The Semester Fringe

16 thoughts on “The Semester Fringe”

1. Al December 10, 2014 at 10:46 am

   wait til you get into the real world kid…
   1. deadly December 10, 2014 at 10:26 pm

      Explain ‘Real World’?
2. Ernie Ball December 10, 2014 at 10:52 am

   You gave yourself all of that by spending the semester carousing.
   1. Clampers Outside! December 10, 2014 at 11:00 am

      +1 :)
3. Siju Cat December 10, 2014 at 10:58 am

   I thought the exams in NUIG were after Xmas?
   1. Roisin December 10, 2014 at 12:10 pm

      Not since at least 2011 when I was there!
4. bisted December 10, 2014 at 11:09 am

   …excellent…just put half as much effort into what you are supposed to be doing and you will breeze through.
5. Spaghetti Hoop December 10, 2014 at 11:18 am

   I’m probably taking this too seriously but panic is very destructive of time when it comes to exams and thesis deadlines. Students tend to vent off about how busy they are, how much they have to do, how much coffee they’re drinking, ‘look-at-me-the-busy-bee’ etc. – without actually knuckling down and creating a realistic schedule and keeping the stress managed and distractions at bay. Easy for me to say years later in hindsight but I wish students had a bit more support and training with this. I know the above is just a vent but the 30 mins panicking is a valuable 30 mins lost. Good luck in anyways.
   1. Clampers Outside! December 10, 2014 at 11:29 am

      I was the best in the world at organising my study plan, I think I made a new one every time I sat down :)
   2. Atticus December 10, 2014 at 12:08 pm

      I’ve been back in college part time for the last two years and the panic doesn’t go away, even with the foresight of hindsight.
      1. Zarathustra December 10, 2014 at 12:26 pm

         I used to spend a lot of time doing up detailed notes in a bullet point format, which made revision before the exam less stressful and easier to remember, and I found it worked very well, particularly because you are learning/revising the information while you’re doing the notes in the first place.
         1. Kin Kong Ovo December 10, 2014 at 2:46 pm

            This is how it’s done. I used to sumarise an entire book in bullet points, then rote learn the bullet points, toss out the notes, and take every test there was available.
            Worked perfectly for three years.
6. Sancho December 10, 2014 at 9:09 pm

   If you’re struggling with NUIG, I dont like your chances in the real world.
   1. deadly December 10, 2014 at 10:27 pm

      Sancho what do you mean by ‘real world’?
      1. Kin Kong Ovo December 11, 2014 at 2:30 pm

         That place where there are no repeats, where slacking off can’t be reconciled by cramming closer to an exam, where consequences are immediate, apparent and final.

         That real world. Employed life. The stress is a lot more.

Comments are closed.