Project 02

I have never been fond of going to school.  When I was in grade school I didn’t like going because it felt like I had to do it.  I was never given a choice if I wanted to go or stay home and be home schooled.  At the time I didn’t know I had a choice and it seemed like my entire childhood would be spent in school.  Needless to say, I didn’t like it at all.  I would have preferred to stay at home and play with my toys, but noooo, I had to go to school.  Forced to be around other children, some of who I didn’t like or understand.  I guess I made it through school somehow. 

I remember that I wasn’t good at spelling when I was growing up.  I’m still not the best, thank god for ABC check and Google.  There was one instance where I believe I was in fourth grade.  I had fallen behind on my grades and needed some how to pick it up.  I devised a plan that seemed to work right up until I got caught.  I would cram the first five words into my brain right before the quiz.  I would “put away” my study sheet under my chair so that if I “accidently” dropped my pencil I would be able to see the other few words.  I got caught and my mother had to be called in by my teacher.  That was the first time and last time I would ever cheat on a quiz or test.  I had to come up with a different way to learn the words for the spelling quizzes.  Instead of procrastinating till the night before the quiz, I would start learning the words the day I got them.  It helped and I made it to the next grade.

To this day I am still a super procrastinator.  I will put off things until the last possible minute.  Sometimes in the past it would cost me letter grades on a project.  I can’t think of any specific times where it has been a problem, but I can tell you that I’ve been told more than once that I’m a procrastinator.    I find I do my best work when I sit down and do a project all the way through.  Instead of doing bits and pieces of the project, spaced out over a period of time.  I can normally judge the amount of time and effort a project will take.  That is where I get in trouble.  I put the project on the back burners and wait until I know I have to do it.  I prepare for projects mentally beforehand.   If it is needed, I can get the materials ready for when I need to start.  There is always the problem of forgetting about something or having an emergency come up.  That’s when the allotted time I set aside for myself becomes very short.  I’ve gotten better over the years, but I will always be known as a procrastinator.

I like to dream, but for some odd reason I don’t like to sleep.  I’ve always said “I can sleep when I’m dead”.  That’s not the problem though.  I tend to day dream during a class if I’m not involved or up and moving.  I will miss crucial points that might be on an exam or even miss assignments.  The only other way to keep me focused on the class is to have it be something that I’m interested in.  It needs to be something that I truly care about and want to learn more about.