As I type, it is currently 11:25 pm and I have literally just turned in my interview write-ups. "/
Here's the story behind that:
I literally sent those interview questions out in early March. It is never my goal to procrastinate, btw. So I sent them out in early March- with the due date and all attached. I received the first interview response like 2 weeks ago and the entire time I told myself to go ahead and complete the write-up. Did I listen to myself? Of course, I didn't; nobody listens to me! However, to be fair, I had a ton of work to do and I kept thinking to myself that it could wait. Well long story short, I guess I waited too long. Also, with Easter break being last week, I really didn't want to do anything and I kept saying it could wait. Well, again, I don't ever listen to myself because I definitely remember telling myself to work on it over break (and I even got like half of a paragraph done that I eventually erased later on, but that's beside the point).
Guys, I encourage you to NOT be like me, and actually get your work done in a timely and fashionable manner so you're not having low-key panic attacks in your dorm room at 11:30 trying to calm yourself by quoting scriptures and listening to Gospel music as you frantically try to type a blog and get it turned in by 11:59. That is not demonstrating NCTCS 4a. I can't demonstrate this with my students if I can't demonstrate it with myself.
That is all.
Goodnight.
Shaquavia,
ReplyDeleteWow girl, we were in the EXACT same situation that night. I turned my Interview Writ-Up with 2 minutes to spare :) I agree that I do not encourage others to procrastinate, because honestly, it only causes stress. I like how you related your own personal story to Standard 4a, and realized that if you can't accomplish it, then how are you supposed to model it for your students? But, I believe that you got this and this is just a whole learning experience!
When it comes to college students, like ourselves, procrastination is a way of life. I finished and turned in my interview at around 11:40 PM. With everything going on in all of our classes the work required and the time demanded of us its hard not to just want to spend the entire day just hiding under the covers like during high school when you'd say "just 30 more minutes mom." Its hard to drag yourself out of bed and spend most of your waking hours constantly working with a never ending list of things to get done. But it important for you to know that you are never alone, we are never alone, for are trust is in God. God will carry us through every storm and give us the strength to make it.
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