Last
week review
Last week was we had to submit our first
assignment for unit 16 procedural programming. I need to get a distinction in
this unit. The reason why this unit is important to me is because when I
checked the entry requirements for Kings College London it says on the site
that I needed a distinction in order to get admission into their university. So
I need to meet all the requirements set because it is going to motivate me and
I am going to feel like I can keep going and heading for the best grades.
Since I started this course in September I
believe that it has helped me know myself better. The things that I have
learned are both positive and negative. For example, I learnt that I am a
person that likes to take more time than necessary on an assignment. Another
thing that I learned about myself through this course is that I am a person
that is scared of failing, not just in terms of assignments but in life in
general. There is advantages and disadvantages to being a person that is scared
of failing. An advantage of this is that because I am scared of failing it
means that I will work hard not to fail and be successful. Unfortunately, the
disadvantage outweighs the advantage. The disadvantage of being a person that
is scared of failing is that God forbid when I do fail in either an assignment
or at being successful in life it will have an impact on me emotionally. I am
scared the emotional impact would make me want to give up on everything and
stop working hard because I will be thinking if I fail one assignment there is
no point of trying hard again since it means that I cannot achieve my target
grade. I just pray that day never comes because it is going to be hard getting
back up again.
Another impact this course has had on me is
that gradually since September I have been putting myself into social
isolation. I don't really make contact with any of my friends because I never
have time to reach out to them because I always have an assignment I should be
working on or getting ahead on. My friends think that I have changed on them
since we left secondary school but they need to understand I have a goal and I
need to do everything I can in order to achieve this goal even if it means
missing late night out with my friends or parties in order to come to college
early or complete assignments.
I want to complete my distinction task a
day before the due date so I can show it to the teacher and ask her if I am on
the right track to meeting the criteria. I am also planning to start on an
assignment that has not being set yet by the teacher on the weekend. The
advantage of this is that when the teacher does set it I don't need to schedule
my time in order to complete it for the due date.
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