Why are Open University courses sooooooooo hard!!!!!?????

[Cheatseeker!]

My scores just keep dropping... I started at 72% and on this one I am now down to 20%!!! How gutted am I...

Anything to cheer me up right now would be good thanks :o)

Cheets

[CAJ1]

Cheatseeker you are doing better than me, I gave mine up a few months ago as I just couldn't do it! It was sooo hard and my tutor was rubbish. Its Friday and nearly the weekend so keep the chin up and forget about OU! :D

[Lakitu]

I feel exactly the same about it, it's very difficult too :(

Have you been using your tutor group forums?

[Cheatseeker!]

Yeah I have been using the forum but this only contains our worries and concerns really... occasionally some arguing!! lol

[Lakitu]

I find the same thing, I must use the forum as it counts toward 20% of my grade (and boy do I need that 20%!) but a lot of the time it's people bickering about who's right and who's wrong!

The tutor will post something about once per week, usually absolutely nothing to do with what the squabbling is about then ****** off again.

Maybe we should send in some AB users to whoop their asses? LOL

[funnygirl]

My friend started a pyschology course about 5 years ago and in the end she gave up!!

She was even taking extra tuition, going away for weeks holidays with her group to no avail.

Paid a lot of money too.

[Cheatseeker!]

Arrrrrrghhhhh.... there is no hope is there!!!??

Well... I ain't gonna quit.... or is it better to quit rather than fail??? lol

I wish using the forum added onto our score... I'd be in the 100%'s..... lol and our tutor NEVER uses our forum!!

Cheats.. x

[bananie]

I just got an A Grade with 96.5% pass for my Law exam. Have a nice weekend

[pastafreak]

Been there,done that.....lol...secret is in the word "university"....I gave up after 5 years when I went back to work.....had grades from 65-89%.....but could not do both.

[Tefler]

Pastafreak's right, the secret is, indeed, in the word 'university'. If you are studying with the OU, presumably you are hoping to get a degree - a qualification which is testament to a thorough knowledge of your subject, perseverance and to academic rigour.

The fact that most OU students are doing other things, too, like working and looking after families, makes it doubly hard and everybody who succeeds deserves admiration.

I have studied with the OU in the past and now I am a tutor. My advice to you is, if your marks are going down and you don't know why, contact your tutor as soon as possible and see what help s/he can offer. Sometimes it's possible to get a bit of 1 to 1 tuition to get you back on track, or maybe you're just missing something obvious somewhere. If that doesn't bear fruit, contact the regional HQ and ask for Learner Support. Discuss your problems with them and, again, see what help can be offered. Sitting worrying about it on your own is unlikely to do you any good at all.