{"id":45703,"date":"2021-11-16T10:36:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=45703"},"modified":"2021-11-15T11:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:01:05","slug":"talking-to-a-peer-mentor-about-missing-an-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2021\/11\/16\/talking-to-a-peer-mentor-about-missing-an-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking to a peer mentor about missing an assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Tuesday morning, I woke up thinking about a case competition presentation that I needed to practice. As usual, I also mentally planned for the day. It was not until then, I realized: I did not submit a Math assignment. I'd missed a deadline. I immediately jumped out of my bed and turned on my computer to double check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn\u2019t believe that I did not submit something so important. I did poorly on the first assignment, so you probably would understand the pressure to do well this time. Oh well. The assignment had completely slipped out of my mind. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That morning, I didn\u2019t have time to emotionally process what happened. I guess it could be both a good and bad thing. Bad thing: I didn\u2019t get to reflect on what went wrong in my study plans: my drive to troubleshoot decreased as time passed. Good thing: I didn\u2019t panic. I had to get myself together quickly for the presentation later that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After my case competition, I wasn\u2019t as panicked as I was in the morning, but I was still baffled at myself. How could I just not<\/em> remember anything? I stayed back at Robarts Library to attend a few meetings and catch up with some work before going home feeling exhausted. After taking a few hours off for myself, I decided that I needed to re-organize myself because my usual routine seemed to be a mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I booked an appointment with a peer mentor. I wanted to have someone to talk about what went wrong and\u2026 basically, throw my thoughts somewhere. I know that we have peer mentors available, so I thought, why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To speak to a peer mentor:
CLNx - Dashboard - Appointments - St. George Overview - Academic Success<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you want to find out about what peer mentors do, you can check out the Academic Success page about mentors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After talking to a peer mentor, I felt like I had a clearer direction on how to move forward from this point onwards. I learnt that I didn\u2019t have to build a new scheduling system just because of this one assignment. She shared some time management techniques that she uses daily and assured me that things can happen from time to time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though I really didn\u2019t have much else to discuss, my peer mentor was very open to just talking about organizing my thoughts for a moment, and by the end of the session, I felt a bit more assured and less worried for my whole course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it was also reading week, I used the time the slow down a bit and go back to check my syllabus. Over the weekend, I also planned out what I need to do this week. I still have tons of things to catch up on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the last three weeks of my first semester before final exam season kicks in. I can\u2019t believe that time went by so quickly\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S: A meme to describe my situation on that Tuesday morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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