Week 1
by Scott Dalen
Where has this week gone?
Seriously, sometimes I'm amazed at how quickly time passes. I'm sitting here at the end of Week 1 of the semester. I'm on the verge of being done for the week at this point. Literally, the only things that I still need to do is a short reflective email to my Prophets professor. However, I'm waiting on one more responsive posting from a group member before I can do that. His response is due by midnight tonight, and the email is due by tomorrow. I was hoping to have it all wrapped up today, but alas...it was not meant to be.
If you had asked me at the beginning of the week how I felt about week 1, I would have come across as negative. I can admit that. It seemed like the reading assignment for the week was way bigger than most "first weeks" tend to be and it felt like there was a lot of information to sort through. In retrospect, it really wasn't that extreme, but the first week of the semester, especially fall semester (after a couple months off) feels daunting.
Here's the deal though. Week 1 is actually somewhat low key. Week 2 ramps it up and tends to be a little bit tougher. Weeks 3 and 4 get a little more manageable because we are able to start forming a routine. But all that being said...long story short...here we are at the end of the first week already.
I heard several different DL students this week...and by "heard" I mean I saw their postings on facebook...say Seminary day 1 year (insert proper year here). I can't believe this is my 3rd year already. I don't know where the last two years have gone...they flew by just as fast as this week. Crazy stuff.
Maybe graduation isn't that far off?
Seriously, sometimes I'm amazed at how quickly time passes. I'm sitting here at the end of Week 1 of the semester. I'm on the verge of being done for the week at this point. Literally, the only things that I still need to do is a short reflective email to my Prophets professor. However, I'm waiting on one more responsive posting from a group member before I can do that. His response is due by midnight tonight, and the email is due by tomorrow. I was hoping to have it all wrapped up today, but alas...it was not meant to be.
If you had asked me at the beginning of the week how I felt about week 1, I would have come across as negative. I can admit that. It seemed like the reading assignment for the week was way bigger than most "first weeks" tend to be and it felt like there was a lot of information to sort through. In retrospect, it really wasn't that extreme, but the first week of the semester, especially fall semester (after a couple months off) feels daunting.
Here's the deal though. Week 1 is actually somewhat low key. Week 2 ramps it up and tends to be a little bit tougher. Weeks 3 and 4 get a little more manageable because we are able to start forming a routine. But all that being said...long story short...here we are at the end of the first week already.
I heard several different DL students this week...and by "heard" I mean I saw their postings on facebook...say Seminary day 1 year (insert proper year here). I can't believe this is my 3rd year already. I don't know where the last two years have gone...they flew by just as fast as this week. Crazy stuff.
Maybe graduation isn't that far off?
posted by Scott Dalen at 7:39 PM
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