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I can't believe I've left it so long since my last rather grim blog post. I have been working hard and enjoying DD307 (critical perspective on social psychology) with one or two qualifications. The good side is I am finding the material challenging and interesting and I feel far better prepared for the exam than I ever have before. The bad side is my tutor seem very slow at returning marked assignments - it is frustrating, stressful and demotivating. I know our tutors have lives outside of the OU and I also know that the 2 week thing is a guideline not a rule. But it's difficult when everyone has got their mark and moved on and I'm still here - F5, F5, F5...

Anyway while I am still waiting for my mark back on TMA 05 I have submitted TMA 06. This is a little unfortunate as it means I won't be able to use my tutor's comments on TMA 05 to improve my sixth and final assignment. But as it is now only 9 days until TMA 06 has to be submitted and only 29 days until the exam I felt I really couldn't wait any longer.

So there it is. My final assignment written and submitted. It feels odd that this will be the last assignment I write on my progress (hopefully) towards a degree in psychology. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I have started making lists of things I want to do when the exam is over. I expect initially it will feel very strange indeed and that nagging voice telling me to study, study, study will be hard to quiet.

Then what? I'm not really sure.

It is now the start of February and it is difficult to believe that the last entry I wrote in this blog was the end of November. Christmas and New Year were lovely and it was great getting out walking in the mountains and re-discovering pass-times and friends I have neglected for the past year or so. However ED209 is now about half way through and I'm starting to square up to the next exam in June. So far my assignment grades have been good (high 80s and low 90s) and I just need to keep this standard up. As I type this I should really be working on a report which is my fourth assignment for ED209.

While working for ED209 I am also trying to prepare for my final module - DD307 starting in October this year. This is the module that will dictate the overall grade for my degree. However it turns out I want to be sure I gave it my very best. It's a long time away, but time seems to be flying by so quickly...