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I've been avoiding one of my lecturers (who just so happens to be the head of school) for a while now, because I haven't handed in an assignment and I've handed in my assignment of his veeeeery late and last semester I missed one of his assignments. But today I had to hand in my plant collection to him, and so he talked to me about it.
He told me that I was a good student (I laughed) and the kind of student that should be doing honours in fourth year, and it would be a shame if I missed out due to losing marks from late/non-existent assignments. Now I'm not a good student. I think I'm quite clever, but I'm not a good student. I don't like writing assignments and essays, and many people equal me and do better than me. Do I exude 'good student' pheromones or something? Because my actions and recent achievements definitely don't back this up. I basically blag my way through and get reasonable results. I say this time an time again, but imagine how well I'd do if I actually worked hard!
Basically it came down to him asking me if there was anything the school could do to help me in regards to handing assignments in. Now that's pretty scary, if he feels the school might be able to intervene in some way. I can't imagine how. I just told him I needed to get my act together. I've had two years of slacking, so perhaps, just maybe, who knows, I may do most of my work on time next year.
And god I'm glad to have this plant collection finished. I've already thrown out all traces of organic matter and newspaper, and I actually want to vacuum my room. The world has gone topsy turvy.
And my imac shipped yesterday. Wahey! Hopefully it'll turn up Monday.
He told me that I was a good student (I laughed) and the kind of student that should be doing honours in fourth year, and it would be a shame if I missed out due to losing marks from late/non-existent assignments. Now I'm not a good student. I think I'm quite clever, but I'm not a good student. I don't like writing assignments and essays, and many people equal me and do better than me. Do I exude 'good student' pheromones or something? Because my actions and recent achievements definitely don't back this up. I basically blag my way through and get reasonable results. I say this time an time again, but imagine how well I'd do if I actually worked hard!
Basically it came down to him asking me if there was anything the school could do to help me in regards to handing assignments in. Now that's pretty scary, if he feels the school might be able to intervene in some way. I can't imagine how. I just told him I needed to get my act together. I've had two years of slacking, so perhaps, just maybe, who knows, I may do most of my work on time next year.
And god I'm glad to have this plant collection finished. I've already thrown out all traces of organic matter and newspaper, and I actually want to vacuum my room. The world has gone topsy turvy.
And my imac shipped yesterday. Wahey! Hopefully it'll turn up Monday.