The ups and downs

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... :)