So to start: WOW! THE SEMESTER IS ALMOST OVER! Okay, now that I have moved past the initial five seconds of excitement: OH MAN! THE SEMESTER IS ALMOST OVER! (If you could not tell, that was the voice of a panicked student with lots of big deadlines. Just thought I'd clarify!) Yes, we have again reached that point in the semester when everything is due. Except that I think it came earlier this year. Maybe?! Either way, it has arrived. Which really is not a big deal. Usually, no matter how much I may complain, I secretly enjoy the pressure (see previous blogs, I have admitted how crazy that sounds). That is, I enjoy it when all the proper pieces of technology work! When you're without reliable Internet or phone (text messaging classmates is crucial at this point in the semester), things get dicey. Therefore, after all of that rambling into nonsense, my advice is start early. Way early. And save often. (That might be more important than start early...)

Labels: "end of semester", semester, Technologies

The spring semester is the one semester where you really feel that halfway point, the peak of the mountain before everything starts to roll "downhill" so to speak. That halfway point is the much needed "Spring Break." Today, while waiting for my Technologies class to start, I realized we only have two more meetings until spring break. Whoa! Once we get back from spring break, the papers and the end-of-the-semester scramble begin. Oh geez. However, I have been keeping up with my planner (miracle right there), and I generally understand what is going on. (With a few exceptions...) This could be the semester I am in control! Ha. My biggest thing is the big Huckleberry Finn unit. Definitely a challenge. I find that I am really starting to appreciate all educators; they have a big job in planning activities for every class period. Man, I will definitely have to rethink all of the complaining I did in high school! But seriously things are getting crazy so it's just time to really start honing my time management skills and getting down to business! We'll see how I am doing next week...

Labels: "end of semester", "halfway point", "Huckleberry Finn", "Spring Break", "time management", activities, educators, papers, semester, spring, Technologies