Week 15
Thinking

Wednesday:

Most of Wednesday was spent tweaking A2 to get it handed in. It was one of those days that I like, one which is spent concentrating on one assignment.

I finally got the assignment ready to hand in and realised I’d forgotten to bring my time plans. It was quite ironic really as I had spent a lot of time putting my time plans together, updating them and organising them, to then forget them defeats the object a little!

Despite forgetting my time plans, I made good use of my time by checking my assignment over and over again. I checked spelling, grammar, organisation, layout and text type. Along with references, coordinating images, captions and word count. I found surprisingly, that I hadn’t made many mistakes which is not usually a trait of mine. I tend to type without looking at the monitor and can often look back and not have the faintest idea of what I was meant to be saying.

As the day drew to an end I made a list of tasks I had yet to complete for each assignment, again. I do this a lot during assignments as I have to keep very organised as, if I can’t complete a task in a day, I still know that I have to do it.


Thursday:

As Thursday came and I had finally handed in my A2 assignment, my thoughts turned to the task ahead of me. I realised I was not looking forward to it, at all. But what I was looking forward to was a week’s time when, hopefully, I would have completed everything and have it handed in, in order to enjoy Christmas. The thought of relaxing with my peers in the pub, knowing what I had achieved, inspired me. And so, my plans for the week ahead…..study!

During Thursday afternoon, in our peer meeting, I picked up some very useful tips as to where I was heading with my A3 assignment. Although I didn’t have much to show, I knew what I had done and could apply what Scott and Chris were asking, to my own work.

The rest of the afternoon was spent manipulating my banners. Although, after a couple of hours of changing things and swapping things around, I found I wasn’t getting anywhere anymore, and learnt to be happy with what I had. I think that my banner designs are ok for a first attempt but look forward to improving designs through knowledge as the course progresses.

I left college thinking ahead to next year and wondering what would happen. I tried to imagine myself in a year and a half and where I would be. This thought didn’t last very long though, as I was soon back thinking about what I had to complete in order to reach that point!