Home for Christmas

I'm back in the UK for Christmas, Cold, Damp and Foggy, just how Christmas should be IMHO. Lots to do before the day, so I doubt I will be blogging much.

I also have got the results of my two OU exams, as well as the overall course results.

For M255 (Object Oriented Programming with Java) I got 88% in the exam, with my overall coursework mark of 99% gives me a Distinction.

For MT262 (Putting Computer Systems to Work) I got 95%, with my overall coursework mark of 97% also gives me a Distinction.

Oddly before I started the courses I would have said I knew Java better, but perhaps that was a hindrance considering that I achieved a much better score in the C++ exam (MT262) than the Java (M255). It's surely a testament to the OU teaching material anyway.

Exams done.

Finished my second and last exam for 2006 this afternoon with over an hour to spare. I spent 20 minutes checking through and tweaking some answers and then left.

Reading the OU forums for the course I see that many other people left early. I'm not sure but I think we are the first year to sit this course as there were no past papers available for revision, except a specimen exam sent with the course.

I noticed a few errors in some questions which was quite annoying. You'd think someone would have proof read it?

Well I'm still hopefull of a distinction (85+%) but time will tell. Results should be available near Christmas. I've almost settled on which courses to take next year but quite shocked at the price rise. I'm going to need to find £950 just for next year!

I will now be rushing around preparing for my return to Lagos very shortly.

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