Hi guys,
I'm really sorry, its been a week & I haven't posted even a NOTD -the shame- But I'm under an immense amount of pressure at uni, with 5 deadlines looming over my head in the next 2 weeks.. But I'm going to give you a quick update as to the frustration I've faced this past week.. As many of you know I'm a journalist in training & for one of my modules (journalistic writing) I have a deadline due on Monday.. Now when you think of journalistic writing, you immediately think 'writing stories' 'news articles 'features' etc etc WELL apparently not my friends.. I am doing an audio file. (OK yes I have a 200 word little blurb to write about it but, 200 words? seriously? - even a news article is at least 400!) My main problem/stress/mental breakdown with this assessment is the fact that I am expected to throw together an interview, a professional sounding audio package, using software... That I have never received any training on. With the exception of a half hour tutorial in which my tutor got confused & only showed us how to upload a track & save it. But we are all under the impression that because our tutor has no clue about the software either, she is getting help marking our work by someone more familiar So in a nutshell - I've failed. I'm seriously in that much of a state of panic I'm constantly on the verge of breaking out into tears. Which sounds awful but the disorganisation of my first term back at university has been shocking. If there was a big gaping black hole I could crawl up in right now, I'd happily take vacation. However I can't as this is a group project & my team are counting on me..
I may use this tonight ^
I've never had a problem like this, I'm usually a little bit of a tech/editing wizard but this is seriously messing with my noggin. I'm getting to the stage in which I feel if I scrape a pass, it'll be a miracle, but is that really entirely my fault? - I suppose I could have tried to get interviews earlier & started the editing process earlier too, but I also have a sh*t tonne of other deadlines I'm trying to work on evenly too -sad face-
2nd year has definitely took a step up in the difficulty & stress stakes..
But I'm not the only one who feels like this & it has been reported in a mass group.. so hopefully it'll be sorted out soon & we'll be compensated for the lack of teaching & training.
Yep, so that's my grumble.. For all you uni goers out there, have you experienced anything like this?
