EMA Submitted

How do you know when to stop work on a project report? One of the downsides of the OU Masters marking/grading system is that they want to work with letters and descriptors:

A = Excellent

B = Good

C = Clear Pass

D = Bare Pass

E - G = (varying degrees of) Fail

...but Moodle need numbers, so they have given each grade a percentage. The trouble is, you can't get an in-between percentage. You can get 63% or 78% or 93%. So what happens if you think you've done enough to get 63% and you know you could spend a few more hours eking out a few more percent but you doubt that all the work in the world would get you to 78%? Do you keep going, stressing out to get it to be as good as possible, even though the chances of getting to the next grade boundary is less than 7% (bad fail!)? 

E854 was always going to be my most challenging module. That's why I did that first. Am I happy with my progress and learning? Most definitely. Have I been happy with my grades? Mostly. Could I have done better? Maybe, but not a whole grade better. Hence, I've decided to stop and submit. I hope I've done enough to pass. 

So I have 4 days until the H818 module website opens. Is it a bit sad, at my age, to be counting down the days/sleeps?