First uni assignment

[FnG]magnolia · 12 Sep 2010 at 23:50

spicytender said:
How would you guys start the first 2 sentences?

thanks

You only need one.

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth

box · 13 Sep 2010 at 02:35

This thread is almost beyond belief.

First assignment!...oh noes...to the internet!

spicytender said:
How would you guys start the first 2 sentences?

thanks

Are you serious? What a disgraceful attitude to start your course with. To be honest mate, you fall into either of the following categories: You aren't capable of completing this frankly quite simple task without help; or you just can't be bothered to. In either scenario, you really need to rethink what you're doing and why.

Incidentally you might then actually have some material for your essay..

Nix · 13 Sep 2010 at 03:41

tim80bwi said:
This thread is almost beyond belief.

First assignment!...oh noes...to the internet!

Are you serious? What a disgraceful attitude to start your course with. To be honest mate, you fall into either of the following categories: You aren't capable of completing this frankly quite simple task without help; or you just can't be bothered to. In either scenario, you really need to rethink what you're doing and why.

Incidentally you might then actually have some material for your essay..

Go easy on the guy, the chances are he might just be feeling overwhelmed. It's obviously new to him.

Start it off with the standard introduction. Define the variables, explain what you are going to discuss below and how you're going to do it. Explain why it's important.

For your body, have that introduce all your ideas. Balance the ideas, back them up with evidence.

For your conclusion recap what you've discussed in your body, recap your points from the introduction and explain to the reader how you've attempted to answer the question. Top the conclusion off with actual conclusions too.

Stop sitting and staring at it and just start on it. It will come to life soon enough. Just like anything in life, you will get better at it the more you do it.

Ahleckz · 13 Sep 2010 at 10:03

Not graded? Don't do it.

A.N.Other · 13 Sep 2010 at 10:09

1000 words will go by very quickly once you get going. Brainstorm some ideas and kick them around on the page by fleshing them out with a few sentences to start off. It's an essay, so they don't want anything particularly flashy. I think the sentence about using the appropriate IT skills is only really for people that aren't too used to using computers.

A few pointers:
Why are you doing the degree? You can get into many jobs that this degree would apply to without doing it, so what do you hope the degree is going to give you above and beyond the normal? What are you aiming to do with the degree in regards to employment afterwards - and why do you want to do that job? Where do you hope to be 5 years after you've finished? Any plans for further education / courses afterwards / at the same time?

^ Hell, that's 153 words by itself!

spicytender · 13 Sep 2010 at 10:13

I just started it with something simple

All my life I have lived in Woodbury, a small village outside Exeter. I live with my parents, one older sister, one younger sister and a younger brother.

J.B · 13 Sep 2010 at 10:31

Euro_scene, remember before you got banned last time you kept asking for help with your homework as well?

Anyway, its a first assignment so I wouldnt worry too much about it. They've given you quite a clear start middle and end so just take a moment to think about how your life has unfolded and the direction it is heading in. Maybe put something in about some hurdles you have faced/are anticipating.

[FnG]magnolia · 13 Sep 2010 at 10:34

spicytender said:
I just started it with something simple

All my life I have lived in Woodbury, a small village outside Exeter. I live with my parents, one older sister, one younger sister and a younger brother.

e : is this euro_scene? Ooh Lordy!

"andy" · 13 Sep 2010 at 11:34

DO NOT make it look 'pretty'

by desgin and ict skills they mean proper headings , font , spacing , paragraphs. the uni or course probably has some guidelines for those. i know mine does . such as arial 12 and 1.5 spacing

ikillbears · 13 Sep 2010 at 11:34

if you want to be a cheeky devil write it all out and arrange the words to make an actual self portrait. ASCII art style or what ever it is. Or you could print them onto various pieces of acetate so when over lapped it creates a good picture of your face, with shading and everything. That will make you stand out a smidge

Mucky_Pup · 13 Sep 2010 at 11:56

Nix said:
Go easy on the guy, the chances are he might just be feeling overwhelmed. It's obviously new to him.

I'm sorry but I don't see why they should go easy on him, he's only being asked to write a personal statement essentially as his first assignment on a course, an ungraded one at that, so I don't see how overwhelming that is, if that is overwhelming for him, I'd hate to see how the rest of course will go. And you don't get to a foundation degree level without having done more complex stuff than that, so I don't know why it was a "quick to teh internetz thread"

spicytender · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:04

I cant think of anything else to write, ive only done 450 words, meant to be 1000 words

Morlock · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:06

You must have led a very interesting life so far to be able to sum it up in 450 words!

spicytender · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:09

Morlock · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:23

Just expand on what you have already written, make sure that you stick to the original brief;

- Where you come from

- Where you are now

- Where you are going / what do you want to achieve