How to Cope with Coursework

I'm one of these people who did ok at school and then went to University only to discover that Uni is NOT at all like school. You've suddenly got untold freedom - no parents, no boundaries - except you're meant to be there to study and get something at the end of it! I went from an environment where I had to be in by a certain time, had to get picked up by my Dad, had to phone if something happened etc etc, to one where you could do what you want when you wanted to do it, or not as the case maybe. With temptations in various forms all around you...everything seeming more appealing than studying or going to lectures! So I very quickly ...

This is possibly a bit late to do a review like this, with the summer holidays starting and most students / schoolkids not having any coursework left to do. But there’s always the next term,no-one has done a review on it for 4 years and I’m bored! Coursework is possibly one of the most soul destroying tasks in the universe, and coursework for anyone in education is almost a given. You can feel your heart turn to ice when the lecturer / teacher gives you the instructions which look completely alien. You can see your life floating away in some god forsaken corner of the library whilst all your mates are out having a ball. Going to your bedroom is a waste ...

Now I have always been more of an exam person myself. I have never really been able to apply my self to coursework and as a result of this it has often been rushed off a couple of days before the deadline and I then have to live with the fact that I could have done better. The problem for me with coursework is that there are too many distractions. There is always something on TV or someone to phone and chat to, and consequently it never gets done. If I could have sat a module in procrastination I would certainly have got an A. But saying that, you should obviously allow yourself study breaks, unfortunately I used to study for an hour and take a three hour ...