The paper due at 2:30 is marginally done. I still need to fix up the footnotes and such, but it’s complete. I have no idea if it’s good or bad, though.
Next up: 15 page research paper due Tuesday. I haven’t even thought about it yet.
Soon… soon it will be over…
I’m just not cut out for this procrastinating stuff.
I have a oral report to give on the historical context of the short story Harrison Bergeron due this morning. I had all month to work on it, but of course put it off until last night (wasn’t too bad, though) however because of a cold I sound like a frog right now.
My big project, a group project on Young Adult Literature, was already completed last monday, so that’s a big load off my chest.
I still have to read Portrait of a Young man, Lucky Jim, and At-swim-two-birds, write a 3000 page paper comparing elements in two of the books, and hand it in at the beginning of class next week. Its for a capstone English class, something I was supposed to be takin during my graduating semester but added by accident. By the time I realized the mistake, I was already knee-deep in the class and decided I might as well get it over with since I’d have to take it again if I dropped it this semester.
My main crisis is my portfolio. Stupid, stupid me didn’t listen to my English 1A, 1B, and 1C instructors who said many times to make a portfolio of my essays written…Now I have to turn in this portfolio in two weeks consisting of 5 of my best papers. Here’s the thing- I don’t even think I can dig up five essays I’ve written in the past four years :eek:
If anyone has any suggestions for how I can overcome this problem (right now all I can think of is to write five essays for imaginary classes I took with made up corrections written) I mean, if I can’t find 5 old essays I can’t find 5 old essays, but I’m going to have to come up with something
Oh man, why did I take Reflections on Literature this semester?! Stupid, stupid, stupid me for adding a class that has me in class until 10 PM on a thursday! :mad:
Sweet mother of crap, the final exam I thought was next Wednesday is actually on later today. I only found this out yesterday, and I spent last night playing video games (I couldn’t help it, my brain was rebelling at so much work). And after that exam I have another exam in my next class. Two finals in two consecutive classes. Joy.
I think we should all get back here at the end of the semester and celebrate freedom. I know I’ll be deliriously ecstatic at ending my pain, even temporarily. And rinni, I’d hug you if you weren’t so far. I have a friend in NS, want me to send him over to give you one?
I…just…can’t…help…posting in a thread where all of you are bickering to one another about how you have procrastinated the entire semester and now are cramming, writting feverishly, and going out of your minds with work…
All of you are so smart, but when it comes to time management what happened?
We are not telling you to make portfolios of your essays (Incubus), or to do the reading, or to stay caught up throughout the semester because we think it would be a nice thing to say…We’re saying that so 2 in 10 of you may actually do it, and not be stressed to the to nines at the end of the semester. Then maybe 1 in 8 of those who watched the 2 unstressed students will jump on the gravy train and follow suit to unstressful bliss at the end of the semester…
Ahhh! Lucid dreams are a professor’s friend…
Anyone need any help with anything? I’m out O’ the office and at home work’in on the website. Lemme know.
The only things that stress me out are shifting deadlines and changing criteria.
I had a sociology paper due a few weeks ago that I had to put off till the last minute because the professor kept changing expectations and criteria. He sent two e-mails and had two handouts that changed the assignment. I had to tear up the research I’d done since we got the assignment because it no longer fit. This meant that I had one day to watch 8 episodes of Law and Order to get the correct information. I had another day to analyze the information and write the paper. Had he not kept changing the criteria, the paper would have been written sooner.
The rest of my professors are fond of granting extensions on assignments so they’re all due at once. A week later, but all at once. Grrr…
Robin
He should know better MsRobyn. We sometimes need to change criteria, but it is a rareity…I usually never do.
ok, let’s see…
Due in tomorrow, algorithm to solve building profile problem, with time complexity, and 3 other assorted questions on data representation (dont worry, i dont understand it either)
Due in Friday, analogue circuitry coursework and fourier transforms
Due in next Friday, digital circuitry coursework and more fourier transforms.
can you say ‘caffiene’?
Ah, but see, I’ve done very well with time management this semester, through 5 presentations so far (only those last two to do), and the web pages I’ve already built.
This wouldn’t be so bad, except the school ends the semester next week - and to not show up at the parents’ house for Thanksgiving? Unthinkable, especially when I only live 100 miles away (unthinkable for them, not for me).
Meanwhile, I’ve made a lot of progress. It will all get done, I know that. I’m even likely to get As in at least 2 of my 3 classes, and there’s the potential to get one in the third - it depends on how the presentation goes with the group.
I will get this finished. And as God is my witness, I will complete this semester still sane.
Then Lsura, you will go far!
A week ago Monday: Did a presentation on Frankenstein; B+/A-.
A week ago today: Handed in a 5 page paper for The English Novel in the 19th Century. Got it back today; B+. Not bad for being told to “write about anything”.
Sometime before Monday: Write a 5 page dialogue between Daniel Defoe & Jonathan Swift.
11/24: Finished up a handout for a presentation on gifted learning disabled students that was due on 11/25.
11/25: Made the copies of the handout for the presentation, then had the presentation pushed back to this coming Tuesday.
12/10: 15 page paper due in Contemporary Novel. Have we gotten a paper prompt yet? Nooooo.
12/something-or-other (before 12/16): Hand in observation log for Children With Special Needs
12/17: Brit Lit II final exam
12/17: Final, 6 page paper for 19th C. English Novel due
In the meantime, I’ve been reading Jude the Obscure, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, & The Impressionist. And working a very part-time job.
Dunno, but I used to be amazingly organized my first year. I had a time budget worked out – 9:00 do Intro to Anthropology homework, 10:00 break, 11:00 go to Linguistics class, and so on. Plus, I actually used to review my notes at night when I got home, or the next day or two at the latest. Oh, to have that youthful enthusiasm again!
I’m starting to suspect I’m addicted to the rush of having an impending deadline on my head. I manage to do brilliant work at 3 in the morning, so none of my professors ever suspect that I’m slacking off. I almost always get A’s on my assignments and tests, despite the fact that for a lot of them I’m behind on the readings. Then again, I’m already widely read in my subject, so even if I go into a test blind I can pull something decent out (not that I don’t study, but it’s nice to have a C-minimum guaranteed). I might be too smart for my own good.
Phlosphr, I hope you know I’m not whining about the amount of work, I’m whining about my stupidity in not doing more.
To be fair, though, I have been working pretty hard all semester. I had already handed in two papers before I started this thread, Latin is pretty much a non-stop hassle, and read 7 books on roman History for my seminar. Doing things the day before they’re due becomes sort of inevitable when you have three 10-15 page essays due in 7 days.
In any case, I only have one essay left, due Tues. To the library with me, after class!
LaurAnge - I know you are not whining. I’ve heard whining from students…I this time of the year can get to be a huge bottle neck and things can go awry quick. I suffered 4 years of latin, I wish you luck!
Wow, it always scares me to read about all the stuff y’all have going on. My classes are so easy in comparison, and I’m still majorly stressed out. How am I ever going to deal with actual classes for my major?
I have an essay due the Monday after next, a presentation due for Spanish II next Thursday, a lab write-up for Cell Biology due Wednesday, and four final exams the week after next. (Bio, Spanish, Intro to Lit, and History.) None of them will present much difficulty as long as I don’t slack off. I’m actually not stressing much right now–going to actually enjoy Thanksgiving–but I know that by the end of next week I’ll have reached severe stress levels.
I have quite a bit of review for virology and micro to finish but my current major source of stress is a lab report for biophysics and an exam in Spanish this coming Monday - 36 hours after I have my cat put to sleep.
I am a senior and I am just chilling out. Everything major ended before thanksgiving.
But my thoughts and prayers are with all of you guys. I have had major exam/paper/presentation schedules after thanksgiving in the past. Good luck and remember…it is almost over!!
Thank god for this thread.
Im in nursing school right now. the material isn’t hard and i do quite well academically (only 1/3 of those who applied got in and of those i am usually in the top 15% when it comes to test grades) but there are 2 problems
The professors have alot of leeway over your future in clinicals. They can fail you at a whim almost if they choose to do so. The Sword of damocles is constantly over my head
There are a million and one regulations/rules/procedures to memorize. If a professor dislikes you (see 1) or is a hardass that could spell the end. Not even medical residents are above reproach i am having alot of stress for fear a professor will start to dislike me and nitpick every error i make.
YEA! I like winning. I really, really do. Especially when I win for being a caffeine-addicted stress-dependent slacker. So, what exactly is it that I win? A few hours of blissful sleep would be nice. Anyone have any to spare?
It’s just good to know that I’m not the only one in the procrastination trap; my roommates think I’m insane for keeping the schedule I do. Hope y’all made your deadlines (I know I snuck in just under the wire on mine).