Sunday, June 13, 2010
Wk 2 - AR Status
I am a procrastinator.
I haven't always been this way. When I was in the 5th grade, I made the jump from a student who turned in everything on time to a student who didn't. I really used to be one of those kids who would turn in signed permission slip forms the day after the teacher gave them back. One day, though, I wondered to myself why I did that, why I turned in my permission slips the very next day. Even the teacher's daughter didn't turn in her permission slip the very next day. Thus, I became a procrastinator.
When I was in college, my procrastination was really, really bad because I often wouldn't write my essays until the night before. My research would be done days ahead of schedule, but the actual paper wouldn't be done until the night before. One semester, I had five papers due the week of finals, so I had no choice but to procrastinate and it felt wonderful to have an excuse!
So...my Action Research Project...not a good thing to procrastinate on...but I did. The bulk of my Action Research had been done for months. I just chose not to do the writing because I'm not a writer, despite the fact that I am an English major. So the week before the AR Status was due, I freaked out because I didn't think I was going to get finished in time. The Sunday before the assignment was due, I locked myself inside my office, my husband dropped off our daughter at my parents house, and I essentially was left to my own devices for the next three days.
I began with my Literature Review. I rewrote it. By hand. And it took me hours...but I got it done.
I moved to Cycle 1. I wrote it out by hand as well and I finished it Sunday night. The only thing I had left to do was Cycle 2 and I saved it for Monday.
On Monday, I finished up Cycle 2 and turned in my AR Status...I FINISHED A DAY EARLY!!
This from a procrastinator...
I haven't always been this way. When I was in the 5th grade, I made the jump from a student who turned in everything on time to a student who didn't. I really used to be one of those kids who would turn in signed permission slip forms the day after the teacher gave them back. One day, though, I wondered to myself why I did that, why I turned in my permission slips the very next day. Even the teacher's daughter didn't turn in her permission slip the very next day. Thus, I became a procrastinator.
When I was in college, my procrastination was really, really bad because I often wouldn't write my essays until the night before. My research would be done days ahead of schedule, but the actual paper wouldn't be done until the night before. One semester, I had five papers due the week of finals, so I had no choice but to procrastinate and it felt wonderful to have an excuse!
So...my Action Research Project...not a good thing to procrastinate on...but I did. The bulk of my Action Research had been done for months. I just chose not to do the writing because I'm not a writer, despite the fact that I am an English major. So the week before the AR Status was due, I freaked out because I didn't think I was going to get finished in time. The Sunday before the assignment was due, I locked myself inside my office, my husband dropped off our daughter at my parents house, and I essentially was left to my own devices for the next three days.
I began with my Literature Review. I rewrote it. By hand. And it took me hours...but I got it done.
I moved to Cycle 1. I wrote it out by hand as well and I finished it Sunday night. The only thing I had left to do was Cycle 2 and I saved it for Monday.
On Monday, I finished up Cycle 2 and turned in my AR Status...I FINISHED A DAY EARLY!!
This from a procrastinator...
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