A thought on the nature of the project work
A thought on the nature of project work: This can be hard. Not the work itself, but the fact that there aren't a bunch of assignments with specific timetables.
Sometimes a general 'I should be working on this' can get crowded out by distinct deadlines. (i.e 'I have to finish the notes for Chapter 10 of my history textbook by next Thursday', or something like that.)
The senior project process is as much about learning how to work on X,Y, and Z as it is working on X, Y and Z, at least the way I understand it. I suppose I'll need to work on that.
Lee (one of my community advisors) wants to set up some sort of formalized programming sessions, with various coding assignments. I believe that such a setup, once we get the details ironed out, will help me by providing some structure...
posted by Alan @ 7:18 PM
2 Comments:
Alan, the nature of project work is exactly that you have to carve out time and a schedule for yourself for the project while still getting done the "scheduled by others" work you have. I think it's useful to have subgoals or self generated assignments for yourself to keep on track. I'm glad that your project, unlike many others of the past few years, doesn't consist of just going to classes at some community location and maybe adding on a research Ken
um, Alan, are you ever going to update this?
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