Revision Block

So, it's my last exam tomorrow, covering geology and its relation to human history.  And what have I been doing today?  Revising? Noooooo. Well, kind of, but not in the right area.  Instead of studying types of rock, glacial depositions and the Middle Ages, I've been researching sustainability and self sufficiency.  Learning about 'fedges' and preserves.  All really useful stuff in my master plan, but really helpful for my exam tomorrow.

I've even started a plan for the work that needs to be done, like clearing the fallen wood and felling dangerous trees.  Draining the dell into and hopefully expanding the pond, to eventually raise carp.  Tree planting and dry stones walls.  Where the polytunnel will go and what I will grow! It's time consuming and distracting, I love it!  But it won't help me pass my exam!  Wish me luck!

Revision

Tomorrow marks the first of my exams.  Tourism; Principles and Impacts.  I thought it would be the easiest of my exams, after all most of it is common sense.  Looking at how tourism impacts on economy, culture and the environment, what tourism is and what people's needs are.  Fairly simple.

But then we learn that we have to be able to recite definitions, and to reference those definitions.  I'm not sure what relevance it is to be able to use other people's definitions of a subject.  Surely it would make more sense to be able to define it for yourself.  I am at the early stages of my degree, so I guess for the time being, none of my work is actually my own.  It is all sourced from somewhere.

Passed papers studied - check, definitions learnt - check, diagrams and models committed to memory - check.  Guess I'm ready then.  Until my mind goes completely blank in the morning!