Tasks, tasks and more tasks!

There has been a serious amount of pre-assignment tasks and hand-ins this month!

I honestly have under estimated the amount of work involved in putting together an assignment and the amount of background reading and research that needs to be carried out!

I never knew how much legislation is involved in regards to Health and Safety, Job descriptions and employment!

Hours and hours of trawling the internet, going to different governing bodies including councils only to be given conflicting information or information that is completely unrelated is rather soul destroying!

However, I hope my proficiency of this research malarkey improves quickly so I don't have to sit and sift through information right into the wee hours! 

There seems to be a general sense of confusion with the whole class as to what is needed for these assignments - although I suppose we won't really know where we are going wrong (or right?!) until we get a fully graded assignment back! So much so a few of us have set up a group chat on Facebook to see if anyone can shed light on a difficult topic and give each other a bit of motivation and encouragement to get the work done!

I have learnt some really interesting things about myself in exploring my own personal learning style for Personal Professional Development; I am a Kinesthetic Learner!
I always had my suspicions that I learn more by 'doing' rather than listening, although my semi-photographic memory has been most useful in memorizing the re-configured timetable to reduce the amount of aimless wandering between each class!!

I have also had to rejig my personal schedule to be able to fit in the extra work required to understand most of what is being taught in class and also to try and have a clear understanding of what exactly is required to pass these assignments! Time management definitely needs improving, although it is even more of a challenge to re-direct an overactive mind to more sociable hours between 4pm and 12am... 

However two areas I am really keen to push myself in is Physical Activity and Wellbeing and Human Health and Nutrition; as I previously studied both Biology and Human Biology for A-Level. I just seem to possess and innate drive to better myself in subjects I really enjoy! So let's hope all the extra 'Self-Directed Learning' (learning new phrases as well!!) pays off in the grades!  

Again another very busy month! Much looking forward to having a break at half-term! *wishful thinking*