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Holla readers and fellow prestigious hive bloggers, it is another edition of weekly featured content titled "Poor time management " in hive learners community
Stacy Adams stated in her depiction of theory x and y, it is in human nature to crave pleasure than work, the theory became more adherent and depicts my way of life to a particular extent even though I refuse to admit it. There are some kind choices we find ourselves making without being conscious of its consequences. it is as if we have been programmed to make such wrong choices especially when it comes to choosing fun over work, The process at which an individual choose to please his or herself by engaging in pleasurable act is known as self gratification.
As an individual, I prefer to plan ahead of any event I'm intending on embarking on, it gives me the privilege of observing a lot of outcome of my actions but sometimes, I tend to procrastinate this planning process and end up embarking on the event without planning.
During my final semester at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, our exam time was fast approaching, it is the moment when there is a lot of pressure on student, everyone running around doing what is needed in order to guarantee the success of their exams, As you all know, in the final semester or final year, you dare not have any carryover because that is automatic extra year, no one wants to experience that kind of thing, so we all prepare like our life depends on it.
In the process of the preparation, after the exam timetable was out, A rumour about the possibility of a strike spreads across the campus, though it was not entirely a rumour because for the past 4 months most of the teaching and non teaching staff have not received any salary. But regardless of the rumour the exam commenced which took everybody by surprise. by Monday we all prepared for exam, we had just two papers on Monday. the moment Monday paper was successful we disregarded every possibility of a strike.
We did exam on Tuesday, in the evening a broadcast message was spread across all WhatsApp group about the strike, since we have not heard of anything from our H.O.D or Departmental president, we just ignored the message. on Wednesday morning we heard school gate was shut and entry was denied. I got to school only to find out that National Union of Nigerian Students (NANS) is staging a protest in front of the school gate as a result of recent hike in acceptance fee and tuition fee.
I was not sure of my reaction at that moment i just went back home, to prepare harder for the exam hopefully the protest will cool off before the next day but the protest continued. I didn't lose focus I kept on focusing on my studies. eventually the protest ended and we were all glad we could continue with our exams but the unexpected happened, the real strike was announced.
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared their intention on embarking on strike due to the rate at which the government was owing the institution staffs salary. I was devastated because this is the real deal, there was no specific date the strike will be call off. At this point my focus was completely lost and all I could do is engage in pleasurable activities.
We kept hearing of possible date the strike will be called off but it never happened, so I just embarked on the journey of movies, I have never been so obsessed with movies like I was at that moment, It took me two days to watch all the Episodes of SIRENπ. I kept on with this attitude as long as I could because I believed I have prepared for the next paper more than enough, I was not time conscious at all.
After about 6 weeks, the strike was called off and we were told exam will commence the next day, in the evening to my surprise the exam timetable was restructured, A New Paper was scheduled for the next day Mac 427 [History of Mass Media] A 3 unit course. right from time I was never a fan of this course because of it history attachment. It has the most boring textbook and the lecturer didn't cover half of the course outline.
Hearing of this new development, I felt like I was hit by a truck because it struck me at that moment that all those times I have been wasting I could have used it to prepare for all papers in the timetable and prepared for every possible outcome, I quickly rushed to prepare for the paper but I knew it won't be enough. The next day I sat for the paper, Damn it was toughπ, I wrote the paper and answered 5 questions as required but I didn't feel satisfied. I felt like I could have written more if I didn't waste my time on intangible activities.
- 1) Don't be too confident, Prepare for the unexpected: In life, some situations might arise that is beyond our expectations, we must always give room for the unexpected. self confidence is good but should at the expense of self denial, the moment there is a possibility of uncertainty learn to admit it.
- 2) There is nothing like over preparation: As long as you have time to keep preparing for an event, keep on preparing because you never know what might occur.
- 3) There is time for everything: As a human, you need to learn how to schedule your time and focus on more tangible and urgent actives because every other stuff can wait, at the end the consequences of your ignorance is far greater than the gain.