Exam post mortems are always difficult so I won't attempt one. Like a lot of exams, there were some questions I could answer, and some that I couldn't, but luckily there was an element of choice so I think I managed it OK, without excelling myself. On Friday, I received an email from my tutor telling me the answers to the exam questions have now been put on the forum, but concluded with the line 'bear in mind I don't have a formal role with you
now and that questions should be directed to Dave and co.' That really sums up my tutor at lot better than I could ever manage. I receive the result on or around 21st July, but I have no interest in the answers whatsoever. I've written a review of the module here, but it's not a pretty read. I've unfortunately
been 'invited' to a 'post-exam verification meeting' on Tuesday 16th at 11.30am. I say 'invited', I mean 'required to attend', and for 'post-exam verification meeting' I assume it is a some sort of viva voce under a less scary name.With the exam nearly out of the way I can now concentrate on MST124 Essential Mathematics and work towards finishing off TMA03. This is generally accepted as being the most difficult of the four TMAs because it assesses the two hardest calculus units. It also has a 'mini exam' which counts as one of the questions covering the highlights of the module so far. I completed this a couple of days ago and there were only 8 questions in this online quiz, but they were nonetheless quite tough. I get feedback on my efforts on 15th July, which is over a month away.
I've had a couple of maths tutorials this week. One was a two-hander which went over the very important 'integration by substitution' part of the module and was very good. The other was billed as 'the students take turns at being the tutor' and was as dire as it sounds. I lasted all of ten minutes.
