Time management is crucial for DE courses. I know this. I preach this, but alas, I don't live it. After submitting my first draft for my first essay on time and in the correct location, I was late a day in submitting it to be graded. EGADS! Whilst I checked nearly every day for the first four days after the submission, I got really busy and didn't check to see when the feedback was provided.
However, that wasn't the problem. I relied on my memory that it was due on Sunday March 9th, and carved out the entire day to view the revisions and submit a final draft -- but it was due on March 8th! Missing a due date is something every DE student should try and avoid.
If only the due dates could synch with my Google calendar, then I would be more likely to make all deadlines. But until then, I will have to be more diligent as so not to fall into the DE disaster wasteland of missed due dates.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your posts on your blog. Time management is vital to every area of your life. I know sometimes life can be a bite overwhelming and anyone can forget or confuse time and dates. Sometimes while taking more than one course, I have even confused due dates and assignments while first beginning two courses.
I feel your pain. I have had nightmares about the very same thing and sometimes break out in a cold sweat when it occurs to me that I might have trusted my memory a little too much. Then, there are the discrepancies within the course materials. The rubric says one thing, the schedule says another and then the conferences imply something else entirely different. Ye Gads!
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