VirginiaWoof

In February of this year I started a degree course - as it is distance learning it will take 6 years to complete.

The last module I took disappeared in an alcoholic cloud and the essay I submitted was only 2/3 of the length it should have been and not very good at all.

Somehow I scraped a pass - lowest possible mark for a pass.

I need to get my backside into gear and take advantage of the weeks before my next module to go back and learn it properly.

It's 32 years since I left school and I'm determined to die with a BA(Hons) after my name!

january161992

funny

kk1k5x

I'm rooting for you! Way too familiar with what you described...

Soberwolf

Good luck

Dee74

wishing you all the best with your studies VW

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MissPerfumado

Well, one way to look at it is that whoever marked your essay saw something in it. Notwithstanding it fell short of the word limit and in your view not very good, it was still worthy of a pass. The fact that it was the lowest possible mark says just that.

So imagine what you can do when your backside is in gear!

Education is a very worthwhile endeavour, whether one is 8, 18 or 80. Good on you for going back to university. Six years is not a long time in the scheme of things. I feel sure with the booze well and truly dumped, you will achieve your dream of a BA (Hons)!

VirginiaWoof

Thank you all for your support. It was very much a 'ponder out loud' post but reading it though this morning has inspired me even more to dump the junk and pull out all the stops :-)

Delilah1

What are you studying?

VirginiaWoof

Archaeology and Ancient History. First module was a background to historical and modern archaeological techniques. The last module was Ancient Greek and Roman architecture.

I'm not 100% sure what the next module is - I had to make a choice between prehistoric or Egyptian for one module but I'm not sure if that is the next one.

It may be as back in May they asked for my choice so they probably needed to order the books.

I'm too old now to make a career in the field (more interested in the history than the archaeology side) though I quite fancy moving to a larger town and working or volunteering in a museum - but I would love to travel to places and understand things in more depths than the guide books go into

Carlotta

You can definitely do it and this is really inspiring to me.
I have been really busy at work and in my personal life but I have been wanting to study anthropology and ancient history for years.
I would not mind taking a couple of classes myself once things settle down

VirginiaWoof

I would definitely recommend it. Loving learning new things and expanding on what I already know.

I've just had an email telling me the next module starts 3rd October and it is the one I've really been looking forward to, Roman History.