Week 8 Progress

In light of my last post, which focused on being honest in feedback, I feel I can proceed no other way with this post.

I am not at all pleased with my my progress in this course. I am averaging earning a C in this class, and if I maintain that to the end of the semester, it will be the first C in my life. I realize that my schedule is considerably fuller than the typical student that takes this course, but I have found that the schedule is too rushed and crowded with small assignments to encourage real creativity.

There have been several weeks when I have completed the reading in between all my other schoolwork, (actual) work, parenting work, and housework, but failed to find the time to write a blog post about my thoughts. 

I understand and appreciate the concept of helping students to build good study practices by having many assignments with small point values rather than a few assignments with large point values. However, I don't believe that this method lends itself to creativity. 

Overall, I am ashamed of both the quality of my work and the amount of missed assignments. As I progress through the semester, I will need to find time to complete extra credit assignments so that I can try to repair the damage done in the first half of the semester.

Juggling time

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