Jubaer Khan Blog #1

We really are in unprecedented times. I would’ve never imagine the way the last few months have panned out. Actually, I don’t think anyone could really. These times have accompanied many emotions, from fear to hopelessness to just out right numbness. Still though, we must try our best to adapt and come out of these tough times. For me, that’s my only goal for the semester. Of course, grades matter and I would like to end with straight A’s, but what’s more important to me is that I develop myself as a learner. This semester will require a lot of adaptation, even more than the previous, and so we, as students, must become multifaceted learners and communicators. In this transition period, I’ve found myself resenting staying home more than I ever did before and lacking motivation and a structure. For me, a lot of these things go hand in hand. Motivation will lead to structure and structure will lead to me scheduling in some much needed away from home time.

Really, what I’m truly looking forward to is getting adjusted and comfortable to this whole thing. I’ll really miss waking up at the same time everyday to catch a train but now I’ll just have to find something productive to do in the saved time. The spare time sounds like a good thing, but for a procrastinator like me, the more time, the worse my procrastination gets. I don’t think I’ll have a hard time managing any of my course work once I find my self in a well suited and sustainable schedule.

As far as ENG 2100 is concerned, I expect to become a better writer as I go through this class. It is very important to me to improve mt writing skills as I don’t believe it to be one of my strong suits. I really don’t think any responsibility, as far as getting my work done in a timely and proper way, is the professors. That much is on us as students. All i really expect from my professors is to get clear instructions as far as what is expected of us. But, i don’t expect this to be a problem, especially not in this class.