On-line Tolkien course

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

Online course? And here's me expecting University-based frolics in Wales with other Barrowdowners.

We could all share a flat. Just an idea...

It could be like The Young Ones. Who's going to be Neil?

I would actually be scared of doing a course about Tolkien, in case I got bad marks! The shame would be unbearable!

But online learning is a great idea if anyone fancies it. You usually get access to a 'chat area' where you can discuss your assignments with other distance learners, so you have no need to miss out on the sociable aspects (hey, you can have a beer while you type if you want to imagine yourself in a student union...). It also allows people to learn more at their own pace, and it doesn't exclude anyone with limited time in the day. There, that's my 'official' side coming out, I used to deal with that kind of learning as my job.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I'm too much in love with the campus lifestyle. Besides, if I had to study online I'd get distracted by the Barrowdowns.

As for The Young Ones, I'm used to being Neil, it being one of my names and all.


*Note: The Young Ones is not entirely representative of British Student Life.

[Mithalwen]

I am quite tempted by this - it would be more interesting than last year's Certificate in computerised payroll ( admittedly this is not a challenging criteria and I think I have all the books.) But is my brain up to such exertion? And I used to have Neil style hair....

[Anguirel]

Ahhh. The second part of the course, the Northern European Mythology one, is especially droolworthy...

I agree, a physical course would be better still. Perhaps we should all just roll up to the Open University and try an Anglo-Saxon Norse and Celtic course...though I think perhaps only Cambridge offers it...

No time at all, naturally, what with 6 AS levels and writing to keep up...

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Anguirel

Ahhh. The second part of the course, the Northern European Mythology one, is especially droolworthy...

I agree, a physical course would be better still. Perhaps we should all just roll up to the Open University and try an Anglo-Saxon Norse and Celtic course...though I think perhaps only Cambridge offers it...

No time at all, naturally, what with 6 AS levels and writing to keep up...

Cambridge? What is this Cambridge place? Is there a university there?
Open University is a lot more expensive. I looked at one of their post-grad courses but it was more thousands than hundreds....

[Anguirel]

Well, naturally as a dweller of the Oxenford, I refuse to believe Cambridge is any more than a small depressing grey town with a Roundhead Civil War record, but some conspiracy theorists have suggested that an occasional Cambridgian has been known to be literate...

My sister's profound attitude on this question is "Oxford has bigger and better parties!"

[Mithalwen]

Yes... parties.. harder with an online course .. and punting might be a problem too.. Aieee we sound more "Footlights College" even so than "Scumbag"-Rah rah rah! We're going to smash the oiks!