spent my weekend doing assignment again, i guess that's pretty much what my student life is going to be like. the assignment was a reflection and comparison of 2 methods of collecting dietary intake data - the weighed food record and diet history. before writing up the reflection i had spent quite some time analysing the information using Foodworks, this nutrition analysis software. sounds like an easy assignment but lots of time went into organizing the data and putting them together.
anyway, after i completed the assignment the word count was 50% more than the word count limit. then i had to go back and skim down on a lot of things, which is a really painful thing. it might have even taken me longer to do that than write up the reflection. i had written sentences using the most concise manner and thrown in lots of abbreviations to shorten phrases but still i exceeded the word limit. after struggling with it for very long, i finally gave up and left it as it was. it still exceeded the word limit but apparently there was a +/- 10% leeway on word count... and my word count fell into that leeway category hehe.
then i've got another assignment due on thursday which also involves using the Foodworks program to do nutrition analysis...
and next week is mid-semester break! but i'm not really getting a break because i've got to do a 2-day observational placement at a hospital in town, do 3 assignments over the break, and prepare for 2 small group facilitations that are coming up right after we get back from break.
anyway, after i completed the assignment the word count was 50% more than the word count limit. then i had to go back and skim down on a lot of things, which is a really painful thing. it might have even taken me longer to do that than write up the reflection. i had written sentences using the most concise manner and thrown in lots of abbreviations to shorten phrases but still i exceeded the word limit. after struggling with it for very long, i finally gave up and left it as it was. it still exceeded the word limit but apparently there was a +/- 10% leeway on word count... and my word count fell into that leeway category hehe.
then i've got another assignment due on thursday which also involves using the Foodworks program to do nutrition analysis...
and next week is mid-semester break! but i'm not really getting a break because i've got to do a 2-day observational placement at a hospital in town, do 3 assignments over the break, and prepare for 2 small group facilitations that are coming up right after we get back from break.
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Yay, I don't have to ask myself if I am a computer any more! :)
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