Thursday, 18 April 2013

Slipping?

I can feel today slipping away.  It's just before lunch and I've ALREADY eaten 254 calories.  

I've also done no revision yet, I just can't get motivated.

To be perfectly honest I'm just knackered.  I'm sleeping on the sofa whilst I'm visiting my parents, which means I get woken up at 7 am every morning by my brother getting ready for school.  I'm not used to coping on seven hours sleep anymore.  I need way more, especially on my meds as they tire you out even more.

I'm also worrying a little bit.  I got a text off one of my students' mum this morning (I work as a personal tutor as well as uni) and she got a D in her Maths Feb exam.  Admittedly she had an E at Christmas, so she's improved, but her parents aren't happy.  They are really pushing for her to get a C in June so she can go to college.  But I can't think of any changes I can do to my lessons to make sure she does.

We've gone through most of the course now, and she grasps all the main concepts.  The only thing I can do is to go through as many past papers in class as we can fit in, so she can see the questions in different settings and so it refreshes all the lessons we've done.  But I'm not sure this is going to work.  Firstly, she's already done most of the papers before - so it could end up being just a memory test and not a math test.  And secondly, I'm afraid that I give too much help going through past papers so her marks become inflated.

Argh.  I need to have a think about it more.

Also need to stop worrying about my own degree so much.  Finals are in three weeks and I currently have five students I'm tutoring part time.  I really really want a first in my degree, but I don't think I'm going to get it with the amount of time I've already committed to other things.

I just need to work harder, eat less, worry less.  Easy, right?

At least I've got the gym tonight to take my mind off things.  I've arranged to go with my mum and brother after they get home from work and school respectively.  All I've got to do now is find my gym kit and stop obsessing over eating.


I have these shorts, and one day they will look like this on.

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