Saturday, May 21, 2011
Time
So, this blog is about venting about a research paper that I had plenty of time to research and write. I could really vent about this assignment. This assignment has caused me a lot of unnecessary stress, but I am trying to deal with it and get it done. I seems as though so many things went wrong for me when we got this assignment and as soon as we got the assignment, I had started with figuring out what sources I was going to use and ordered what I needed from the library and did the other research I did. Since I started when we first got the assignment, you would think that I got it all done by now and have time to spare. Not the case. Sources were so easy to order from my public library and I had already had one book that I needed, which was one of our required texts. I got a couple sources from EBSCO Host, which was great. That got two sources done with the research I needed from those sources. I waited and waited for my other sources, which were books from the library, to come in and it seemed to take forever. I had three books to get my information from and one came in on Monday. Another came in on Wednesday, and the last one came in on Friday. I like to read and am a pretty fast reader, but to read the books the way I have to for my research paper does not give me a lot of time to put everything together into an outline and into a four or five page essay. On top of this my internet went out, so I had to make it to the library before it closed for the night. Didn't happen. I could have gone to AVC to use the computers, but guess what, no car this week! Living in Lake Los Angeles, I had to take the bus this week and we only have buses every few hours. I have internet now to get what I have to get done, but now time is scarce. Today is going to definitely be a busy day with reading galore, writing, and staying up extremely late, which is not something I usually like to do, to get everything done to be able to look at what I have before I turn it in. This is the hardest assignment of this semester that started out with plenty of time to do it and should not have been so hard to get completed. Everything just went wrong that I think could have gone wrong and I hope that it does not affect my grade on my assignments and it definitely means I am going to have to work harder than I usually do to get this done. I wish I had more time to get everything done, but I don't, so I have to stay positive and just try my best to get everything done the best I can and hope that it goes well.
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I understand what you mean completely. Sometimes things just go horribly wrong. At times, we have this mentality that there is plenty of time to do something, and we think that we can do that assignment next week. But then next week becomes today, and today is the due date. It is very frustrating when that happens. Whenever time becomes scarce for me I am usually procrastinating or have too much going on. You see, I have three jobs, so any time I do procrastinate it ends up horribly. In fact, this week has been a horrible work week, and it made it really difficult for me to complete my assignments. I ended up drinking a ton of coffee and staying up all night, and then going to my job in the morning. But I must say I got a lot of stuff done. I too never stay up late, and I was shocked when I stayed up all night. I had not done that since I was in grade school when I was watching The Three Musketeers on television, while gobbling down chocolate ice cream and popcorn. I ate some chocolate the other night as well, so I guess some things never change.
ReplyDeleteWow it really does seem like everything you were doing did go wrong. I couldn’t imagine going through all those complications, but it does seem like you are handling it pretty well. You have our sources, which is a huge part on making this easier. When you don’t even have sources it can make the paper a little harder to write. I am really curious of what topic you chose though. I do have to agree with you that this is the toughest paper we had to write yet. I don’t think the work itself is overbearing, but just the required page limit stresses me out. I think it’s easier to write a strong three-page paper, compared to this six-page paper. It makes everything a whole lot harder. We have to remember though, this is only the first draft, so don’t stress out too much because we have two more weeks to make our paper really strong, and I am looking forward to these coming up weeks. So I know it is stressful because it’s a “research” paper, which always puts everyone on the edge, but we will get through this and we soon enough it will be over. Just as long as you tried your hardest that’s all that matters.
ReplyDeleteYou poor thing! The things you described in your blog and the complications you have encountered so far for this research paper are the things that happen to slackers. You are obviously not a slacker and because you have put so much time and energy into your work, you should not be faced with these complications. It just doesn’t make sense. I am sure you will be so relieved when this is all over. I can definitely relate to that feeling. I haven’t even had the time I would like to put into this paper. Just when I thought my stress levels where peaked, I read your blog and it made me appreciate my situation more. I am sure that in the long run when it is all said and done, you will be so proud of your grade and accomplishment. Your hard work will pay off even though it doesn’t seem like it now. Just don’t give up! I really don’t think that I would be handling your situation as gracefully as you are and I commend you for that. I think you opened a lot of our classmates eyes and maybe even encouraged them to push through. I know your words have pushed me. Thank you!
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