Assignments

I was reading Amy's post and it made me realise that Warwick was right on his comment; It is assignment season. I don't think i had an assignment season last year but i sure do this year. With My Classics assignment handed in a few weeks ago, which i passed, but it had four parts (Christianity, Judaism, Philosophy and Mystery Cults) and i didn't realise that all four parts needed Primary sources (documents from the time that the documents talk about), i only used primary sources on three parts (thinking i only needed one primary source for the whole thing) and so my mark was only achieved. (I think that it also had a bit to do with my procrastination and rushed effort on the last day)
My Japanese speech, which i failed as i went down to Dunedin.
My English assignment, which i was beginning to stress about as the internet is amost void of Desmond Tutu's speeches more than two pages long, but fortunetly i found an audio file and spent four hours yesterday writing a transcript for it. I ordered a book from massey university in Palmerston North because even though Tutu wrote 4 books, two of which are compilations of his speeches and sermons, the libraries in christchurch 'no longer' have the books that i need to get the speeches from. I was told that it was written in 1970s or thereabouts and therefore it was quite old and that was why it wasn't in the library anymore. They have shakespeare don't they? That assignment is due in a few weeks though so now i've got a speech i'm beginning to catch up with the rest of the class.
My Biology assignment, which is due in a few weeks. Fortunelty i have done the research i need to and now only need to work out what i need to write about, what i should leave out, and how to structure what i'm writing. My assignment is the biological control of rabbits in the south island. One of my friends, who decided on the same assignment, happened to come across the Otago universtity website which tells the students how to structure their essay 'if they were doing biological control of rabbits' hypothetically of course. Thank you Otago!! Thank you friend, who infact deserves much more praise as she actually spent hours on the computer looking for help on writing the essay (not illegally).

So yes, I do feel the strain of Assignment Season's pull and yes, i do hear the crack of her whip, but there is only one way to go and that way is forward, and as i do, i shall move the seasons and become once more the free spirit i was born to be. Free of a load, free of bindings, free of fear, free.