NOW I know what a carbonaceous chondrite is. đŸ˜€ At least in passing. It was touched on in a section of my current studies re: panspermia.
Gotta say I'm really enjoying planetary science. If my maths skills didn't suck, and I thought it would be useful in the last few decades of my working life, I'd consider switching Natural Sciences pathways..
Goal for today to, hopefully, get me closer to finishing this assignment without crushing me with stress:
- write methods section (which is just a copy paste thing basically).
- write discussion section (which should help me feel better cos I can tear down how bad and pointless this study is).
Will have to wait for a reply from someone after the weekend on what the rationale for doing a study that's been done better in all ways multiple times is...
Uni continues to be intensely distressing, not because the academic work is hard but because I am consistently up against everything being designed for NTs.
This assignment is to write a research report, something I did at GSCE with zero problems. I even did the fucking experiment myself for GCSE!
But for this they have drip fed incomplete info, hidden some essential info in a "recap" section, and expect us to reverse engineer a report from the results data.
Finished writing up my definitions from the last few weeks. I'll have a tidy up tomorrow, maybe go a bit wild with the highlighter pens, get a small assessment out of the way and then on with...
...is there life on Mars? đŸ‘½
Looks to be quite a bit of organic chemistry, molecular biology, some physics, talking about denaturing proteins and stuff like that. Fun and familiar. I have to say though, I've really enjoyed the climate and Earth Sciences I've just finished.
oooh I am studying synaesthesia for uni this week and it is super fun and I love brains so much!
I have just under 2 weeks of steroids - I'm gonna see if I can get caught up on uni totally in those 2 weeks rather than the month and a bit I've been given, being as my body and brain both work at the moment. Which is a science created miracle!
Been catching up after realising I'd somehow managed to skip 2/3 of a section of my current study subject. Cuz: pillock. But at least now I know how to weigh a cloud.
BOOM! Assignment done (not submitted yet, I'm gonna re-read it again later) complete with rant about Queerphobia in psychological research.
#OpenUniversity u-turns on ancient Palestine ban #NovaraMedia #press #news
https://novaramedia.com/2026/03/03/open-university-u-turns-on-ancient-palestine-ban/
In December, the Open University told UK Lawyers for Israel it would stop using the term ‘ancient Palestine’ in teaching materials. Following a public outcry, the university now says the term isn't actually banned at all. Harriet Williamson reports.
Right, today is hopefully a power through 1-2 weeks of uni day as I play catch up.
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