I'm in a slightly better mood today than yesterday, so hopefully this will be more cheerful for you, Gabe. I just pressed print and stapled the edges of the four pages of my paper together. The paper that I've been working on for four days and that should have taken me only a few hours. Some days I wish I were one of those motivated and ultra-uptight people who can finish assignments weeks before the due date simply because they don't like to procrastinate. But I'm a procrastinater. Come from a long line of procrastinators. I do my best work when I've been procrastinating. I finished the paper and will hand it in on time--not late, not early. Besides, if I wasn't a procrastinator, I'd be an ultra-uptight person. Jack would agree that I am not an ultra-uptight person.
I just saw Matt Beimers, one of the vice-principals at the school I was student teaching at. Not quite sure why he's here, but I was happy to see him. He told me that they will have an opening at Fraser Valley in Febuary and I should apply. I will. Apply, that is. We shall see what happens.
I started reading the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by mark haddon (I didn't capitalize any of the words because they aren't capitalized on the cover of the book) last night. I'm enjoying it immensely. It's nice to curl up with a book and have no ulterior motives besides enjoying the reading of it. Sara P, I think you should read it--it's about a boy who has autism. It might help you understand your Russian History expert client. That is, if the teachers ever stop striking and go back to work. I will say it again: crazy west coast people.
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i used to be a procrastinator in college, or at least in my early years. i thought it was the thing to do, and then i got kicked out. finally realized it wasn't procrastination - just sheer stupid laziness.
oops, please don't in any way extrapolate this to your situation. you graduated in the normal amount of time...
i just read that book. i really liked it. good choice.
"come from a long line of procrastinators."
you couldn't be lumping me in that "line" now could you? there is something so nice/terrible about getting up at 3 a.m. when all is silent and dark to work on stuff that HAS to be finished for that day. i hate it, yet i love it?? but it's true.
having said that, i do not procrastinate anymore. this is the first year in my life that i'm not procrastinating on schoolwork. also the first year that i really, really, really care about what i'm doing in school. really really
curious that you should mention that book--I've been recommended it by my housemate as well and did look for it briefly in Indigo and the library, both places with no avail. I will try again, though, since this book must be meant for me! I miss my client. I hope the strike ends soon. And I hope that you get the job in Fraser Valley so we can have more adventures!
I don't know if private schools are striking (are they unionized?) but I know that universities are...
I, by the way, am quite fond of procrastinating. (And maybe I am because I have to be since I come from a similar line.) Nothing gets you in the zone like having to finish something within the next few hours.
Alright, here's the deal with "procrastinating." I say that I procrastinate, but I think it's merely a case of prioritizing. Some things need to be finished for the next day, and some for a ways away. I do the stuff for the next day first, and then decide that I'm too tired to work ahead. And also, it's hard for me to focus on something unless I have the pressure of knowing it's due within hours. Sarah, I'm glad that you love what you do.
A man wiser than myself once said that if you wait untill the last minute to do your work, it only takes a minute to do. Haha. Sorry. Anyway, thanks for the welcome. It made me feel at home in this strange land.
to clarify: even though i don't procrastinate this year, i still see those 3 a.m. wake-up mornings... school is so much more work than it's ever been for me before. so really, even though i say i don't procrastinate--ha! i may as well be, because i'm just as stressed out and busy as if i were.
(if i actually were procrastinating with this workload, i would probably be dead already. yes, you heard that)
don't die, Sarah! I love you!
Oh Margaret - good memories of Cairo and hearing the call to prayer at 5 am and knowing that I still had about 2 essays to write for that day. And I think at that time I was procrastinating less than you! I think at about 3 am you still had about 5 to go . . . (or something like that). We still did it though, and all in good time.
oh yes, and I got an A in that class! So quality can be done in a hurry. I wasn't too happy with myself that day--I wrote 9 or so essays in one day. Stayed up all night. Oh Cairo.
'curious incident...'. one of the best books i've read this year. cheers.
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