Week 10 Michaelmas...Exams

The exams are finished and I can't believe that Michaelmas term is over...

The predictions were right, it was an incredibly intense week with long 'last minute' revision sessions in Hertford College and subsequently very little sleep. I think that everyone on the course agrees, 6 exams in 4 days is quite a feat.

Of course it is required that all students taking exams must wear sub fusc and it is tradition that one should also wear a carnation. The carnations are meant to symbolise the blood from a scholar's heart as he bleeds all that he knows onto the exam paper. As such the colour should change through-out the exam period as follows:

White: On the first day of exams

Pink: From the the second to the penultimate day

Red: On the final day.

Unfortunately, we will not get the results back until February as they have to be double marked. The idea being that if the two markers disagree, they have to explain to each other why they believe the student should get a certain mark, enter into arbitrage and then settle on the final mark. Obviously this takes time.

So watch this space for the results...

Mark and John displaying their weapons of choice on the first day

Me on day two

Faryal, Ela and Tass in the ladies version of Sub fusc

Swapandeep getting in some last minute revision for the final exam (Finance)

Maho, Mark, Swapandeep and Simon after the last exam

Following the last exam the Hertfordians followed tradition and had a pint in the turf before preparing for the afternoon's de-stressing in the form of a pub golf competition arranged by Andrew Jury.

Kaysa, Dan, Renee and I at the '3rd hole'

So about 1/3 of the course is now over, its amazing how quick it goes. It is now the winter break and the students scatter to the four corners of the globe. As for Namiko and I, we will have Christmas here before flying off to Japan for new year 'shougatsu'.