IR 1st yr

[Guest]

hello everyone i'll be coming to study IR is it really as hard core as they make it sound? and if that's really the case why is their web page so ghastly?

[cbh]

no, it's definitely not hardcore, especially not in first year. relax, you'll be fine!

[Guest]

good to hear that! [img]littleicons/yellowhappyface.gif[/img]
i am also going to start IR this year.

[Matt]

Thanks cbh, you've just relaxed at least one IR fresher

[fluffy]

but you DO have to work otherwise you will fail!! you can't sail through doing nothing all year!!

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dev ksereis, alla eimai trella erotebmevei mazi sou..

[munchingfoo]

Whilst that's a good thing to tell freshers, i'm not sure on its truth.

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Tired Freudian references aside - your mother played my mighty skin flute like a surf crowned sea nymph trying to rouse Poseidon from his watery slumber!

[cbh]

yeah, i wouldn't say it's the truth either. you don't really have to work in first year. obviously, hand in your essays and work on your presentations but, if you're generally interested in IR, in first year you don't really need to do much reading and you'll be fine.

[David Bean]

Doesn't it rather depend how much knowledge you want to take with you when you get to the more difficult courses, and how prepared you may want to be for the step up in what will be asked of you? If we assume a student doesn't become vastly more intellectually gifted between their first and fourth year, surely the most prudent course is to try to do a good deal of work in sub-honours, for exactly those reasons.

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Psalm 91:7

[TheUnixKid]

Only legitimate subjects can be regarded as hardcore. A degree in simply reading the news and being American does not qualify, sorry.

[David Bean]

Given your apparent desire forceably to sodomise a doorman with some article of clothing, I hardly think you're qualified to comment on, well, anything, really.

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Psalm 91:7

[TheUnixKid]

I do believe your waxed cowboy hat would look a lot better up your arse. And that's saying something because it looks pretty shitty already. Hang about...

[David Bean]

How charming you are! The idea behind this board is the seeking and provision of advice, you know, not slanging matches...

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Psalm 91:7