I'd be gladder about the fact that it's the last day of term if it weren't for the fact that next term we have only three weeks to revise and then we hop straight into exams. I'm so not ready for that!! And besides, these upcoming holidays barely qualify as 'holidays', since we have practice exams in the second week, which means I'm going to be ( Read more... )

Anyone good with the finer points of grammar? I've been trying to figure out this phrase nonsense on and off for a couple of hours, and I'm just ending up confused and frustrated. Specifically, I'm confused about where they stop and start -- how deep do you have to go ( Read more... )

A basketful of sleeping kittens might be cuter than a group of primary school kids singing an ABBA medley (complete with actions), but I have my doubts.

Gah, so very late...

Normally, I take my own notes in Chemistry. I tend to pick out different stuff from my teacher -- which is more to do with amount than with anything else -- so I prefer to take my own notes rather than risk trusting her summaries to the point where I don't learn something that shows up on the exams. This doesn't usually bother me (or her, for that ( Read more... )

I have to hand in my Art folio in a little over two weeks, which means I'm going to have to put in quite a bit of work between now and then.

On top of everything else, of course, though in one way it will be a relief. After I hand in my folio, a lot of worry about Art can just be left behind. Still, I can foresee some stress relating to this in the ( Read more... )

As much as I love English, there's nothing like two hours of taking notes on figurative language to leave your brain a mere frizzle.

Melbourne, why so complicated with the course set up?

My head hurts.

The thing that I hate most about English SACs -- apart from the fact that it's just about pure bullshit and the fact that even when you end up with a dead hand you don't finish -- is the fact that they leave you absolutely braindead for the rest of the day. I'm only just recovering my brainpower now, eight hours later.

May have found the perfect university degree: Classical Languages.

Hell yeah.

Having three periods' worth of assignments in one day is a real burnout. That's all I can say about today.