Tuesday 11 March 2008

Have you ever 'hung' with your tutors?!

Have you? If so; I very much need to hear from you and very soon!

Hanging with my tutors - a tutor, in fact - is exactly what I will be doing tomorrow morning. This meeting was scheduled...hmmm...well...about 6 weeks ago actually and its happening tomorrow. The aim of the meeting is to update my tutor on progress with a piece of coursework I am doing and in addition, to show a substantial amount of it, so that they can comment on it. Well, that's not exactly going to happen because I have done next-to-nothing; and so, this is why I ask: have you ever hung with your tutor?

I have a terrible feeling that I'm just going to turn up and be silent, very very silent. I think I will be asked if I am feeling OK too - does anyone have a good answer to that either? For instance, can someone name me a disease that I could pretend to have that has prevented me from working on this project for the past 6 weeks whilst simultaneously during that period, it has constantly been playing on my mind? I do hope I am not asking for much blogreader, if I add that your account must sound 100% convincing to even the most circumspect of people.

If this whole meeting was a cursory examination into my performance, blogreader, then even I am creative enough to slay that dragon.

There are principally two forces acting against me between now and tomorrow. Firstly, I am working on a higher priority piece of work that is also extremely time-sensitive; secondly, and most importantly, anything that I do manage to put together to show my tutor in the morning will be humiliating at best and shameful at worst. Yep; things are that bad. I cannot delay this meeting until later in the week either because that is simply not feasible for our busy end-of-term schedules!

In the meantime, whilst you are tucking yourself in bed tonight, I would like you to spare a thought for me who, in all likelihood, will be wide-awake and slaving away. Alternatively, if any of you believe in the all'mighty, could you perhaps give him a bell and draw his attention to me. That would be great too.

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hm. This post has made me think about my own relationship with my PH.d Supervisor - interesting, Lackie, Very interesting indeed.....

Lacklustre Lawyer said...

Interesting; but, tutors aren't the best people to 'hang out' with!