I was pleased with the result of my module 2 work and hope that i can continue working towards the same standard for module 3.
I am INCREDIBLY nervous for the final stages of my degree especially as new opportunities have opened up for me career wise over the summer.... I applied to go and work on cruise ships and am awaiting a final casting day to see if I am successful. This has all come around much faster than I anticipated and is such an exciting prospect but such a worrying one at the same time.... I am scared at the thought of a career change massively affecting my upcoming university work... especially as a contract could begin before the academic term is over, meaning I could be doing the final stages of a degree overseas. I thought the best thing to do would be to wise up and get looking at the copy of the module 3 handbook sent to us by Paula. The last thing I want to be doing is deferring my degree for a later stage so I have decided to begin Module 3 off my own back early and pray that I am doing the right thing work wise. The earlier I start the sooner I finish, and in an ideal world I would love to have completed all written work for submission by the time I was to leave to go on a cruise ship.
Over the summer I have had a bit of time to sit down and study my feedback from module 2 that Adesola sent and have now written my module 2 feedback document to send over. I am aiming by the end of August/beginning of September I will have started my critical review and done the introduction and evaluation of my inquiry... also to start thinking of ideas for an artefact.
The artefact is what i am most worried about, I have had a nosey at some of the previous module 3 ideas and don't feel any of those paths are the way I can go with my inquiry so I am feeling a bit stuck when thinking about what to do. I know it is still early days but I worry I will spend too long thinking of what to do for that, that i wont have enough time to do anything else!
Out of all of Module 3 the thing I am least worried about is the oral presentation, I feel working in the industry I work in that I am already quite a good public speaker and good at socialising, hopefully this will make the process of an oral presentation a bit more relaxed than all the written academic work.
To summarise my feelings at this moment in time I can only say I am petrified, worried and stressed. Hopefully this will change throughout my module 3 experience and I will be able to add these thoughts and feelings from my reflective journal into my critical reflection at the end of the module.
I suppose the most positive outcome of the summer is that I now know, and understand what I am submitting at the end of this module, the task now is to just crack on and do it! easier said than done!
It would be great if there are any module 3 people out there still reading these blogs who can put my mind at rest that it is not all bad to feel the way I do, and that deep down there is nothing to worry about if the preparation is there!
