First week back at uni is over

They didn't ease us back in, it was straight to the point, here's your modules, here's your work, get on with it kinda thing!!! Already half way though once assignment, which is due the end of the month, and have printed out and will read later my article for my crit. analysis, so I'm not doing too badly!! I'm feeling pretty confident with this whole essay writing, evidence based thing we've got going on, as my exam results were quite pleasing, to me anyway!

My printer has finally died, after 5 years, which now means I have to go to the computer room and pay to print, but it's kinda good really as it makes me do a bit of work whilst there!! I went to print off something the other day and stayed for an hour after researching and writing parts of my EOP1 presentation/summary. We had a 'help session' on Wednesday, and apparently we are doing well and 'thinking outside the box'...I thought we were just doing what everyone else would do, but obviously not! But that's not a bad thing, and we certainly knew what we were talking about and had enough evidence to back up each point, so I'm not too worried about that assignment. It is a presentation, which I hate, but that is only worth 20%, and the rest is the summary, and I feel like I've got enough research behind it, so feeling positive about that one!!

After all the CASPing/McMastering of articles for my research methods module I'm not too worried about the crit. appraisal. It's an excuse for us girls to meet up in starbucks for an hour and run through it! I'm starting to enjoy ( I don't know if that is the right word?!) writing my assignments, because each time I know more without having to research it, and I have more ideas of ways to approach it, and in turn feel like I'm bettering myself as a future therapist! I enjoy the research part of them, as I feel like I sort of become an expect in that area as I've researched it to such a depth! Although clearly that is the purpose of the assignment...

I had my introduction lecture to my module. It gave me a headache! In all seriousness though, I'm excited about starting to write it! As this time next year, I would have almost finished it. Being a real, fully qualified OT feels so close now...Shame all the external lectures we've had so far this year have been on how we need to not focus on a getting a job with the title 'occupational therapist' and look for something more generic, or role emerging. So in other words, we're being told the profession we are spending a lot of money and effort to become will be obsolete in x amount of years.

But on a more positive note, I am really looking forward to this weekend! I love spending time with K&M as I don't get to see them that often, and I'm jealous mum, nan and mols got to spend xmas there! As well as getting to go for a spa day with Kim, it's gunna be fab!!

** Have updated the side bar with dates, always subject to change of course... :P


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