DiamondDreaming

HISTORY LOVERS #2
:: Amateur Historians ::

The Historians:

Talkative One {Sarah}
My main area right now without a full study of History seems to be Classics, as Roman is my favourite and Greek is my 3rd favourite. Medieval is extremely interesting as well and seems to be my 2nd favourite. However, do love all periods of History even if I'm just starting to get into History at a higher level. My goal is to get a Bachelor's of History and then get a Master's of Art in some era of History. As well as, Classics Minor.

DiamondDreaming {Nic}
I have a keen interest in so many different areas of history, but my main passion is for Classical history. My love for all things Greek & Roman led me to studying the era at university and I now have a BA in Classical Studies! I love everything from Classical literature to the architecture, military history and mythology... But my favourite topic is Roman Social History; the life of the everyday Roman. I wrote my final year thesis on womens' role at Roman dinner parties, which was so much fun to do!

K'Vruck {April}
I’ve always had an interest in History. It was always my best subject. I really love local history of an area and the myths and legends around it. I also love the history of Ireland and Scotland, especially Celt artifacts. I also love to learn about ancient civilizations, especially the Romans and Greeks and the mythology and the Medieval time period fascinates me. I hope one day to travel the world and see the castles. Hopefully soon I will return back to school and work on a Bachelor in History. I would love to one day obtain a job dealing with artifacts.

crash landing

You did it

Now lets spice up the OP

Talkative One {Sarah}

My main area right now without a full study of History seems to be Classics, as Roman is my favourite and Greek is my 3rd favourite. Medievel is extremely interesting as well and seems to be my 2nd favourite. However, do love all periods of History even if I'm just starting to get into History at a higher level. My goal is to get a Bachelor's of History and then get a Master's of Art in some era of History. As well as, Classics Minor

DiamondDreaming

That OK so far? So much pressure !

I'm thinking of my little blurb now

crash landing

Not sure if that works with being centered maybe see how it is for left hand side

Do we have any artists in the thread? maybe get a few History banners or maybe just pictures instead

DiamondDreaming

Oh god, I am a serial centraliser haha. That better?

Ooh I don't know. Have you seen any photos or banners around that you think would look good in it?

crash landing

Its ok And yea it does look a lot better

Can I suggest one small thing put the stuff in [*indent] [*/indent]

DiamondDreaming

Right? Wrong?...

I think the moral of this story is to not let amateur er open the new thread LOL

crash landing

Its great and sorry, but am a bit of a perfectations {sp} So tell me to shut it sometimes, if its too much

Oh you did great its just my style giving ideas

DiamondDreaming

Haha, don't worry about it. I'd prefer to be told what I'm doing wrong!!

At least I actually managed to open the thread. My skills are so lacking I wouldn't have been surprised if I'd done something mad when trying to do that

crash landing

Its really easy tbh to open threads

Now got both mid-term and essay for the 14th got an extention from the 10th to the 14th but means that I need to fit half of "The Illiad" into studying for 2 midterms plus writing the essay

DiamondDreaming

That sounds like A LOT of work. Especially because The Illiad is a tough, slow read. What are your midterms on?

crash landing

1914 to 1945 - Tues and Wed
Ancient Civil - Feb 14th

So alot of studying/readings just on those topics, especially when WWI and the events leading up to the war is the first midterm then Greece is the 2nd mid-term

DiamondDreaming

So much to cover! Plus it can be hard studying for two completely different topics at the same time. .

Good luck with it! How do you revise btw? Flash cards? Mind maps/ Spider Diagrams?? I'm always interested in how people revise!

crash landing

I don't revise much I have a great memory it seems, actually last term went on tests mainly by winging it. Actually got 76% on our 10% "quiz" from earlier in the term by just going to lectures and powerpoints. But am going to try to revise by reviewing chapters and writing down the notes. Learn from writing it down

DiamondDreaming

Oh my goodness, I wish I had such a good memory! Although to be honest, I probably never took in the information well enough first time round to be able to do that on my exams. . Sometimes I got a teeny bit distracted in lectures!