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Do 1st year results really not matter?

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mumblechum1 · 29/04/2014 18:40

Ds is just coming to the end of 1st year. He specifically chose this course and Uni because the majority of the assessments are course work/essays rather than exams, as he always does much better on essay type stuff than exams.

So, he's been getting mainly 2:1s with a few 1sts and one 3rd all year, so far so good.

Just called him now to tentatively ask how revision is going for the 3 exams he has and he did one yesterday, did "a bit" of revision and is currently in the pub. Is not showing any signs of doing any significant revision as he reckons that as long as he gets 40% overall, which he's already exceeded, it doesn't matter what he gets in the exams.

Can this be right or do I need to stick a rocket up his ass (hypothetical question, he stopped taking advice/instructions from me a long time ago!)

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Raskova · 30/04/2014 20:57

When I went to UNi all you had to do was not fail/fuck up the first year. It didn't count towards the final grade. That was all courses at my UNi. It was 05/06.

It's not a great attitude to have in a way but I'm sure he will be fine and be more concerned next year Grin

mumblechum1 · 01/05/2014 09:45

thanks all. Yes Bluestocking that is exactly what he's like.

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Bluestocking · 01/05/2014 19:04

In that case, you can tell him from me that he's a cheeky monkey!

mumblechum1 · 01/05/2014 20:00
Grin
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