One Accomplishment at a Time

I’ve finished the presentation file of my report next week. It may not be grand like those of some of my classmates but at least that I tried my best sticking with the objectives. Because no matter how beautiful a presentation is if it doesn’t adhere with the objectives then it will just be a beautiful presentation. I did try making it a beautiful presentation but I thought better to start with the other requirements. Days of the month may pass quickly by so it’s better to finish everything before going back and touching up. Most importantly, one accomplishment at a time.

With the many tricks and softwares and applications available nowadays, I still stick to that which I know would still give me what I wanted. Till now, Microsoft is still the leading brand in my system. And as long as I can use it, then I will use it. For the walkthrough of my presentation, I used prt sc heavily. But I made sure to crop it out so as not to show the date and other windows open in my computer.

Ever since I’ve learned about prt sc and editing it either in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Paint, it feels like I am unstoppable. I would take the pain of switching between apps and it isn’t a matter of concern for me for as long as I have a grip on what I am doing. As long as I got the hang of something, I’m good.

And I hope to take advantage of the kind comments that my classmates before gave me. They said, even though I was kind of late for our class, I still was able to catch up and present as if I’ve been there all those times. Thank you, I told them when one time we had a meet up. It was an effort for their part to voice out their appreciation and since appreciation is sometimes hard to get by, I hold on to any appreciation I would hear. So taking advantage means feeling confident with myself.

I’ve hear somewhere that being too modest is also pride. So if it is that I do well with my presentation then I will have to continue to do so. The problem when presenting in a class where you know that your classmates are also professionals and experts in their fields is you get very conscious that your voice falter. But I keep telling myself to present as if I was just talking and showing someone what to do. Because the aim of our presentation would be to share ICT tools that will be useful for teachers in creating and conducting assessments for their classes.

I hate doing things in a rush. I may be impulsive on other things but when it came to academic requirements, I almost always needed time. So I hated those times when I had to rush requirements because of leaving them up to the last moments. I scold myself if I don’t do things ahead of time. Now that we don’t have upcoming deadlines, I am doing my best to work with our many requirements. One by one until everything is accomplished.

With my child on my lap, I work. I have to stop from time to time to attend to their necessities. But I continue doing what I can. Acceptance is the key in order not to resent the fact that you study and teach and babysit. I would have resigned from my work, or dropped from my classes, or hired somebody else to care for my children. It may be a good move to hire caregivers for the children especially if you wanted to focus more on your job to produce quality work. But as long as I can do all jobs then I will. I will also take advantage of the work-at-home scheme during this pandemic. And also, it’s hard to look for caregivers. Not only that, they might demand a higher compensation for their work. That is understandable. But then I choose to do all parts. My relief is my RenLeaf, my first son, who is responsible enough for his age.

There is a probability that I will not be able to finish everything a week before the deadline but at least that during that time, I have had done the hardest part of researching and laying out the work. At least deliberation had already been made on a lot of things. Hoping that I would be able to say, “Hurray! I am done!” soonest.

Well, deadlines are not all on the same day. Some will be passed next week, the others will be passed next next week, and the final submission of other requirements will be by August 7.