This quarter has been filled with assignments that all get piled up and are due on the same day for some reason, but that has not stopped me from completing them. With Thanksgiving break over and Christmas on the way, I guess teachers are just looking for the optimal day between the breaks that they can have an assignment due without complaints. Unfortunately, it has been pretty stressful attempting to do four projects in one night but I suppose that is what I get for procrastinating. On the other hand, I've known for weeks when each assignment in this class is due, so even though I'm a little behind it does not stress me as much the other classes that could randomly assign another project any day. As always I never know what to turn in and what not to in other classes, but my grades are still doing fine so far this quarter. Even so, comparing the amount of stress caused to me by this quarter to other quarters it has been overall lower this quarter because I organized my backpack so that I only see the papers I currently need for all of my classes. I also have become more efficient with doing homework, usually doing it on the bus ride home and before dinner now instead of late night or early morning. Sadly though, nothing eventful has happened this year or last year, every day just consists of going to school so that I can go home and do homework then repeat that process the next day. I don't expect anything exciting when I go to school, but it would be nicer if lesson plans weren't so monotonous in my other classes.
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The fourth quarter has been one of the fastest quarters ever, the third quarter was somewhat confusing, which made it go by faster, but it still feels like the fourth quarter just started. My grades have been fully in control of themselves this quarter, because I don't remember doing any assignments yet I have decent grades in every class. Final tests are coming up though, so I don't want to fail a class by not studying for them. Of course it is a pretty stressful time of the year because final projects are being given to boost or drop grades right before the EoGs (or whatever they're called now). At least fourth quarter was quick and smooth though instead of a rough struggle to make it to the end. Of all the weeks in fourth quarter this one has had the most homework with the strangest one-day break for protest in the middle of it. Several projects were assigned to be due tomorrow, but now that I've gotten around to doing them their due dates seem pretty reasonable. I always take it for granted how much extra time teachers give us to do projects that we just waste anyways. It helps a lot with scheduling though, by now I've finally made a basic schedule for school that I should be able to use for the rest of my years here. Having a schedule makes life so much easier because I know when things are due, which helps me to "balance my time" for them. Of course it sounds simple to make a schedule format that I can use for years, but it actually took some time to do this and I'm glad I did take that time because now life is less stressful. I'm not usually a person to get stressed anyways, but it just feels better knowing that I've done something to reduce that stress I could possibly encounter. The only problem with having a schedule is when I don't write down an assignment into it, which is pretty rare but got me mixed up a few times. I usually work only until my schedule is complete and no more, giving me time to do other things. However I recently forgot to put a few items on my schedule, which I regretted but should be able to get done within a day. Besides having a new schedule though fourth quarter has been basically the same as any other quarter, it just ended much faster. My main goals as of now are to obviously pass the EoCs and to not relax for these last few weeks. If I were to stop working now I would likely still pass, but with only a C in every class, so I'll just wait until the last day of school and hope for the best.
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All throughout quarter one we've been assigned to do blog posts, reflecting on what we did in class that week. Some of my posts are "unassigned," but they are still required and I still make use of them for their purpose. To me blog posts have actually been pretty helpful for my learning, being required to write about what you learned requires you to at least know what you learned first. These blog posts allow me to reflect on the week and add my perspective to it as well, which most classes don't ask for. My favorite part about these blog posts is the freedom we have when choosing what to write them about, as long the assigned ones are related to class. Having freedom makes the assignment less stressful because it broadens the horizons for things we can write about. It also makes it easier because I often have something on my mind after a week of class that I want to write about and with this freedom I can. Overall, blog posts have helped to summarize what I've been doing throughout the year and I personally like writing them. I have also noticed that my writing skills are improving, on the first one there were many mistakes that I had to fix but now I often only have a few.
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AuthorMy name is Andrew Prichard and the this is my first digital arts class, I look forward to a good year with lots of hard work. Archives
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