15-02-2009, 03:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 15-02-2009, 04:24 PM by nicklawford.)
nicklawford Wrote:
On top if this is the fact that I have not sat down and taken one single formal exam since my engineering degree finals in 1982.
PJW Wrote:are well out of the habit of holding a pen and doing a significant amount of writing; we just don't do it nowadays and it is physically hard- I expect the younger people find it a strain as well.
Peter raised this point with me during our conversation before the IRSE London Technical Meeting last Wednesday.
As a result, I timed using Ye Olde Technique Of Holdinge Ye Quille To Parchemente and fill two sides of A4 ... and I am sure slower than I used to be ... and much much slower than must have been through O-levels and A-levels and Degree where one got twice annual (mocks and the real thing) practice every year from age 12 for 10 or so years. I am able to produce sketches and graphs - having done this for work purposes over many years it has not lapsed out of practice.
Clearly this is something I am going to have to fully practice ... it is not something I had considered I would be up against, so attempting a timed paper 6 months ahead of an exam has highlighted an extremely weak area for myself.
Have any older ''young'' members experienced similar difficulties ?
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Nick