And So It Begins

I spent a decent amount of time yesterday in the UE library. It was my first meeting with my professor for my Project Study. I arrived at 2:00 pm and I don’t think she was pleased about that since my other classmates were there since morning. I hope she will let it slide since I charmed her in our short chat. Okay, that was just my wishful thinking. From my experience first impression really don’t last when it comes to school. It is a gradual process of presenting yourself as a serious and hardworking graduate school student.

So I diligently stayed in the library with my nose on the books. Taking down notes, reading books and most of the time scratching my head. Hey, I need time to let things sink in my skull. As I review the syllabus of the course, I already have an idea on what our professor expects from us. Aside from making us go loco, she wants us to do two things in the same time. She requires us to start researching for our academic paper while we will also have lessons on how to make an appropriate one in terms of language forms, rhetorical styles and red flags against plagiarism.

I think that the syllabus that she prepared will forcefully drive me out of my undergrad stupor. She has a lot of requirements that include group/pair works, reflection papers and quizzes. And if that is not enough, we will have a mid-term exam and oral presentation about the research that we hopefully had been still alive to work on. When we completed those feats, that’s the only time that we will focus on our research paper, which is to be completed from week ten to fifteen.

It is indeed a momentous task and I can’t be overwhelmed by it. If I will plan it properly, improve with my time management and deal with my ‘commitment’ issues, it will still be feasible. To cheer myself up, next Saturday, we are going to UP Diliman Library to do our initial research. Honestly, I was really not looking forward for the books stocked there. I was thinking that the UP campus would be a welcome change of scenery. Nothing will make it even more obvious that I have a goal and ‘now’ is the time to finally achieve it.