Sunday, September 15, 2013
Reflective Essay: Correction
Three weeks into a new phase of life, university life, is quite a good time to do some reflection. And I want to reflect on my homework because it has been giving me much problem. I'm ashamed that this reflective essay I'm writing now is actually a piece of overdue homework that was given to me about a week ago. As the third week of university life began, I realised that there was not enough time for self-study while maintaining other activities. As the week goes by, it was clear that my previous balance of life can no longer be sustained. The first 2 weeks of university without tutorial was rather manageable. I could afford to spend time playing basketball and attend activities organised by Hall and nuStudio. But things started to turn the other way as soon as week 3 began. Without attempting the tutorials over the weekends, I did not know what is going on in lectures and tutorials. The content of most of the lessons started to become alien to me. I felt nervous attending a tutorial, especially those which I did not attempt a single question. The feeling stayed with me throughout the week and it slowly evolved itself to a sense of crisis. So I begin to reflect on what was the root of my insecurity and I realised it is poor time management. A Chinese saying about time goes like this: time is like a sponge, there's always more if you are willing to squeeze harder. This reminds me that I will have to start managing my time to restore the balance of my life. I think prioritising and the use of dateline are two ways that can help me to achieve this goal. Good luck to me.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Reflective Essay
Three weeks into a new phase of life, university life, is quite a good time to do some reflection. And I want to reflect on my homework because it has been giving me much problem. I'm ashamed that this reflective essay I'm writing now is actually a piece of overdue homework that was given to me about a week ago. As the third week of university life began, I realised that there was not enough time for self-study while maintaining other activities. As the week goes by, it was clear that my previous balance of life can no longer be sustained. The first 2 weeks of university without tutorial was rather manageable. I could afford to spend time playing basketball and attend activities organised by Hall and nuStudio. But as soon as week 3 began, things starts to turn the other way. Without attempting the tutorials over the weekends, I did not know what was going on in lectures and tutorials. The content of most of the lessons start to become alien to me. I felt nervous attending a tutorial, especially those which I did not attempt a single question. The feeling stayed with me throughout the week and it slowly evolved itself to a sense of crisis. So I begin to reflect on what was the root of my insecurity and I realised it is poor time management. A chinese saying about time goes like this: time is like a sponge, there's always more if you are willing to squeeze harder. This reminds me that I will have to start managing my time to restore the balance of my life and I think prioritising and the use of dateline are two ways that can help me achieve this goal. Good luck to me.
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