Due dates- a suggestion?
September 1st 2006 01:29
One major part of university life, apart from the socialness, is the actual workload. Even I, the ultimate slacker must get her butt into gear occasionally and produce a piece of work, indicating that I know what my degree is about.
An organised student will start their assignments the week they get them, and have it finished long before the due date. I envy these people, with their self-control, dedication and organization.
I prefer the lazy method myself. Any work done before the due date is simply research, the actual assignment starts being written 10pm the day before its due, at the earliest. These days it’s not even then. But I almost always get them done on time.
Almost always? I missed my first deadline the other day. Due on Friday, handed in the following Tuesday. No longer the perfect example of how slackness pays off. Still, while I blushed and avoided mentioning to people that I hadn't yet handed the huge write up in, other people made me feel better. It seems people like myself- slackers who think deadlines are merely a suggestion, not set in stone, surround me.
I feel this is a bad realisation, this awareness may cause further delay in the start of assignment writing- will I ever make a deadline again? We'll see if I get today’s assignment done on time shall we?
An organised student will start their assignments the week they get them, and have it finished long before the due date. I envy these people, with their self-control, dedication and organization.
Opps?
I prefer the lazy method myself. Any work done before the due date is simply research, the actual assignment starts being written 10pm the day before its due, at the earliest. These days it’s not even then. But I almost always get them done on time.
Almost always? I missed my first deadline the other day. Due on Friday, handed in the following Tuesday. No longer the perfect example of how slackness pays off. Still, while I blushed and avoided mentioning to people that I hadn't yet handed the huge write up in, other people made me feel better. It seems people like myself- slackers who think deadlines are merely a suggestion, not set in stone, surround me.
Missing deadlines- academic suicide? Image by Samuel Brody.
I feel this is a bad realisation, this awareness may cause further delay in the start of assignment writing- will I ever make a deadline again? We'll see if I get today’s assignment done on time shall we?
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