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Week 8 Progress

This week, I look back at my progress as a whole, and I will determine if there is anything else that I want to change moving forwards.

As per overall progress, I am very happy with where I am. Formally, I am exactly on track in the course, but point wise, I have completed a decent chunk more due to doing extra credit. I used to be far more ahead, but as school trudged on, I slipped back to being on time. If possible, I would like to allocate a little more time to complete assignments, but if not, remaining on time is more than enough.

I am pleased with the Extra Credit assignments that I have chosen, though, I believe I will change out Wikipedia Trails with Tech Tips, or drop Wikipedia Trails all together. It just seems to take a little too long, and the learning is not in depth enough to make the assignment attractive to me.

Looking forward, I really just hope to allocate a little more time for the Project assignment, and I do not see the need to change anything else. I have really enjoyed the Learning by H.E.A.R.T assignments where I always choose to learn about sleep. This has been a fun class, and I am excited to continue.


I chose this image due to the dim light surrounded by calm rain. The exact feeling I have with my progress so far. It is an easy, calm learning, with a bright future ahead! Source: PixaBay

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  1. UnknownOctober 7, 2018 at 9:10 PM

    Hi Sean!
    This was a calming couple of paragraphs to read- I totally agree on the Wikipedia Trails taking a disproportionate amount of time when compared with the other EC assignments- it's fun to see where the internet takes you, but I've found that Tech Tips can be both more informative and more time-efficient when it comes to picking and choosing what extra credit to fit in. Congrats on being ahead and racking up some points. It was an inspiring/motivating blog post to read, and I hope your semester goes along free of stress from this class! Also, I love the picture you chose- it's perfect for the tone of the post. Thanks for sharing!

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