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Exam period at uni begins next month, running from the 7th til the end of the month so pre-exam study guilt is starting to creep up. Posts here will probably be a bit slow, or even non-existent, depending on how dire my unit knowledge is.
The situation could be quite bad (I haven't dared look) because for my engineering design unit I've only attended one lecture in full, because a) it's 8-10 in the morning, b) the lecturer might as well be speaking in some foreign language (in fact he probably is). The latter is the biggest problem - I feel sorry for the guy because he tries so hard to make resources available, and things easier but in the end it's his accent that's the problem which really isn't his fault.
Plus there's the ever-annoying business law unit I'm doing, where just as I was beginning to like it I get my assignment back, failing one part and scraping through the other. Thankfully I passed overall. Odd thing is, the part I wrote while pulling an all-nighter loaded with chocolate, caffeine, chips and biscuits passed while the part I worked on while in a stable condition failed. Maybe caffeine does make you smarter...
The other two units are business statistics which is easy, and computer programming (C, MIPS, PLCs) which needs a bit of work but shouldn't be too bad.
I never like exams for programming languages like C because it's unrealistic - who writes code without IDEs that have code complete nowadays, unless you're a hardcore hacker who can recite vi commands in your sleep. It's understandable for MIPS and PLCs though, because there generally isn't any assistance given when coding them, though the PLC IDE is friendly at times.
On that note, there's a sense of geekiness in being able to translate assembler instructions into binary in your head though, but don't mention IEEE 754 binary representation of numbers - which
crazy idiot thought of that! (One day I'll understand the significance
of it and have massive respect for him/her, but until then, they're crazy.)
Hopefully I won't go mental and life will be back to normal...I can't wait until I'm free of uni commitments!