When, the project was assigned, I was initially bewildered on what was exactly were the expectations of this project and its purpose. I could have checked out the website on which the assignments are always posted, but didn’t have time to so, after being caught in other coursework. Due to this reason in addition with being lazy, I did not even take time to take a glance and see the assignment itself until about two days prior to its due date. I commenced working on the project late, and even more, I kept delaying parts of it each time I tried to spend time on it. With this said, by the end of the submission, I truly felt unsatisfied with my final product. I desired my final product to appear as an appealing poster type, more like an infographic. But due to the unconditional work habits, my final product seemed incomplete, and too simple. Near the end of doing the poster, I came upon the realization that I cannot extend the length of the poster, rather restart if required a larger size. Due to time restrictions, I stuck to the original piece and submitted it in. later, when I looked at other products from the class, I felt that I did not put much effort into it and that my final product appears more preliminary than a finished product. I was disappointed in myself, but at the time, I assured myself that such bad work habits will not be repeated for any course.
Without a doubt, I can say that I procrastinated on the learning task assignment. When the work periods were provided, the initial two classes were unproductive due to the unavailable internet and logon services on the TDSB computers. Even, after those days, when the logon services and Wi-Fi/internet resumed in class, I either worked on other coursework or talked to other classmates because I was demotivated to physically start on the research and most importantly, I didn’t want to read through the presentations for the process of topic selection. I procrastinated due to other factors as well, such as the coursework for other loaded courses and extracurriculars. I was busy with completing a biology lab report, along with a math quiz and its assignments, and a culminating English presentation all due Monday (the same due date as the learning task assignment). Although I was glad I received an extension, I was also aware that I will not be able to manage my time through all the work efficiently. Hence, I did procrastinate, because I could have used the time provided in work periods to effectively complete the task and leave the remaining time for other coursework. But since I didn’t do this due to and rather be unproductive, I accomplished very little from the goal that I had. During the class periods, when we were required to work, I was mostly working on other coursework, to get all caught-up or to simply stay ahead, but I didn’t realize that with me working on other subjects, I was working towards an unsatisfied result. I predicted that even if I procrastinate, I will manage somehow to make this task appealing. Although, this thinking backfired when I realized I was given more course work from each other course. Honestly, for this task, I expected to do well enough, earning a satisfactory mark on it. When this task was assigned, I felt that I could do well although I will have to put time into it. I thought this because the expectation(s) for this task was to utilize a creative medium to present the researched information on the chosen topic and I am not creative in any aspect. My creativity seems far too simple to be creative and so for me personally, I had to give more time and effort to this task. Of course, for any task in any course, grades are significant to me. Thus, for this project as well, grades are significant to me. Keeping this in mind, even if I prioritize grades first, I tend to not give importance to certain projects until the last minute arrives and the pressure of the due date is stressing me out. I performed the task and started to spend time starting Thursday, with the most on Saturday/Sunday. With this said, I can say that I undoubtedly delayed this task far too much, which should be corrected in the future tasks. Yes, I am worried about the tasks in one way which is that if they require something creative each time I will tend to procrastinate just as I did because it also takes me a while to brainstorm. And thus, I will not receive a pleasant grade which I desire. I suppose you can alter one thing that I presume everyone in the class experienced. For instance, a course like this should have more projects which are not purely researched based, because they tend to not fascinating and becomes boring and tedious to do. Rather, tasks such as the first major assignment should be assigned more often. This way, when interactions between people increase, they can get work done faster, and have less chances to procrastinate (if each member contributes and cares enough for their mark). Also, for each assignment, it would be nice and appreciated if we had an example from previous years, just to have a rough idea and so that it’s not as difficult to commence the project. Since the expectations are loose, this should be available to provide an easier start many people like me that were merely stuck and confused what and where to begin from.
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