Comments on: First, congratulations! https://shepline.com/2003/07/01/first-congratulations/ author | illustrator | digital designer Tue, 01 Jul 2003 22:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: soulsong https://shepline.com/2003/07/01/first-congratulations/#comment-198 Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:28:16 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=139#comment-198 In reply to Thomas.

Well yeah I suppose there is that. I can be comfortably miserable. 🙂

]]> By: Thomas https://shepline.com/2003/07/01/first-congratulations/#comment-197 Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:21:41 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=139#comment-197 In reply to rachel2205.

Creative Arts
Which was modular so included Writing, Visual Arts, and … err … Live Arts (used to be called Integrated Arts, now I think they call it Contemporary Arts?!!

I kind of expected a 2:1 because that’s what I’d been getting all the way through my course (3 years, 100% coursework, no exams!! not even a disertation – honours project instead…) but I think I was probably on the cusp of 2:2 to 2:1.

I think my year was even split between those two with three folks getting a First and three getting a Third…

]]> By: rachel2205 https://shepline.com/2003/07/01/first-congratulations/#comment-196 Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:17:10 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=139#comment-196 I expected a 2.1, and a 2.1 is very good! What did you study?

]]> By: Thomas https://shepline.com/2003/07/01/first-congratulations/#comment-195 Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:17:07 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=139#comment-195 In reply to soulsong.

Then again (and I apologise in advance if I’m wrong about this) but your choices have led you to having a (reasonably) well-paid career to date(???), whereas I went to the middle of nowhere to do my degree in subjects that I enjoyed, had a whole year on income support, another year back at college, three years temping, 348 applications, 49 interviews and I’m still lowly paid for my skills?!!

Not that I regret any of it… 😉

]]> By: soulsong https://shepline.com/2003/07/01/first-congratulations/#comment-193 Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:08:39 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=139#comment-193 I got a 2(i) as well. We always joked that people who got firsts obvious had no life, but to be honest I was just lazy and hated my subject. I wish I’d realised that college works much better if you’re actually interested in your work. Too bad school teaches you that choice is irrelevant, personal interest is irrelevant, grades are all that matter. I dropped all the stuff I enjoyed out of fear of getting bad marks! How fucking stupid is that?!

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