Workshop 1 - Day 2 - is it over yet?

Starting to feel that way even about the blog posts of the experience - does that tell you how simply awful it was?

Day 2 - I think we all came in at least prepared for the experience to be bad - but it made Day 1 look like a fun day at the park.

This was another of those days where we'd asked questions about what would be covered in the assignment, only to be told to stop worrying about it, we'll cover it this afternoon.

Much of this day was spent trying to create a Software Requirements Specification for our fake system.  However, I don't feel like we actually created much, we asked for examples as none of us had experience of this level of documentation, we were signposted in the task to some formal specifications, however a 130 page document is not really an appropriate format for an hour's worth of discussion with colleagues.  Once again we were accused of 'wanting the answers', and at this point something finally snapped, and the course descended into a yelling match.

Several of us were very vocal about the fact we just weren't being listened to, that he wasn't answering our questions, and in fact half the time he wasn't even listening to our questions.  We just wanted to get some idea of how his mental process worked when it would come to marking our assignment, what kind of things he found good and bad and why.

I can't really say the afternoon got any better, but we did finally get to look at the module assignment, which should be helpful in guiding our focus on the learning for the rest of the module.  And from this we were able to glean that making sure you cite lots of sources for your argument seems to be the most important thing the tutor is looking for on this module.

Finished the day with some scathing feedback on the train ride home, and then salvaged the day by going to the fireworks display with my family.

Phew....what a ride.... can't believe we get to do it all over again in less than 4 weeks for Workshop 2!!