This week I’ve mainly been focusing on getting back into my work and making up what I’ve missed. I want to better my grade from last trimester and get caught up quickly before I fall too deeply behind in current assignments. I think I’ve done a good job so far, getting my missed assignments finished. Last week I finished up some makeup reflective learning blogs, this week I’ve turned in my final creative writing draft as well as my final exam essay reflecting on my growth. Now I just need to finish some more reflective learning blogs from while I was in the hospital that just go over what my weeks consisted of and what I learned while I was in there (what I’m comfortable with) and finish Wuthering Heights so I can work on my Pecha Kucha.
In a way I am glad that the current assignment is a group project, just so I don’t fall behind doing it on my own. However, I feel horrible about the fact that I had to join the group late while they had already been working diligently. And the fact that I am focusing more on my own work load rather than throwing myself into the group project head first. In fact I’m pretty sure at least one of them is pretty annoyed with my joining the group. I’m going to try my best to work with them as well and as hard as I can to makeup for the time I missed and the time I used working on my own.
I will be honest, I am a little nervous about my pecha kucha. I’ve never worked on such a project before and timing my speech and pacing myself is definitely not my forte. I worked on it a little bit when we worked on our This I Believe video essays but that took me two tries and a lot of editing. This time it will be live and I won’t be able to select and delete my stutters and stammers. Nor will I be able to listen to myself and regard whether or not my pace is too swift or too slow (it’ll be much too swift). I also am nervous about finishing my book. Wuthering Heights is a daunting book. Not because of its length, but rather its old English and the pace at which the plot line flows, which is rather slow. Hopefully I’ll make up some ground on it this weekend and I’ll be able to start the pecha kucha next week.