(( Powerpoint Procrastination (Kinda) ))
24 January 08 - 16:13
OK, don't get me wrong. I don't usually procrastinate. I'm not a procrastinator at all, actually. (Then maybe I should change the title... oh well. Powerpoint Procrastination sounds good... I'll just add 'kinda') Yet yesterday evening I found myself staring worriedly at the computer screen, trying to will ideas to come to my head and fill those empty slides due by midnight, the beads of sweat slowly dripping down my forehead...
;D Just kidding. It wasn't really like that (at all), but I WAS trying to hastily finish my powerpoint. Well, not MY powerpoint. My group's. See, last week my History teacher assigned us a powerpoint to work on as a group. And by last Friday, I thought our group wasn't doing so shabby. We'd only typed up our plan for the powerpoint and had literally only one slide done, but that was the stage where most of the other groups were too, so I figured we were doing alright.
Plus, my History teacher hadn't given a specific due date for the project either. Still, some of my group and I went over to my friend's house and started working on the powerpoint. I was there for four hours, so we must have finished a bunch of the slides, huh?
Well... if by your defininition of 'a bunch' is two, then we finished a bunch of slides. In truth, we did two slides (out of an expected 10-15 slide project) and then spent the rest of the time playing on my friend's Wii. Again, like I said: Mr. History (who shall remain unnamed) didn't give a due date for it, and when teachers don't give due dates I automatically assume they're not due for a while.
Well, I learned my lesson.
When Monday came, one of the kids in my class remarked, "How far did you get on the powerpoint?"
Me, as calm as the sunset breeze (except on a windy sunset), replied, "Oh... one-two slides." I shrugged, because he seemed anxious. "Why?"
"It's due tomorrow!"
I didn't believe him. "Yeah right." I paid no attention to his warning. "Most people are only on their second slide, so there's nothing to worry about."
Boy, was I wrong.
When I reached History, our teacher had been just explaining how our powerpoint project was, indeed, due TOMORROW.
And my group was on Slide 2.
Needless to say, everyone did a lot of last-minute planning and slide-finishing. Our group finalised on who was doing what slide, and in addition to my own slides I had to do, I was in charge of putting all the slides together onto one final powerpoint. And at about 8:30PM that same day (sorry, night), our powerpoint was done.
It wasn't easy though - our class as a whole was supposed to cite all the places we got our pictures from in our powerpoints (as in the links from the internet), but some of my group member's slides didn't have them so I was responsible for putting in the picture links, or if I couldn't find those links, getting new pictures and pasting them in with their link. The other members of my group did well on their slides though, I just did some touch-ups. I really wanted to get a good grade on this, even though powerpoints aren't usually my strong point. (I like to think I'm better with words.)
Tomorrow we're presenting our powerpoints. I thought ours looked pretty good, but when I looked at someone else's from another group, I suddenly wasn't so sure. Let's wait and see what I get (grade-wise) tomorrow!
P.S. If I've learned anything from this experience, it's this: DO YOUR ASSIGNMENT EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T THINK IT'S DUE!!!!!
(Trust me on this one)
Is Mr. History Mr. Moon(e)y, by any chance?
Claire M. () - 24 01 08 - 19:42
Pema - 25 01 08 - 13:09
Well procrastinating works for me! I’m doing it right now because I told my dad I was doing my Chinese Dynasty Chart. Then again, I don’t have a 4.0!
Cosette - 30 01 08 - 16:35
Neither do I… PE. 
Pema - 30 01 08 - 19:26
