Another late one because I was away at an annual Torridon family-friends gathering/shambles with no wifi but really who cares how regular these are?
Work ethic is currently severely lacking but I think I can blame that on a cold. Having spoken to so many people who are at uni this weekend I just want to go now - I am little by little losing reasons to stay around. I'm at the point where I don't even take the school as seriously as I should; I dump my stuff around like I live there and I'm barely putting work into my classes. I've accepted my offer to go to Edinburgh so there's not turning back now.
Driving theory test on Wednesday for which I haven't even started revising, but besides from that there's nothing I can think of to say or deem worthy to talk about so that'll do.
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It is an opportunity to practice finishing skills.
Don't be one of those people who gives up near the end; prove to yourself and others that you're better than that.
Have you created a LinkedIn profile and sent connection requests to anyone you think you might want or need to maintain contact with, including teachers / lecturers you respect? Also, to request recommendations regarding your RASASH volunteering and Head Boy position from people in positions of authority. If you don't do that now, you'll never get the chance when you've left. Such things on your LinkedIn profile count for far more when applying for jobs than one might expect.
Reflect on what learning / study techniques you have found easy and which ones you have had little or no opportunity to practise, or, more importantly, did not enjoy doing or found unhelpful. What implications might this have at university? Think about why this might be and what you could do about it.
If you get out of the habit of learning this early in the year, it will make it much harder to get back into it in the Autumn.
Have you considered how you will spend the summer and made preparations yet?
What preparation could you being doing for university? Philosophy is such a huge field that if you start preparatory reading now you'll be very glad of it later.
You could ask the university's Philosophy Department whether they do public lectures you could attend (they do) and whether as a prospective student you could attend any seminars or events they may be running (you could) or even attend any lectures within the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Languages that may be of specific interest already (they may call that 'auditing')?
Have you considered accommodation when at university? You can't sort that out too soon.
Will you need to work while at university? Looking into that cannot be done too soon either.
Checking out the experiences of other students on sites like TheStudentRoom. Most of the content on there might be vacuous nonsense, but there are some useful nuggets hidden amongst the noise.
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Also, if you do not need / intend to work at university, you need to be thinking about what volunteering will you undertake so that you can show you have work experience.
To Simon Reed,
My apologies for not seeing this until now! Used to getting notifications when comments are left and rarely check through my blog...
Thank you so so much for your advice! Scrolling through old blog posts which I made then neglected, I'm seeing more of what you said but only too late and for that I am very sorry!
You're absolutely right. Time to stop seeing current work for what it is in itself and instead for how it can help in future.
Definitely the pickmeup I needed! Also interesting seeing students' growing apathy from a teacher's perspective... Must be infuriating! With what you've said in mind, I'll keep at the study.
I'll also be sure to look into your recommendations! Definitely time to get prepared.
With thanks,
Charlie