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Funking my way through the maths.

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Jax Blunt
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I had a tma due on Weds, so obviously I started working on it round about the Sunday before. Understandably this did not give me much chance to actually do it, and in the end I submitted attempts at 58 marks out of the 100. Turns out that extra question was a really good idea, as when I rapidly got the marks back, I’d made loads of silly mistakes, and only scraped a pass with 46 marks. Still, this course is only pass/ fail anyway, so not much point breaking my neck over it. Oddly, I did find that employing my brain started to drag me out of my funk. That and reading lots of blogs about miscarriage and baby loss, and realising that it is OK to grieve, but in the wider scheme of things what I’ve been through isn’t really that horrendous.

Perspective’s a bit like hindsight I suppose, easy to gain after the fact.

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4 responses to “Funking my way through the maths.”

  1. Swiss Clare avatar
    Swiss Clare

    Well done at the pass.
    When reading about other people, make sure that you don’t trivialise what you’ve been through. Its important and real and horrendous to you and cannot be compared to anyone else. Its different, thats all.
    xx

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  2. tbird avatar
    tbird

    yes, a pass is a pass so don’t beat yourself up (says me…) just put it down to experience, that’s what Level 1 is supposed to be for (although, naturally I’m still learning how to cock things up mightily at Level 2)
    It’s more than “okay” to grieve Jax, it’s essential, which you know, but I’m reminding you anyway. And there is no heirachy in grief. Loss is loss regardless. Hugs.

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  3. Merry avatar
    Merry

    Agree as above. I might have my own can/can’t processes about it, but i do also think that what you have to deal with (any of us, not you you) is simply as big as it is – i cried like hell at my rabbit dying, i was really sad, but i’d cry more at a miscarriage or a family death. It doesn’t make me less sad on the day about the rabbit.
    I think you are right to get perspective but also to allow it out; you’ve been through a lot. The person i have had the most love and support from was the person who could have turned her back on me the most – but she didn’t and it made me love her and made me heal so much more because of it. Accepting the enormity of pain is part of seeing it for what really is, i think.

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  4. Michelle avatar
    Michelle

    I think funks are sometimes essential for emotional wellbeing but it’s easier to get out of them if other people go away and leave you to your own devices for a day. Take care of yourselves. xx

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