FYPs, BCB and my PT
We can NEVER trust the undergrad office - or anywhere else in Imperial which even remotely resembles an office - can we? FYP allocations are two days late and counting. I knew this would happen. We're all anxious. Making us wait is torture. It shouldn't be allowed. If these were days from yonder years we'd be marching to Prof Wright's office "with pitchforks and torches" (Phoon, 2006).Last year when I told Dr Barraclough my final-year options, he mentioned that he would be teaching in the Biodiversity and Conservation Biology course. It came to be that today was that day when he would teach. After this, I'm not sure if I'll be seeing him in South Ken campus again (or if I'll ever meet him again, for that matter). If I go to Silwood Park for FYP, I might bump into him. Good 'ole Tim, he's my personal tutor. Today after I passed him my postgrad request for reference form, he quietly sought out a dark spot under the stairs to have his salad lunch. Xi, Wink, Soph and I, watching from the other end of the lobby, thought he looked kind of lonely. After a bit of persuasion and nudges from my guilty conscience (for leaving my personal tutor all alone by himself), I went over to him in an attempt to make conversation. Maintaining a flowing dialogue wasn't the easiest of things. He's a bit of a shy person really, and I reckon he's feeling a little out of place in SAF. But otherwise he's quite a sweet chap, if I be allowed to describe a lecturer in such a manner. Tilly Collins and Simon Leather would both make excellent lecturer-buddies... if only they taught us more. I miss Tilly and her kids.
Biod&Consv is full of lecturers we haven't heard of before - Wilkinson, Cardillo, MacLean, Hudson, Milner-Gulland and Manning. Only Charalambous (who has, to our dismay, replaced Purvis as course convenor), Owens and Coulson reappear to swamp us with PowerPoint notes. I've kinda lost enthusiasm for this course now. Who teaches you does make a big difference.
All I can be thankful for is my timetable. No more practicals (time to discard that lab coat, or deface it!)... no full days... and one, sometimes two, free days each week.
I'm currently coursework-free, so it's time to work on that MSc application. There are a couple of aptitude assignments to complete, a CV to polish, a personal statement to write, and forms to fill.
2 Comments:
a bit is an understatement! Jac the poo poo head took hours to find her conscience!
What type of course gives you over half the week off! By the sounds of it your fullest week is around 12 hours.... that shouldn't be allowed. Its SOLE time!
I reckon my personal tutor is the bestest! He's so cool. He's the opposite of Timmy, keeping flowing dialogue is easy, just say hi and it all goes from there!
I want to know what FYP I have. Ooh, itching to know.
You're being a poo poo head for not picking up the phone! All the good stuff might be gone in the NHM staff restaurant!!!!
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