Post mortem on tmas 02 and 03

Just got tma 03 back, guess what, it is competently conceived. Is this all I can write, nothing outstanding?

TMA 02 seemed to be more of something you’d find in a soap opera – it was overdramatic. I had rushed it, and what with computer problems, didn’t really do the story justice.

Poetry – I pulled my hair out over this section – I couldn’t get into any of the activities, didn’t have any inspiration or interest in them. Last month really seemed like a waste of £500 on a course when I couldn’t write, couldn’t garden (clubroot, slungs & snails, various pesties), had lack of energy to do things (including those I enjoyed) and didn’t sleep well.

TMA03 – I concentrated more on form and rhyme than on rhythm which the tutor said was the more important element in a poem. One line I was even scraping the bottom of the barrel, though I disagree with this comment.

Oh well, looks like I am going for a grade 3 pass.

2 Comments

  1. Beth said,

    July 10, 2006 at 7:47 am

    But at least you are sticking at it – you’re gaining from the money you spent and learning all the time. Imagine my shame, to have given up and walked away from it.

    I’m giving you a round of applause, from where I am sitting. And I truly think that you deserve it.

  2. Mornev said,

    July 13, 2006 at 6:25 am

    Don’t be disappointed Mia. It is very hard to write anything to a required criteria and get all the boxes ticked. I don’t think I shall realise how much I have learned on A215 until its all over and I can write freely again.

    Only TMA04 and TMA05 and then the final ECA and then a pat on the back eh?

    Beth – I didn’t realise you were no longer with us!


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