I didn't OD and I didn't self-harm. I did feel rather sorry for myself, which I'm now quite embarrassed about.
I've been having some issues with a female friend recently who I think I am realising doesn't really make me feel that great. I'm really questioning why I'm friends with her, and I've realised a lot about how she makes me feel. I don't really want to carry on being friends with someone who refers to me as "poor" and herself as "posh totty", because she has Andrex-on-the-go and a DKNY purse. What do I have? Value bog roll. I do have a DKNY purse - it was a present. I plan on selling it.
Ah. I think I've just answered my own question of whether I want to be friends with her...
Uni stuff. Oh, Cellar_Door, you are soooooo going to agree with me on this....
My university has a pass mark of 40%.
You need to achieve two units at over 60% during the second year to qualify for the BSc Hons - we have received the marks for 2 out of the 4 units which qualify for this.
I had a butchers at my course-mates marks - it anonymous, but I wanted to see if there will be enough of us to run the BSc Hons - if there isn't, I'll have to defer for 6 months and join the next cohort.
So, here goes...
4 people, including myself, have achieved 2 out of 2 units at 60% or more, and will be offered the BSc. Whether they accept it will be a financial decision, as you do not get the full bursary, and more people may achieve the required marks in the next 2 units.
6 people have failed to achieve 4o% in either of the 2 units for which we have received marks. These were not "near misses" either. None of their marks were above 30.
It concerns me. A lot. Not that don't worry about failing, about having a bad day and ballsing it all up. But I already worry that 40% is still a low pass rate. And yet people still consistently fail. Why are people allowed on the course if they are unable to make the required grade? The university is allowing, or even encouraging them to waste 3 years of their lives.
The 40% pass rate worries me because I think that the syllabus which we are taught and tested on contains only the bare essentials. So people are becoming qualified nurses, with only 40% of what they need to know. Now that scares me.
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Yup. Scares the hell out of me too :o) There are people on my course that are on their third attempts at some essays (same 40% pass mark) even though they've had help from tutors for both submissions. If you can't pass an assignment (it's not even an exam) with someone telling you exactly what to put in, then YOU SHOULD NOT BE A NURSE.
It sucks that you might have to hang around another 6 months because of other peoples stupidity.
I think I'm due to have another rant about my student colleagues soon.
ps. Lose the 'posh totty', sell the DKNY purse and buy something that makes you feel good :o)
Hear hear. If someone's consistently getting below 40%, then the brutal truth is they're probably not nurse material. HCA material possibly, but not nursing material.
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