O.M.G, I Actually Passed TMA05!

Well, I just don't believe it.  I submitted TMA05, part completed and with no hope of gaining over 50% of marks, in what has been a dreadful few months of illness.

You can imagine my astonishment, when my script arrived this morning, for me to find that I had scored 82%, overall.

I am dumbfounded.

Why?  Well, I had completed at least three-quarters of the paper, in the space of about 3hrs, and with no reference to any of the Unit texts.  You see, I had reached a point of resigned meltdown, and I couldn't bring myself to even open the books.

I think I did this, so that it would have then felt easier to accept a dismal mark, telling myself that if I had studied harder, then I might have done well.

Perversely, I actually scored 100% on that rushed section.  Work that one out?

Anyhow, to try and finish the course, I am having to employ some serious disaster tactics.  I have opened the Battle Bridge and separated the Saucer Section; and with Analysis Part B I am going straight to the TMA, and only reading the bits from the units that I need to, in order to complete that paper.

I will, of course, visit the Units again as I prepare for the exam; but needs must, and I just need to produce another two TMA's in the next 6 weeks.  Hopefully by then, I will have sufficiently recovered (health-wise), to put in some serious hours and pass that damn exam.

By the Power of Greyskull!!!

Group Theory B and TMA05

Umm,

What can I say about that car crash of a Unit.  I am sure it is wonderfully interesting, only, I haven't been able to study it in any real depth, due to my current medical difficulties.

I have an extension on TMA05, but I will send it on Wednesday this week (5 days late), with only 80% of the questions answered and a probable score of around 50%.  If this is the case, I need to score an average of 75% on the next two TMA's to gain a TMA overall score of 85%.

Oh, I will also be attempting an old waitress's trick, by enclosing a few boiled sweets and drawing a smiley face on my script, in the hope that I can get some extra credit from my tutor.

What I have learnt from Group Theory B, can be summarised as follows:

1.    Orb = 1990's electronic trance band
2.    Fix   = what my wife keeps asking me to do with our garage door handle.
3.    Stab = what I feel like doing to self, after studying this unit.

If I have missed anything, please let me know.

KBO

I am struggling.  Struggling to concentrate.  Struggling to organize myself.  Struggling to find the time to study.  Struggling to keep my office tidy.

I don't know what is going on.  But there you are.  I am about one week behind on my reading of Group Theory B book 3, and I have asked my tutor for an extension.

The good news is, that if I have a difficult time for the next few months, then according to the Open University final mark calculation algorithm; I would achieve a distinction grade for the TMA's, if I am able to score an average across the next 3 TMA's, of 72%.

I don't want to drop marks, but it is good to know that I could survive this disaster.

As a Scottish Physicist recently told me,

KBO.

An IQ Experiment

Just a bit of fun:

I was interested in how I am being affected by the different medications that I am taking following my back surgery.  They make me feel very foggy and I have difficulty thinking, so I am keen to know how much of this 'fog' is affecting my real performance.


I have a baseline IQ test result, as I joined Mensa some years ago.  I then took another Mensa IQ test today, about 3hrs after taking my 'meds'.  Both tests were the same type, so they are directly comparable.

So, drum roll pleas:

Baseline IQ       = 155
Medicated IQ   = 96

Medication is BAD, BAD, BAD.

Now, where are my pills?