Thanksgiving Tasks

     Thankfully, we didn't have to meet up for class this week. Thanksgiving was really fun and a great change of pace since I haven't seen many of my family for about 2 years now. We weren't able to get together in the recent past because of the virus, but I feel like that all added to the experience this year. Of course, the food was great and my family and I all had a good time. 

    However, I still have things I need to do for class. I have lagged behind in progress for my exploratory essay, and I have an entire speech to make as well. So even though I really don't feel like doing any homework for the rest of the weekend, I guess I'll at least have to work on something. 

All Up to Me

    Hello again. We actually don't meet for class this upcoming week, but that doesn't mean there is nothing to do. I will still have to work on my exploratory essay and create blog posts as per usual. However, because we don't meet for class, I am unable to properly gauge how much I should be working on this project. We are supposed to have a rough draft finished for when class starts up again, but I am unsure how much work I should do. Like do I work on it a little bit every day, or wait until the last couple of days and grind it out?

    These choices are what I normally have to deal with, but I'm able to kind of check my progress when we meet for class and have other people read over my work. I suppose I could get one of my family members to read my work, but I will have to set the pace at which I work myself. It might be challenging, but I have to establish a work pattern on it now.

    Unfortunately, most classes are unloading projects after projects for students to complete as the end of the semester is approaching. That means that I have a lot of work to do, so I'd like to finish as much as I can as early as I can. I'll try to work as much as possible on this essay before I get drowned by all of the future projects that are waiting for me.

Content and Exploration

     This week in class, we were finally able to submit our documentary projects. It feels like we have been working on this project for a long time, and it feels good to be able to turn it in. Since we were given so much time, I was able to make my project the best I could make it, which is definitely reassuring for grading purposes. 

    Our teacher has since graded our projects, and I am pretty happy with the grade that I got. However, we are quickly moving on to our next project, which is the exploratory essay. This one seems interesting, but I feel like the hardest part will be to pick out a topic. I'm looking forward to the end of the semester, but I have to get through the work in this semester first.

Needing More Time

     This week in class, we were originally going to finish the documentary project by Wednesday, but we were graciously given some extra time to make sure our analyses are the best they can be. I'm not going to complain about it, in fact, I'm grateful that we don't have to turn it in as early so that I can get some more feedback on how my paper is coming along.

    Additionally, my brother came home from WIU last weekend, but he had to go back on Sunday. It didn't really feel like two days. It kinda flew by without us really doing anything special while he was here. We were able to talk, so it's not like we didn't do anything together, but I'll be able to see him again on Thanksgiving break. Then we should be able to do more stuff and be around other family members I haven't seen in a long time because of the pandemic.