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LitLove on Studying

Rosie e-mailed me with this link, as she thought I'd be interested (she was right!), http://litlove.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/students/.  It's well worth a read.

It made me think about the pressure for me to do well on my Open University course. I mentioned the other evening that I shouldn't feel as pressured as when I was younger and doing school and college work, after all I am only doing this for myself... but as Mr H pointed out, we are our own toughest critics, and I reckon he is right.

Some of the points in LitLove's post rang a bell; for instance the feeling that 'everyone else' sails through the studying and essays, and retains all the information and can regurgitate it at will, either into an essay or into a conversation or at a tutorial, whereas sometimes my mind is a complete blank.  And the worry about exams, although it is 7 months away.. I'm not so bad that I am doing past exam papers though!

It was also interesting about people being ashamed to admit that they need help; I can definitely relate to that. If I was getting really stuck it would take a lot to get me to approach the OU study help people; it would be akin to going to a debt management company.  Having to admit that you can't cope with something that you have taken on yourself. ie. I got myself into this, I have to get myself out of it.

Hopefully I won't get to that stage, and if I can keep up the excitement and enthusiasm for my future path, rather than thinking "why am I doing this anyway?", that will surely help!

In the meantime here is a relaxing photo of where I am sitting right now, not doing any studying. Kind of working, on our 2011 application form design.  I'm upstairs in the the left hand section of the long side facing you.. Scribbled by Juniper at 13:01 



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