graduate university

I’ve done it! 4 years of work to get 2.2 BA Hons :D

I am nearly there only one more assignment left to do. I can’t wait until it is over, 4 years have gone by so fast and I am about start uni all over again in september. I didnt think I would be doing that, thought I would be in the process of looking for teaching jobs right now, its funny how things change but hopefully it will be for the best.

After 5 months of working and stress of trying to complete dissertation, it took all of 5 minutes to get bound and hand in….what a relief it was. Finally done no more worrying about it, just have to wait now and then hopefully graduate in 79 days!! Can’t wait 4 finished and I can get ready for all the new things that are going to happen :)

Just 142 days until I will officialy graduate(hopefully). Dissertation is coming along very well and then I can relax and enjoy the summer before starting it all over again in september.

After weeks and weeks of not having a clue what to do or where to start with my dissertation I have now, somehow, finished one section and started another, its the small amount im trying to do everyday that is really helping to keep me on track with everything. It amazing how it all just suddendly clicks and you just do it without thinking and do it because you want to and not because I have to.

I have spent the past 3 days reading, reading and reading all about play in schools and my head feels like it is going to burst, how am I suppose to sort through all this information and decide what is important there is way too. Well I have at least decided what research method I am going to use(the crucial part!). I still need to read more and write lit review and methodology but I am right on schedule everything is kinda going to plan so hopefully it will all work out fine.

It has finally happened,I’ve finally had an idea that could work for my dissertation. Three months trying to figure out how I can word my question so that it is workable and now completely out of the blue it just popped into my head. I can now relax a bit more but now it time for the hard part figuring out how Im doing to do it and actually writing it!!

Finally made a start at dissertation after putting it off for the past 2 weeks. I’ve made a plan of what needs doing this week and when I want different parts done by so I have a deadline date for each part, its very useful I now have somewhat of an idea of what Im suppose to be doing(not completely tho still confusinng as hell! but im getting there).I dont feel as stressed and worried now that I know I’ll be able to get everything done with rushing it and can still give myself time off and not working all the time!!

Its now time to start thinking about the big D word. Got an idea of what I want to do for my dissertation but actually putting that into writing and doing something about it is something totally different. But I need to stop procrastnating and actually starting doing it from monday. Im feeling very positive about everything now and hopefully everything will workout for the better.

Today I decided that I couldn’t carry on with teaching practice anymore. I realised that I’m doing it for all the wrong reasons, not because I want to do it but because I think that I should be. My lovely mother helped me to realise this by saying that shes wants me to have a teachin qualification…......but it’s not going to happen. I doing what feels right to me and what I want, not what I think other people want me to do. So tomorrow I have a meeting with tutors from uni to talk over my options and make sure that I am making an informed decision and not rushing into things(I’ve been thinking like this since november 07!!)I will find out if I will be able to finish my degree and actually graduate uni without my qualified teaching status. I hope so cause I really dont want to have wasted 3 years to get nothing at the end and have to start all over again.