It's that time of semester... (1 Viewer)

[P_Dilemma]

These big-percentage finals always suck. No idea why they haven't erased that concept. That'd be something we can be proud of; first uni to no longer have stupidly fat finals.

p__D

 

[glitterfairy]

I've been running on about 5-6 hours of sleep a night (I really need 9-10) for the past few weeks, mostly for vocal studies. Ideally this only needs to go on for a week or two more, then I am done...!

End note: Music students are insane. The courses are thrilling, but there's significant room for structural/pace improvements.

 

[xeuyrawp]

These big-percentage finals always suck. No idea why they haven't erased that concept. That'd be something we can be proud of; first uni to no longer have stupidly fat finals.

p__D

Yeah. Or even scrap assessments altogether!?!!!

 

[Boxxxhead]

Yeah. Lol, they need a reality check.

I've got a 100% essay due the end of this semester. :-/

Poor guy.

 

[iambored]

Also pwar finished super early last semester, if I remember correctly, and he felt sorry for no one, so I wouldn't be feeling sorry for him

 

[AsyLum]

Plus he's Rob.

 

[xeuyrawp]

I don't like any of you anymore.

I finished early because none of my subjects had exams in the exam period, and I finished on like a Wednesday or something. :-/

But I had to go to Egypt the next week!

And lol at Lenny.

 

[P_Dilemma]

Yeah. Or even scrap assessments altogether!?!!!

Haha, now you're being stupid.

p__D

 

[melsc]

Yeah. Lol, they need a reality check.

I've got a 100% essay due the end of this semester. :-/

100% weighted take-home that is only given 24hrs to do with full referencing, and if its an minute late - immediate zero. Plus its a pre-req for the second semester subject which if u cant do next semester screws your law program up majorly!

I've got:
6th June - International Law Final essay - 3000 words
11th June - Property Law take home exam
16th June - Constitutional Law final essay - 200 words

 

[xeuyrawp]

100% weighted take-home that is only given 24hrs to do with full referencing, and if its an minute late - immediate zero. Plus its a pre-req for the second semester subject which if u cant do next semester screws your law program up majorly!

That's horrible - which subject is that? That really goes against some of the Senate suggestions for assessments.

 

[maka]

The subject is Property and Equity in 1.

The rationale behind the 100% exam is that the Dean of Law is promoting some new workload model for staff and his advice was that the best assessment format was the 100% exam.

 

[MaryJane]

The Dean is whacked. I cant believe thats what they've done to Property. It was bad enough when it was back the way it used to be 2 years ago. That is just insane. It doesn't encourage learning at all; it encourages rote learning, so you can just forget it as soon as you've handed in the work. Thats it. And full referencing? Awful

 

[xeuyrawp]

The Dean is whacked.

It's so strange. He must be something like 30 and he's a full Professor and the head of a division. Has done a few degrees, finished with a PhD at Macquarie, did half a year of admin at the shitty MQ City campus, published prolifically and is now put in charge of a division. :-/

And boy, what a sleazy jerk if I've ever met one.

 

[rwc]

It doesn't encourage learning at all; it encourages rote learning

exactly, i had hope that rote learning would end with high school

 

[Tabris]

Theres the division of law and theres the department of public law. According to my labor law convenor. Division of law became a black letter law sausage factory and theres only 1 or 2 lecturers in public law who didnt want a black letter law sausage factory.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AltLJ/1999/7.html

In other words, regurgitate the law not critique it and analyse its contextual background.

 

[xeuyrawp]

Who.....him??


Prof. Tyrone Carlin
LLB (Hons) (Syd), BCom (UNSW), Grad Dip Fin (ASIA), LLM (Hons) (Syd), MCom (Hons) (UNSW), PhD (Macq), FFin, CA, CPA, MFP
Dean, Division of Law, Macquarie Uni


What a fucking title whore!! ROFL@ CPA, CA AND FFin (sure you've got enough ??)

I know - LLB(Hons) + BCom (not concurrently) = at least 6 years
GradDipFin (how long?),
LLM (Hons) = a year I assume?
MCom (Hons) = also a year
PhD = let's say he was speedy and did it in 3 years.
+ all those qualifications.

I assume he did some at the same time and likes to study, but seriously... :-/

Although I would usually never judge someone like that, you've pretty much hit the nail on the head. I was talking with him at a stupid F. Arts thing with one of my lecturers, and we were both pretty unimpressed with his attempts.

 

[AsyLum]

I hear Arts is getting someone for UWS for dean :O

 

[xeuyrawp]

I hear Arts is getting someone for UWS for dean :O

.... gtfo.

 

[AsyLum]

.... gtfo.

Stalling for money apparently, which has brought Mitchell Dean back into the fold, but we'll have to see (Mitch is insulted by this I think).

 

[glitterfairy]

it's 8:30pm, and I'm still having some issues writing the bridge to a song. The rest is done. Heck, the rest is even transposed one semitone up, and I've practiced enough that I can play it.

I'm watching Youtube videos in the hope that it gets my creativity going :/ I don't quite understand why I'm so stuck...