I'm planning to take four courses next semester, of which two or three have papers (you can't avoid them in psychology, sadly). I don't want to take less, but then again, I'll have to see how I'm doing. This semester, I withdrew from one course because I was getting low grades because I hadn't read the readings we were tested on (but I wasn't failing, somehow). One of my professors mentioned incompletes, but I'm hoping I don't have to go down that road.

Regarding this paper, I didn't do it, and my counsellor said he would e-mail the professor about it. We'll see what comes of that. I tried to see him myself, but he wasn't in his office. Part of me would be happy with the finality of getting a zero on that paper, but the more rational half of me really wants to just get it done and show I have a brain inside my skull.

I remember going to the Writing Centre a year ago. She saw my half-finished paper and pointed out it was half-finished (no duh), said my persuasive paper was informative (she kept repeating that), and at the end said, "You're not a good writer." Gee, thanks, reinforce how I feel. And to think she would have been my professor if I didn't change at the last minute (she didn't recognize me). Anyway, on that paper, I got 38/40, two marks off for being uploaded maybe two minutes late. So clearly it was decent.

But I've heard they've improved, so I might check it out. I get terribly anxious when people look over my work, though.

My professors have received notes from my counsellor, so they know that I do have problems. Then again, I do wonder how much they think I'm trying.

Thanks.