the classes that it. First one today, the rest kick off tomorrow. Today we had 'Introduction to exploration seismology' (not as boring as it sounds!) with a pretty neat lecturer, he even knew where we came from - Lie-chester - as he put it! Class! We forgave him, after all he's the one with the accent (an American's words, not mine! lol)
The hard work starts in earnest tomorrow with 3 new modules starting. Should be good fun though. The assessment over here is somewhat different. We of course have the end of semester finals (before Christmas rather than after in the UK) but unlike the UK, these generally count as only ~30% of the final grade, the rest being assessed coursework, quizzes, mid-semester exams etc. Sounds good? Well, theres a sting in there. The grades transfer back to the UK against our favour. To get an A in the US, we have to score 90% or more, B = 80% etc. When converting to UK scores, an A works out at something like 74% ish. Put simply, top marks in the US are scraping 1st marks in the UK! Weird!
Anyway, my nice new Gibson SG is supposedly arriving sometime today along with a beautiful Marshall amp.
Laters!
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