Thomas's Blog

I'm taking two writing intensiive sociology classes this semester. Too bad when I registered for them I didn't realize that they would each assign 10 page papers within a week from one another.

So I got through the first one a little ahead of time because i knew my schedule would be packed that week, but as soon as I turned it in, I get the next on in my other class.That one didn't go as well. The topic of the paper was definitely more interesting to me, but for some reason I just couldn't get the words out and I ended up pulling my first all-nighter this semester. Definitely not something that I suggest you do often.

I've always been the type of person that doesn't require much sleep to get by. I can make it without my full 8 hours or whatever you need, but I know I'm not like everyone else. I definitely sacrifice my sleep in order to get other things done. I'm a procrastinator and I'm ok with that. I know that I work better under pressure and in general tend to produce better results when I am under pressure.

Last night, I took a personality assessment test to see what type of person I am. When it came to procrastination versus getting things done on early, I was completely on the side of procrastination, but I know that if I tried to do my work early and have a nice well laid out plan that I would not preform as well.

One thing that I noticed about coming to college is that you will really discover aspects about yourself and your personality that you didn't know before. You will learn things about your personality without taking any kind of test. College will be your test, and for me that is something that I am very grateful for.

I've learned how to talk to people to get ahead, how to write well, how to write under pressure, how to plan things out, how to work with other people. I've been tested in so many ways here and I know that it has made me a much better person. And even if I get hit with another 20 pages (which I know I will), I'll be ready for it. I'll be ready for whatever.