Take That, Procrastination!
I am the world’s worst procrastinator. Or if not the worst, then right there near the top. So, taking an online class with no due dates is not a good thing. If I have a due date, I can only procrastinate so long before I have to get busy and turn stuff in. But no due dates? I could procrastinate until the end of the class! Well, except for the fact that you can only turn in two assignments at a time. That helped a little.
Anyway, I had managed to get half of my assignments turned in by last weekend (and the class doesn’t end until November 24 even!), and I knew I needed to work on some this weekend while Mike was home to take care of LG.
But this morning his mom called and said they needed him to come over there and help them reroof their shed. Which, since he had nothing really important planned for the day, he could certainly do. Even better? LG’s favorite cousin was visiting Grandma today, so he took her with him to play with her cousin. They have been gone since about 10:30 this morning (so 4 1/2 hours), and while I’ve missed them, it’s been so nice to have some uninterrupted peace and quiet in order to get some work done.
And get some work done I did! I got four of the last five assignments finished! Not turned in yet, because I need to edit and so forth, but completed! Yippee! The other assignment is to teach the lesson you wrote in the previous assignments to your class and reflect on that, or if you have no class (which, of course, I do not), you can interview an administrator or teacher regarding the subject matter (which is English Language Learners). And since I have two cousins who are principals, and I’m not above using my familial connections, I will be interviewing one of my cousins in the days to come. And then I’ll be done and able to get a provisional endorsement on my teaching certificate so that I can teach again if the need arises.
Not bad for a procrastinator!
Comment by OldOldLady Of The Hills
November 10, 2007 @ 10:38 pm
You did Great! I am inpressed..! I think I would find it hard to take an on-line class…For me, too easy to just kind of blow the whole thing off, SO, I admire your dedication to the job at hand! Bravo, my dear!
Comment by Rochelle - NCYC version
November 10, 2007 @ 10:49 pm
I on the other hand, am struggling with my online classes and having this random not-being-in-state this weekend is not helping.
::sigh::