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Old Nov 20, 2013, 12:32 AM
winterglen winterglen is offline
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Christ, does it have to come up so fast? I have a hard enough time doing all my assignments at a subpar but passable level. Now I have to come up with goals and make agreements with a place of employment where I will surely leave a bad impression.

My current goals are this: to avoid causing any trouble or getting in anyone's way.

I'm supposed to solicit a spot, arrange a schedule, present myself as if I have good useful skills to contribute and will not flick everything up, as if I were a normal adult instead of an overgrown child in a perpetual state of fear of being scolded that I'm doing something wrong and that I'm a bad person. I'm supposed to set measurable goals and achieve them.

Oh, and take careful notes and write a report about everything I learned and how this practicum will make me a better employee, as if my view of my situation will radically change in three months. Yeah, and maybe my underdog team will win the nationals and become world famous and be showered with riches and adoration. Not going to happen.

I could postpone it until the summer. I'm really tempted to, but I know that's a bad idea. I shouldn't wait until the last minute. But I'm afraid if I go into my practicum with the attitude problems I have, I'll leave a bad impression and give people another excuse to scold me for not being appreciative enough of my opportunities. I can't win this.

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Old Nov 20, 2013, 12:23 PM
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What are you studying? When I did my practicum I just used my part-time, non-profit job (volunteer somewhere if you don't want to work?) and messed around with creating their database for them as I wanted to work/learn about databases. Think of something specific you would like to learn and then go find someone who will pay you to learn it from them
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