It really is amazing how life throws its up and downs as trivial as they may be in my case.
As mentioned before on this blog I have been on four weeks of work experience in journalism as part of my uni course and I really thought I had done some good and progressed in most departments due to the feedback I got from the staff at my two placement destinations
But today I am back at Uni and everything has been flipped on its head
It is only an assignment but my chances of getting a 2:1 now seem to have gone up in smoke due to the grade I got today. It really crushes someone who doesn't have much self-confidence at the best of times this is a hammer blow and pretty much the worst start to my university year that could have been imagined. Its always the same... "good effort...shit content" in a very loose summary.
Only 2 options 1) give up and quit now which seems pretty pointless despite what is going to be some poor results and the current feeling of being useless
2) strive to do better on others - this is the usual comeback for most people and that's what I have done in the past but it really is crushing to have your work ripped apart and it has put paid to my chances of getting a 2:1 degree which is what I was aiming for.
Half of me says: Is their any point? but thankfully there is still a part of me that is saying "carry on, a 2:2 isn't the end of the world, at least its a degree!"
There are so many discussions on whether students should/do blog or not and personally I think it doesn't matter. Blog posts can be spur on the moment things like this one which I could regret posting or not feel the same way in a matter of hours or the higher quality blogs which analyse/critique and actually bring up some damn good points.
All in all, I am glad I got this off my chest and mind, hopefully with my next assignment result I'll do better and be a happier chap! but until then I am just going off to sulk... :)
Monday, January 21, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Final year...Final semester
Welcome to the 81st post on this blog and the first for two months. So happy christmas, happy new year and etc etc.
I still can't get my head around the fact that I finish Uni in around four months and then I am let out into the "real" world for a career. It doesn't seem right, I remember primary school, then secondary, then college, then Uni but soon... I have to start to plan out my life: one word = shit.
But I still have a few months to bask in the glow of being a student and its going to be a hard few months. Before christmas I handed in my portfolio and a 1,800 essay on the future of journalism and over christmas have already started work on my PA assignment and an online feature assignment. Shorthand is still coming along but has slowed down over xmas with me at 50 WAM, this is of course due to not having a 2 hour slot per day with it being hammered into my skull.
As part of the course when you go to UCLan you will do a placement in your third year. The first of mine was at a bi-weekly newspaper and I ended up with a lot of experience covering festive-related goings on but got a hatful of articles in the paper and three gold-tinted bylines!
I am now on my second placement at a local radio station on the news team (yes, I have been there before) so am getting content I wrote and clips of interviews I conducted on air. I am alos practicising reading our bulletins so I can compile a demo if needs be.
Outside of work, I went to the Oldham V Everton fa cup match and was loving it when Oldham got a shock one-nil win. Well worth the trip...just hope to beat Huddersfield in the next round!
Until I summon up the effort/desire/need to post anything on here all I have to say is have fun browsing the net, you never know what you might find ;)
I still can't get my head around the fact that I finish Uni in around four months and then I am let out into the "real" world for a career. It doesn't seem right, I remember primary school, then secondary, then college, then Uni but soon... I have to start to plan out my life: one word = shit.
But I still have a few months to bask in the glow of being a student and its going to be a hard few months. Before christmas I handed in my portfolio and a 1,800 essay on the future of journalism and over christmas have already started work on my PA assignment and an online feature assignment. Shorthand is still coming along but has slowed down over xmas with me at 50 WAM, this is of course due to not having a 2 hour slot per day with it being hammered into my skull.
As part of the course when you go to UCLan you will do a placement in your third year. The first of mine was at a bi-weekly newspaper and I ended up with a lot of experience covering festive-related goings on but got a hatful of articles in the paper and three gold-tinted bylines!
I am now on my second placement at a local radio station on the news team (yes, I have been there before) so am getting content I wrote and clips of interviews I conducted on air. I am alos practicising reading our bulletins so I can compile a demo if needs be.
Outside of work, I went to the Oldham V Everton fa cup match and was loving it when Oldham got a shock one-nil win. Well worth the trip...just hope to beat Huddersfield in the next round!
Until I summon up the effort/desire/need to post anything on here all I have to say is have fun browsing the net, you never know what you might find ;)
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