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I feel like I do one of these every time something gets hard during the semester, but alas, I must do it again. It's that time of the semester where I am epically failing at some sort of school engagement and take out my frustration through livejournal as my outlet.
So. The Journalism Capstone. Our final, long form narrative piece that is required for graduation, and is reviewed by the department to mark our progress. We work on it during our Advanced Reporting class and should be continuously working on it all semester. Of course, I don't function that way - I leave everything until the last possible minute. It is now April 5. My piece is due May 1. We've had drafts due for the last few weeks in class, giving us time to re-craft and re-report.
I have turned in nothing. Nothing.
When we pitched our final idea, he tore mine apart and told me to do something else. I pitched again. Same deal. I pitched five more ideas. All were crap and my professor told me so. I don't even really know what my topic is going to be. I have to turn something in this week or else I will have seriously screwed myself over. I have a ton of research to do, and should realistically interview 10-ish people to get the depth that I need.
I know it will turn out ok in the end. It always does. But now I'm concerned that I might actually blow it and not be ready to graduate come May.
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.
So. The Journalism Capstone. Our final, long form narrative piece that is required for graduation, and is reviewed by the department to mark our progress. We work on it during our Advanced Reporting class and should be continuously working on it all semester. Of course, I don't function that way - I leave everything until the last possible minute. It is now April 5. My piece is due May 1. We've had drafts due for the last few weeks in class, giving us time to re-craft and re-report.
I have turned in nothing. Nothing.
When we pitched our final idea, he tore mine apart and told me to do something else. I pitched again. Same deal. I pitched five more ideas. All were crap and my professor told me so. I don't even really know what my topic is going to be. I have to turn something in this week or else I will have seriously screwed myself over. I have a ton of research to do, and should realistically interview 10-ish people to get the depth that I need.
I know it will turn out ok in the end. It always does. But now I'm concerned that I might actually blow it and not be ready to graduate come May.
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.