is a funny world.
'sfunny - I could opt for a more lucrative career, but I don't think I'd get the same level of satisfaction if I worked in the city or something, even though I think my brain's good enough for it
Go Bear Go!
Exams suck so well done you!
I know what you mean about job satisfaction. I enjoy far more my gym work (the small amount I do) than the usual telecoms drudgery. It's about being with people, working with them on one of the fundamentals in their lives: their health and fitness. It's great when I see someone weeks/months later, still coming to the gym, having a chat with them and hearing that they feel better in themselves and have lost weight or whatever. You've helped someone change their life. Can't do much better than that (oh, ok you could be a surgeon or something....).
xx
yes - exactly that WUmbly - which is one of the things I get from teaching. Particularly great when someone comes back to school a few years later.
tbh if I was younger I'd love to do the surgeon thing - particularly like the peeps on the National Hospital programme I mentioned a few weeks ago. I know from personal experience just how much difference they make
Bear!! [slap]
NHS practicalities change day-to-day. If you work hard and you are top of physio school of course you'll get a job... even if they are scarce! Besides, that's 3 years away. A LOT can happen in that time!
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