Essay Stress
Apr. 19th, 2014 01:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beanstalk_simsI've been working this week on a report that assesses and compares three models of health psychology, and it's been an uphill struggle.
There are three elements that need to be covered - describe & define each model, evaluate the effectiveness of each model, and then compare the models. I'm stressed because I'm not entirely sure on the weightings of each of these elements - my comparison section seems ridiculously small, but I'm already over the word count.
The word count is 1,500, but we're allowed up to 10% over, which gives me an upper limit of 1,750. I am currently at 1,700, my comparison is only four paragraphs long and I haven't written a conclusion yet. I have fifty words left to play with. I've got a horrible feeling I'm going to spend this next week cutting stuff out.
And in addition to this, I'm convinced a large part of what I've written is utter crap. I'd love to shove it under my tutor's nose and ask him if I'm on the right track, but it's the Easter break, and he's not back in college until the day before the deadline. I'm terrified of leaving such a large part of the editing that late, but I think I might have to...
Also, my classmates are no use. One girl always asks me for help, but when I ask her to return the favour, I get vague dismissals. This has always happened, but it's getting on my nerves. She's been on her high horse since she got into the university that turned me down, which leaves a very unpleasant atmosphere in class.
I don't know. I'm just going a little bit crazy, and I needed to get it down somewhere. This probably shouldn't even be as big of a deal as I'm making it out to be.
There are three elements that need to be covered - describe & define each model, evaluate the effectiveness of each model, and then compare the models. I'm stressed because I'm not entirely sure on the weightings of each of these elements - my comparison section seems ridiculously small, but I'm already over the word count.
The word count is 1,500, but we're allowed up to 10% over, which gives me an upper limit of 1,750. I am currently at 1,700, my comparison is only four paragraphs long and I haven't written a conclusion yet. I have fifty words left to play with. I've got a horrible feeling I'm going to spend this next week cutting stuff out.
And in addition to this, I'm convinced a large part of what I've written is utter crap. I'd love to shove it under my tutor's nose and ask him if I'm on the right track, but it's the Easter break, and he's not back in college until the day before the deadline. I'm terrified of leaving such a large part of the editing that late, but I think I might have to...
Also, my classmates are no use. One girl always asks me for help, but when I ask her to return the favour, I get vague dismissals. This has always happened, but it's getting on my nerves. She's been on her high horse since she got into the university that turned me down, which leaves a very unpleasant atmosphere in class.
I don't know. I'm just going a little bit crazy, and I needed to get it down somewhere. This probably shouldn't even be as big of a deal as I'm making it out to be.
