Clockwatching
The clocks in the examination schools are great. They're these big wooden affairs with lots of decoration, and when the hands move they kind of jerk, lunging forward from one minute to the next, before wobbling a bit and settling down. You can almost hear the clockwork.The exams themselves are going pretty well. If eight weeks ago you'd have told me that I'd have come through accounting, finance 1 and decision science exams without turning into a gibbering ball of stress, or collapsing on the floor of the examination hall in a sobbing bundle I'd have been surprised to say the least. This may be rampant overconfidence and self delusion but I think they went quite well. I won't know till Januray though.
Tomorrow is Industrial Organisations, People and Organisations and Strategic Management. In theory these are my kind of thing, nice essay based subjects with lots of room for waffle. (hint, the trick is to waffle as little as possible). Anyway, I've spent so much time revising the quantitative side of the course I'm woefully underprepared. This is where three years of Oxford tutorials should come into their own. I may or may not know my stuff, but I should sure be able to sound like I do... Fingers crossed.