Last few days

Its nearly time for the Easter holidays, and as such we have had the usual mad rush to hand things in followed by a calm period. I've been pretty organised this time round. I think I am learning to do work before the last minute. This is good as lots of pieces are due in on the same day!

For our Organisational Behaviour Coursework, we had to analyse the group behaviour within our degree course and the level of conformity that has occurred. It was a little silly but quite interesting. We came to the conclusion that for an IMML:

1. It is ok to arrive late in a lecture as long as one is accompanied by others.
2. Once in a lecture it is the norm to sit in the same place every week. Not to close to the front, and as near to sides of the rows as possible which helps ensure a quick exit.
3. That our course is full of people who go out drinking lots and talk about their drunken adventures the next day- well that's a surprise, nothing like your average student then!
4. That thanks to the Spanish and French contingents of our course, friends are met with la bise (air kiss) rather than a handshake!
5. That there are differences between the different language groups on our course. The students studying German tend to be more punctual, whilst those doing Spanish are more relaxed about time. Again it fits the stereotypes of the country.
6. There are different types of group within our course, the course group, the language groups, informal groups of friends, and formal coursework groups set by the lecturer. Within each group there is a different level of conformity
7. There is a certain amount of rivalry between IMML's and BBA's which makes IMML's arrive on time to shared lectures in order to keep the impression that our group is superior to theirs. ( We do both a language AND management. They only do management!)
8. And then we had some criticisms of Asch and Tajfel's social identity theories. But I won't go into who they are or what their theories are as I don't think that you would be interested.

I had a Spanish presentation on: ¿Hasta que punto es verdad que la integracion europea ha proporcionado el marco fundamental para la elaboracion de la politica economica espanola desde la muerte de Franco?
This translates as: To what point is it true that integration into europe has proved to be the fundamental point for themaking of Spanishh economic policy after Franco's death? I'm sure you will agree that it is a thrilling topic to have a presentation on, so I will not bore you with any more details!!!!

Today I had a lovely picnic party with my housemates at lunch in pitstop (a sandwich place on campus). We had sandwiches, and I bought some party rings and bakewell tarts for pudding. Ummm party rings are nice. I don't find nearly enough occasions to eat them! Its ok though, because I still have a packet as they were on buy one get one free in the SU shop. It was fun and we chatted and ate nice food, and yeah simple but effective. I know that possibly it is a bit early to celebrate bday, but everyone is busy tonight and they are all rushing off home tomorrow, so it was the last chance for us all to gather in the same place!

RSPCA was my next stop of the day, I bought Millie a new collar on mum's request.It is one that should stop her pulling on the lead. We shall see if miracles occur! Hehe. I was also asked to buy a bubble machine that makes meat flavoured bubbles for dogs to jump and catch. Aparently it provides them with hours of fun. I am yet to be convinced, but it sounds like a cool dog toy. Never mind a dog toy in fact, I want one with nice sweety flavours!

Thats all folks! See you over easter hopefully.