DD101 – TMA 03

I have just finished the third TMA (essay) for my Open University Course, DD101 Introducing the Social Sciences. I didn't think I could do it at all, in fact this essay has had me in tears and convinced that not only I don't want to carry on with this particular bit of the course, but …

DD101 Making Social Lives, Chapter 5

I am very behind - not least because I get distracted by other things. But I am trying to catch up. In my reading today, of chapter 5 of Making Social Lives, on p. 229 the author says: "the argument should not be based on the idea that there once existed a high street that …

DD101 Week What?

Well I don't even know which week we are supposed to be in. I have looked at the next TMA, number 3, and it is more horrible even than the last two. This time it's wading through a table of statistics of the ethnicity of visitors to national parks in the UK. I haven't had …

DD101 TMA02

I had been warned that DD101 was dull, but some people have said they love the course, so I am trying to keep an open mind The second TMA topic though, was rubbish. 'Outline the argument that rubbish is not worthless'. Really, really dull. I found this essay a challenge to complete, to the point …

DD101 Introducing the Social Sciences Weeks 1-3

I have completed the main tasks for weeks 1-3, including finishing reading the first Learning Companion, watching the films and completing the online tasks. I do need to go back and make some additional notes on a couple of the films, and listen again to the audio files and take notes. I also need to …

DD101 Week 1 Intro

The DD101 Open University 'Introducing the Social Sciences' website opened yesterday, so we have officially started! (Finally!) The opening activities on the website were pretty basic advice and exercises on different forms of notetaking, reading and watching with a purpose and avoiding plagiarism. Although I have watched all the films once and read all the …

Intro and Read52

I blogged for a few years with a captive audience of friends at Multiply under the name "Life for Beginners" and when  the Multiply  platform folded, I found myself in an isolated location without internet and despite valiant efforts, lost all my posts, so I have had a writing hiatus of about three years. I'm starting …