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Old 7th April 2004 | 22:55
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GusHoneybun
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Do think you have to learn more at lmu than in the other FTOs?
I first thought, easy question, and that the answer is obviously no. We all sit the same exams irrelevent of where we did the ground school. Then I pondered...... and pondered a bit more.

Comparing LGU and another school like say Oxford, you do find there is a difference in approach and more to the point content. Oxford or Bristol's notes are clear, precise with a diagram or two to aid understanding. A bit Janet and John if you please.

LGU are wordy. Tombs of knowledge. All the information required is contained but also the background and derivation aswell. The trick is to distill the required reading from the superflueous. As a result, your actual understanding of the subject matter has to be broader and more complete. This is solely due to the fact that you must read and understand everything contained in the reading material to have an idea what is pertinent and what is chaff.

So, to answer you question, I believe you do need to learn more at LGU. Not for sitting the exams, but to be able to decipher the notes.


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