Having been through the first term of my second year, here’s some of my thoughts about it. Lectures I’ve gone to all lectures this term, and I’ve found them far more helpful than lectures last year mainly because they provide a much-needed big picture. In year 1, the big picture was usually obvious. For example, the big picture of year 1 analysis was to rigorously prove all the results we’ve used in calculus during secondary school. We had in mind the important and useful ideas that needs to be ...