I Forgot How to Student

It’s no secret that I have a huge problem with organisation. I have been able to get to where I am today based on not hard work, but intelligence, self-awareness and a gift for memory. When I put the effort in to learn something, it is extremely rare for me to forget it.

Throughout Year 12 there was a definite spike in my organisational and study skills. I became a much better student overall because of this, yet I was still not quite where I needed to be. I would ‘multitask’, watching movies or playing games on my desktop computer and at the same time complete any vital projects on my laptop sitting right next to it. It wasn’t the best system, but I made it work and was able to get through the vast majority of the year unscathed.

That changed at the beginning of 2015. My desktop computer complete burned itself out, leaving me with only my laptop. Instead of multitasking, I began neglecting my important work in favour of skype calls and games with friends. On top of this, I was now working three jobs to make a good living. These two changes to my life completely ruined my work ethic for school, as I did not value it as much as my jobs and my personal life.

I constantly would forget about weekly tasks until the morning before, often completing my readings on the train ride over to Uni. This became a struggle, as each week it got worse and worse. I had written a few blogs here and there, and hadn’t posted them due to lack of caring. I didn’t even put the time in to make my blog unique or personalised, something which I now see the value of.

I have to force myself to get better. One hour of work a day on my blog will get be back up to speed quite quickly. I have completed the readings, yet did not write about them. Thankfully my list of tasks is slowly shrinking as I keep working. It is high time that I became a student again.

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I was raised as a lover of films, becoming enamoured with worlds presented on the silver screen in 'Star Wars' and 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' before I had even entered Kindergarten. This is what first got me interested in pursuing media studies, but I hope to expand my knowledge beyond film through what RMIT can teach me.

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