adventures in British academia

Went to my first British essay handback session this morning. Got a 69 (exactly one point under a first) on a Shakespeare essay, and got told that basically, I would have had to do more close reading to get that first, and that next time, I probably will. A wee bit disappointing, but not as much as if I'd got a B at home.

However, once that was said and done with, the tutor asked me if I wanted to do him a favour, since I'm a German native speaker and he doesn't speak a word of it - would I translate an article on vampires from Der Spiegel for him? I said yes, of course, and he said, well, we could go for a coffee as compensation. That was nice :)

adventures in British academia

Went to my first British essay handback session this morning. Got a 69 (exactly one point under a first) on a Shakespeare essay, and got told that basically, I would have had to do more close reading to get that first, and that next time, I probably will. A wee bit disappointing, but not as much as if I'd got a B at home.

However, once that was said and done with, the tutor asked me if I wanted to do him a favour, since I'm a German native speaker and he doesn't speak a word of it - would I translate an article on vampires from Der Spiegel for him? I said yes, of course, and he said, well, we could go for a coffee as compensation. That was nice :)