Wow,
I have so many assignments and stuff to do that at one point, I have 10 things pending to be completed.
It's not because I'm procrastinating or anything, but I do get a lot of tasks.
For this semester, I take 4 subjects (or units as they call it in my uni) - Bio, Chem, Biotech, and Stats.
Lets get a rundown on what I have to do as of today:
1. For Biology,
-I have a weekly online quiz due tomorrow night, yet do be done
-A biology lab report due on Monday evening (done halfway yesterday, could be completed soon)
-An essay on Cholera due 3 weeks from now (I just started doing it today, finishing the introduction)
2. For Chemistry,
-An online quiz due on 3rd September. Can be done anytime, just that I'm not doing it, yet.
-I need to study for a Tutorial Quiz on this Tuesday. I heard it's either open book, or discussions between classmates are allowed. Either way, no worries for me (I hope).
3. For Biotechnology,
-A tutorial quiz to study for, but it's multiple choice, so I think I can do it.
-An assignment/essay regarding Stem Cells due 2 weeks from now.
-Designing an A3 poster talking about a product made from Biotechnology due somewhere in October.
4 And finally for Statistics,
-I have a group assignment due 2 weeks from now (we have completed some parts of it).
I'm not complaining or anything, or saying my life sucks because of this. It's more of a self-realisation that I'm in university, and if I procrastinating, piles of assignments will appear in front of me.
But do I think I'm procrastinating? Maybe a little bit, but not entirely. Some of the stuff listed there are a weekly thing, so it could be counted as 'homework' as if I was in secondary/high school and are usually completed by me during the weekdays. And the quizzes on the list can be counted as a 'Pop Quiz' or a 'small test', depending on whether it's done in class or online, I'll prepare myself for it, someway or another.
As for the long term assignments, those are the pain in the ass. I'm never really a fan of assignments like these, mostly because I need to find someone's work as an example to give me a rough guide on how to do it. No, I'm not intending on plagiarising people's work, I just want to know the format of the task given to me. But this doesn't always happen in uni, so I have to depend on my own most of the time.
A thing I hate about these assignments is that I constantly worry that I break the uni's law on plagiarism, and they're very strict about it. And I sometimes worry whether I cite the sources correctly in the form of the Harvard Style Citation of Reference. All that aside, I don't really mind doing these assignments.
Right now, I think I'm at this point where I could only choose 2 of 3 things. And I've chosen the same thing as I did in college - and that is Having Enough Sleep, and Good Grades/Good At Studies. Yeah, I think I have to neglect Social Life again, not that I have one.
I have a good 7 hours of sleep on weekdays, and 8-9 on weekends, and that makes me a happy guy. And I'm already stressed about assignments, which are only due 2 weeks from now. A normal person would be thinking I'm kinda insane to be worrying so soon. But those are just mere fools. Worrying later and goofing off now will cost both my sleep and grades in the near future as future me will rush it at the last minute.
Social Life? Who needs it. I'm a science student after all. The only social interaction with people other than my family that I have is either with my uni mates during classes or breaks, and sometimes on the phone discussion on assignments, and the regular chat with some friends on Facebook. No going out or watching movies unless I'm really free or there's a movie I wanna watch.
So until then, I'll be staying in 1 of 2 places - my house or my university. My god, I sound like a boring guy
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