And so I'm back...from outer space...

[annwfyn]

Exam over.

Oxford don't allow you to take water into an exam, apparently. You get your writing implements, university card and the hat.

University is now finished until October.

2/3 of my Masters is done.

It's odd. I don't feel as jubilant or as bouncy as I thought I would. I'm just feeling tired, and weirdly tearful. A bit of me wants to say 'is that it? All that work, all that effort, and what does it come down to? Me sitting in a room for three hours in a stupid robe thinking about how much my hand hurts and how sore my throat it.'

I think it's come down from having been wound up for so long. Now I just feel tired and a bit icky. I've got a week to go before I leave for Australia, and gods, I'm looking forward to that. I want to get away from all of this. I want to clear my head out and work out what's worth worrying about and what's just so much crap.

Exam over.

I said that already, didn't I?

I think now would be a good time for me to go home...

Comments

[sea-of-flame.livejournal.com]

Also odd - I don't remember that from my exams.

You may well not have been allowed to take bottles of water into the exam, but I'm sure you could stick your hand up & ask an invigilator for a glass of water.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

It's possible that sticking hand up and asking would have been allowed - I don't know. It wasn't something we were told was possible. The announcement at the beginning of the exam just said 'no bottles of water', and then said that toilet breaks were aloud if one raised one's hand to attract the attention of an invigilator.

It's also possible that the water thing is new/departmental/due to an insane invigilator. The chief invigilator also muttered darkly at me for not wearing tights and wearing sandals. Apparently full academic dress should look slightly more formal all the way down, which I also thought was a little picky.

[sea-of-flame.livejournal.com]

Actually, technically you could get thrown out *for* wearing tights - it clearly specifies stockings, IIRC. Never heard of anyone actually checking the dress code that far though!

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I think that there may be some murmuring about not letting Doctor Libido supervise exams if someone did decide to start seriously checking such things!