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Takashi Miike
2:02 Fri Nov 24
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I loved its theme tune played on the TRUMPET
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrakl3MOQx8
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Cheezey Bell-End
2:02 Fri Nov 24
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2un9rO2ZF4g
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Takashi Miike
2:04 Fri Nov 24
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.........which was composed by another Leonard
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Leonard Hatred
2:07 Fri Nov 24
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Yeah, never mind that.
I meant furnish me with your experiences, knowledge or anecdotes regarding OU courses.
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Northern Sold
2:09 Fri Nov 24
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What you looking at studying Len.... female flatulence??
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Leonard Hatred
2:10 Fri Nov 24
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History.
Or a foreign language.
Or psychology.
Or law.
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lowermarshhammer
2:13 Fri Nov 24
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Bearded blokes in tank tops doing complicated algebra on television.
You don't see that often nowadays.
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Northern Sold
2:15 Fri Nov 24
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You know what Len fair play... as I'd rather pull a pin on a grenade and then shove it up my japs eye (the grenade... not the pin)... and just before it blows my Johnson to pieces I will shout out... `ALL STUDENTS ARE PARASITES TO SOCIETY'... that's how much I would hate to do a Open Uni' course... fucking bearded pipe smoking chunky sweater KUMB lookalikes
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Gavros
2:25 Fri Nov 24
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Your only option.
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joe royal
2:29 Fri Nov 24
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It's the biggest university in the country.
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On The Ball
2:36 Fri Nov 24
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You get an 'ology', you're a SCIENTIST
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Cheezey Bell-End
2:50 Fri Nov 24
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I did a maths course about 5 years ago. Helps to be motivated, which I wasn't.
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ohgodno
5:19 Fri Nov 24
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I've done loads of their modules.
Don't do a language course. The material is fine and better than you'd get on most other courses but you won't go to the tutorials unless you're committed and nobody is ever committed enough to go to a tutorial on a wet tuesday in November. Nobody. Unless you speak to other people you'll not get any better no matter how hard you work,
I've done law, arts, humanities, science and Msc modules and they are all exceptionally good. Never done maths or tech stuff. If you like plodding along its great but if you need a rocket up the arse to be motivated then don't do it. The feedback from the tutors is much better than most other uni's and the tutors are usually really helpful. The tutorial groups are fine but I never got anything out of them so never went. The on line groups are also fine. It depends where you live really. Bigger cities, bigger groups less ag finding one you like. But its honestly fine if you can't be arsed with other people.
The summers schools are no longer compulsory but doing an OU course and not going to at least one summer school is crazy.
Sadly the cost has spiraled. About £17000 for a degree but honestly the material and support is worth that.
I've not done a module in 5 years or so it could have changed but I doubt it. Alternatively you could do an International Programme from the University of London. Much cheaper but the material and support is shit. However you get your degree from the UOL.
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Far Cough
5:33 Fri Nov 24
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I'd like to do particle physics, it fascinates me but calculus leaves me cold, I doubt I could ever get my head around it?
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ohgodno
5:38 Fri Nov 24
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Far Cough 5:33 Fri Nov 24
You can get a serious understanding of that subject with basic maths. It's only if you want to do research or teach about it you need to be able to describe whats going on with maths. All the stuff underneath that level has been converted into plain English with a little bit of maths.
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Far Cough
5:41 Fri Nov 24
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I'm pretty sure you need to understand calculus to make sense of all the algebraic equations that are rife in particle physics, I understand E=Mc2 and that's about it
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bruuuno
5:47 Fri Nov 24
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I got a law degree as a mature student and my advice is: don't study law
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Gavros
5:48 Fri Nov 24
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i remember as a teenager being up horribly late and desperately trying to knock one out to i think it was a learn yourself french programme.
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ohgodno
5:57 Fri Nov 24
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Far Cough 5:41 Fri Nov 24
If you just want to be able to understand it, what it means, the history of it development and it relationship to the rest of physics then you'd be surprised how far you can get with no maths at all. It's a thousand year old branch of physics it's been pretty well described in words up to it's bleeding edge.
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Darby_
5:57 Fri Nov 24
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Law is pretty dry. Unless you enjoy studying for the sake of it, I’d be surprised if you enjoyed it.
Psychology is pretty interesting.
Language apps are good if you’ve got a smartphone. Something like Duolingo is almost like playing a game.
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