It’s strange how one piece of post can change your day.
This morning I was an University drop out who wasn’t getting anywhere fast with the Open University. I had grades at the OU that I was disappointed in and I was looking through the list of level one courses.
Lunchtime I got a letter from my old Uni (Leicester) with a transcript of my grades. A phone call to the OU confirmed that they’d accept up to 240 credits from other sources. Suddenly I had 190 credits towards a 360 credit degree.
Looking back over my OU sheets, the course I was deeply disappointed with was actually a 2.1 (for you forners, UK grades go 1st, 2.1, 2.2, 3rd, fail).
Suddenly I’m at the end of my 2nd year with a 2.1 average and looking at level 3 courses…
As Ladysmith Black Mambazo are currently singing in my ears “Happy day, oh happy day. Happy day, oh happy day. ” (ad nauseum)
Tags: degree, greatmood, leicester, OU, university
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Tue 27th Oct '09
12:21 UTC DiemgeeHappy day indeed! I love letters like that which can change one’s standpoitn or standing in a moment! Life is transitory, but our interpretaion of it is even more fleeting and insubstantial.
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