I'm over my first year at Helsinki University of Technology. I'm going to have to modify my behaviour with respect to classes conducted in Finnish - forgetting about them until the deadlines loom is not very healthy, or conducive to good grades. While it's a special challenge to try to cram an entire course over a weekend, it kind of misses the point - one of the perks of the college system here is the flexibility - I usually end up regretful that I didn't put more time in, since the subjects are interesting.
I've enjoyed exams that ask essay style questions that allow you to explain what you've learned. I've been prone to swallowing books whole, and then regurgitation the tasty bits to others (usually unsolicited) since I was very tiny, so having courses that follow that pattern, rather than demanding explanation via abstract maths, has me wondering if I'm in the right field. Of course, in engineering, being able to string a couple of words together grammatically is considered impressive - I guess if I was doing something more bookish I'd be tinkering with scripting languages wondering if I shouldn't be programming. The greener grass.
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Congratulations! Its impressive that you've managed to study and work at the same time.
Where did you go travelling? Any plans for the summer?
Thanks, though cram & work is probably a more honest description :/
I got to go the US for work again, Palo Alto, with day trips to San Francisco and Napa Valley.
No solid summer plans yet - I should be heading home for a bit round the end of June, and might try to hit Spain at some stage... let's see.
Congratulations!!
And Happy Birthday, ye great craic baby!! Best wishes for world domination, and save a place on your cabinet for an old hippie (minister of handcrafts or some such):)
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