Georgina Knight BAPP Blog

From what felt like an impossible tasks I can’t believe I am actually sitting here having submitted my Module 2 work a day early. Now I know it’s only a day early but for me this is huge! It doesn’t matter how organised I am I always find myself getting stuck at the final hurdle and submitting at the latest possible moment. The last few weeks have been particularly challenging for me, I wasn’t able to make the last 2 online sessions and balancing my work load with time to study felt impossible so it’s safe to say I am relieved that module 2 is over (results pending of course) Compared to module 1 I feel like this work has been incredibly challenging for me. The inquiry proposal essay itself felt rather natural to me but the literature review and the MORE form were huge mental blocks for me. A lot of this was through a lack of knowledge surrounding university ‘lingo’ and a lot of the time I found myself googling the language used in the handbook or on UniHub because I just hadn’t come a...

  Earlier this week I had my first 1:1 Skype call with Adesola, in this call we talked through Module One in a little more detail and I had the opportunity to give Adesola an insight on my history and how I've gotten to this point in my journey. For anyone that is remotely interested, the road to get here could most certainly be likened to the M1, in the height of summer, when they decide to do 5 junctions worth of roadworks! To save me from blabbering on, this is the third time I have set out to do this course so it already feels like I've reached a milestone by getting this far! After the call I decided to have another go at reading through the Module One handbook and much to my disappointment I was still really struggling to get my head around what was actually being asked of me. I've not been in a classroom or an academic setting for almost 8 years now and at this point I think to say I was a little rusty would be an understatement. I've never struggled academically...

Having never blogged or even considering blogging before I wasn't entirely sure if I was going to be any good at it. - Is blogging something you can be good or not so good at?  - Do people actually want to listen to my ramblings?  - What if I struggle for something to say?  Well I think it's safe to say question 3 isn't going to be too big of a problem, but in all seriousness, what if people don't like my thoughts or the ideas that I am going to blog about? This was a huge deal for me... for all of 5 minutes, and then I realised It doesn't matter! This is going to be my safe space, where I can put out into the world what I'm thinking and connect with others whether they are like-minded or share different views entirely. It's going to be a space for me to grow and learn about myself, about others and about my profession in ways that will challenge me, but that will also reward me. Besides I love talking, more than anything, and blogging is basically thinking ...