Blog Update 27/11/14

Recent Challenges

I have been late for college a few times this week again. I really need to start pulling my finger out and arriving to college on time, when I start working they won’t allow me to be late. The irony of this ongoing challenge still occurring even in the twelve week of college is that I have managed to obtain a job over Christmas. If I am late even a quarter of the amount of times I have been late for college over the autumn term, I will be fired on the spot. I now have extra motivation for making myself punctual for everything. It would be silly for me not to take it.

My goal for the end of the academic year is to finish the course to a merit grade standard at least. I am disappointed in myself because I haven’t attempted to complete any distinction grade criteria for most units during this term and I would really like to finish college with a good grade. However I am happy to finish this academic year with a merit providing I pull my socks up and work incredibly hard next year to bring my final grade up to a distinction.

I apologise for not posting a blog on Tuesday, I post blog updates on Tuesdays and Thursdays on a weekly basis. However there was an inset day at college on Tuesday, so I forgot to write one.

Blog Update 20/11/14

Recent Challenges

I have recently had a deadline extension for work that was supposed to be due on Wednesday but was extended to tomorrow. My work was already completed by Wednesday which means I managed to plan my time well to get it done. I now have two assignments due by the end of the week, one for tomorrow and one for Sunday. In order to complete this to a good standard ill need to spend a lot of time focusing on each, meaning I will need to concentrate on the assignment that is due tomorrow. Once that has been handed in, I will concentrate on the next assignment. The challenge is to make sure I get both completed to a good standard and on time. I was late today which means I am not making good progress for my ongoing target of getting to college on time, I really need to start leaving earlier. Hopefully this is the last time that I address this challenge in my blog.

Blog Update 18/11/14

Recent challenges

I was a few minutes late for college yesterday, which means I haven’t been doing so well in trying to overcome my challenge of getting to college on time. However I got to college on time today which is a good start for trying to overcome this challenge. I am aiming to be punctual for the rest of the academic year which means I need to leave for college at a decent time and try to get there a few minutes early to make sure I turn up to lesson on time. Recently I have been given deadlines for three assignments this week. I have already handed in one. To make sure I get the other two assignments done on time and to a good standard, I need to plan my time effectively and efficiently. One assignment is due in Friday so I will need to make use of time between now and then. The other assignment is due in on Sunday so I will need to make use of time between now and Sunday and use my time effectively by getting the assignment due on Friday done and then concentrating on the assignment due for Sunday between Friday and Saturday.

Blog Update 13/11/14

Recent challenges

I have been late to my first lesson of the day, three times this week but I haven’t been ridiculously late. To overcome this challenge I must start leaving a few minutes early to make sure I turn up five minutes before the lesson as opposed to five minutes late. I have also got a few assignments due in tomorrow for one of my units, so I need to make sure to get all my work finished and to a good standard. Most of the work is done but I still need to add some finishing touches to improve my grade. I have also got assignments due for next week so I need to make sure I get these completed over the weekend, so I have time to proof read in the week days before my deadline next week. I have recently been doing well in one of my units to get work done, on Tuesday’s lesson this week I managed to get all the work completed within the lesson. In yesterday’s lesson I completed the work which my lecturer set to be due for next lesson, however I managed to complete it within the lesson with extra detail.

Blog Update 11/11/14

Recent Challenges

I was late to college again today by a couple of minutes. I was also late last week twice in the same day. My punctuality has been a challenge throughout the college year so far and I need to overcome it. In order to overcome this ongoing challenge all I need to do is leave ten minutes earlier, as most of my lates have only been a maximum of five minutes but there have been some around ten minutes and later. So to summarise I need to get on an earlier bus to make sure I get to college on time. Another recent challenge has been to finish an assignment before the end of the week as my teacher was ill so the deadline was extended. I have a chance to overcome some of my challenges from a couple of weeks ago which was to make sure I get work done on time and to work efficiently, so I can get the grades I want. I am doing well in most of my units so far by getting work done and acquiring target grades.

Blog Update 6/11/14

Recent Challenges

I have recently been handed back work completed a few weeks ago and managed to get the grades I wanted, this means I have managed to overcome one of my challenges which was to get work done on time and to a good standard. I have two assignments due for next week which I need to make sure I complete in order to keep overcoming my ongoing challenge of getting work done to a good standard. I arrived late this morning however, which meant I missed most of my first lesson. So the challenge is to make sure I get to college on time and to not oversleep next time.

Blog Update 4/11/14

Recent challenges

I have been back at college for over a day since half term, the half term was a very relaxing break but now it’s time to get back to work. I have an assignment I am still yet to improve in order to get the grade I want, so I need to get this done as soon as possible as the draft is completed but the final version is slightly late. I need to improve my planning and time management in terms of planning out when I am going to complete work and how long I am going to spend on it, this is a challenge which I will need to overcome in order to get high grades and relieve pressure on myself. I have a few chances between now and next week to overcome this challenge because I have two assignments due for next week, so in order to improve myself and overcome my challenge I will need to get the work completed early and to a good standard to give myself enough time to proof read and make sure I keep to deadlines.