It's all downhill from here

I'm officially half-way through 'The Arts Past & Present'. I've completed 4 of the 7 continiuously assessed assignments, there is an End of Course Assessment as well, and 2 of the 4 coursebooks.

The one I've just finished, 'Tradition & Dissent', covered Plato. animals in poetry, post-Reformation Christianity in England, Gothic architecture, the Irish Republican movement and Shostakovich. It was finished with a 1200 word essay on the built heritage of Ireland.

Whilst the previous assignments have been of similar length, they were split into two halves so this is the longest single assignment of the course so far. I've struggled at times to meet the word count in the shorter ones so I had real concerns about this one but in the end I was over by about 60 words (well within the 10% excess I'm allowed) and I actually found this the easiest one to write so far. I think the experience of the previous assignment has left me with a good idea of what is expected in an essay.

I got it back yesterday with a mark of 72, the first time I haven't improved on the previous assignemt's score suggesting I've plateaued somewhat. To be honest, if I can keep all the remaining scores in the 70's I'll still be pretty pleased but I'm going to try and kick things on with the next one and get into the 80's.