Reflection 4-
From week to week, a great amount of time and discipline was needed to complete the course assignments. Looking at the assignments as a whole, and looking at the assignments individually was two different stories. One could look at the assignments and think, ‘no problem’. However, when critically reading the steps and procedures, at times it did seem overwhelming, especially in Weeks 1 and 2, when both were allowed to be submitted together. Waiting into Week 2 to start those assignments was the worst idea possible. Since I allowed myself to get behind from the get-go, I really set my self up for what seemed to be difficulty.
Each assignment required several steps that were extremely in-depth with specific instructions on how to complete each part. At times, it was difficult to find the right mind set needed to tackle each section of the assignments because it seemed so overwhelming at first glance. Eventually, I found that ‘chunking’ the parts and completing small portions at a time was the smoothest way to get the quality end results I wanted.
I finally realized in the end, it was not the detailed assignments that slowed me down and discouraged my entire outlook on this course; it was me that slowed me down. Improving the lack of time management skills I displayed in the beginning was quite a challenge; however, what was most encouraging about the past five weeks was being able to improve my time management skills overall. As a leader and educator in the classroom, I can share my personal lessons as a student with my own students, and teach them time management tips and tricks that provide them the skills for academic success, which is exactly what I achieved during this course.
From week to week, a great amount of time and discipline was needed to complete the course assignments. Looking at the assignments as a whole, and looking at the assignments individually was two different stories. One could look at the assignments and think, ‘no problem’. However, when critically reading the steps and procedures, at times it did seem overwhelming, especially in Weeks 1 and 2, when both were allowed to be submitted together. Waiting into Week 2 to start those assignments was the worst idea possible. Since I allowed myself to get behind from the get-go, I really set my self up for what seemed to be difficulty.
Each assignment required several steps that were extremely in-depth with specific instructions on how to complete each part. At times, it was difficult to find the right mind set needed to tackle each section of the assignments because it seemed so overwhelming at first glance. Eventually, I found that ‘chunking’ the parts and completing small portions at a time was the smoothest way to get the quality end results I wanted.
I finally realized in the end, it was not the detailed assignments that slowed me down and discouraged my entire outlook on this course; it was me that slowed me down. Improving the lack of time management skills I displayed in the beginning was quite a challenge; however, what was most encouraging about the past five weeks was being able to improve my time management skills overall. As a leader and educator in the classroom, I can share my personal lessons as a student with my own students, and teach them time management tips and tricks that provide them the skills for academic success, which is exactly what I achieved during this course.
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