For my senior project research paper I am writing about how the integration of the arts, specifically Drama, in schools is profitable for the elementary child because it encourages independent creative thinking, development of social skills, and self-discovery.
To be honest, since I have written my thesis I have not been doing a lot of research. I need help with Time management skills. It's terrible. When sports season starts I usually discipline myself better. However, I'm not wasting any of my time! I rarely spend time watching TV, getting on facebook, or even socializing but I am still struggling to get everything done. There is just so much to do and it seems like too little time to do it! The only other thing I have done relating to my Research paper is highlighting my information of what I want to include in my paper. It has not hit me that it is due in about 2 weeks. I cannot fathom it. It is frustrating because I am not wasting my time, yet I still do not have enough time to spend on college applications or my paper. I have not applied to a single college yet. I know that God will never give me more than what I can handle, but right now I am to the point I am so stressed I don't feel anything anymore. That sounds melodramatic, I understand, but it portrays how I feel right now.
On a different note, I have discovered that I am an individual who needs deadlines. I have self-discipline in a lot of areas, but when it comes to getting things in on my own personal time clock, it doesn't work out. The subject that has a deadline sooner is higher priority than something due way down the road. It is not that I do not want to work on this paper, that is not it. I'm excited about my paper and researching the subject, but I still need to do well in my other classes and apply to colleges, but I can only do so much, and I don't know what to sacrfice.
I realize you guys are stressed right now- which is why I dropped the abstract. I hope that now that this term is coming to an end you will have a 'tiny' breather. Maybe it would be helpful to actually lay out the next two to three weeks with the assignments you have and see how you can make it work. You know the number of days you have and you can plug in your schedule of school and activities; Make a calendar of your assignments. Actually decide how much time you will give to each one- spreading them out so you can give the time necessary for each. Actually that is what you need to do in college so it will be good practice!( If that doesn't make sense- We'll talk Monday!)
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