On Saturday I had the last 'module material' tutorial of S283 which was on SETI, the search for extra-terrestrial intelligent life. The tutor, who I hadn't had before was a bit of a character, bordering on eccentric, but relatively easy to listen to. The subject matter didn't help things though, it was bordering on 'bonkers' territory in places. There are only two more tutorials on this module to go, and they are both connected with revision and the exam. I also submitted the last assignment TMA04 on Sunday which had a cut-off date of Thursday 7th. I'm really glad to get that one out of the way. I'm on the home straight to the exam now and I've started revision, mostly consisting of finding out the Learning Outcomes for each chapter and linking them to the chapter summaries in the text books.
On Tuesday I had a 'film screening' on the mathematician Sophie Germain run by the maths department. This was part recreational and part informative, and not connected with the module at all, just a bit of light relief. It was quite short and in French with subtitles. The maths tutorials continue of course and some are better than others, but calculus is not a easy subject to teach. The most useful one was one of the 'how to do TMA02' tutorial which I wanted to attend before sending the second assignment off. A tutor I have never had before was very good, possibly the best on the module so far. The other TMA02 prep session was dire and the tutor gave up about a third of the way through, possibly because only two students attended. These two tutorials, even though they were on the same subject, were really chalk and cheese. I sent this TMA02 off yesterday as I didn't want to fiddle with it anymore and I need to concentrate on S283 revision without the assignments being a distraction.