Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Parenting

For free parenting resources please check out the Early Years Alliance's Family Corner.

Any student parents online today... I need some motivation to write 2000 words so I'll be posting here every 250 words - please support this good cause :-D

25 replies

Raggydoll · 15/09/2010 11:56

Hello all,

Well as the title says I'm writing 2000 words and so far I've done everything and anything rather than sit down and actually start typing...

The assigment is for the OU's A200 (Exploring History; Medieval to Modern) and the subject for this essay is Empire.

I have 2000 words to write and I will post here every 250 or so... wish me luck!

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
unclefluffy · 15/09/2010 12:01

Oh god, me too. My 'quota' for the day is 1500 words minimum. Bah! Get off the internet and work, the pair of us! Grin

KatyMac · 15/09/2010 12:02

Keep on working

EasilyConfusedIndith · 15/09/2010 12:02

I'm an ex student parent and I feel your pain. Good luck! If I see wither of you anywhere else I shall give you a swift kick up the backside Grin Wink.

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about this subject:

Raggydoll · 15/09/2010 12:05

Good luck to you too unclefluffy; will you also post every 250 or so? A bit of competition might prevent me dozing off...

Thanks everyone else too , see you in 250!

OP posts:
Raggydoll · 15/09/2010 13:19

250 done - took longer than expected - aiming to to next 250 by 2.30pm

OP posts:
EasilyConfusedIndith · 15/09/2010 13:36

Well done, hope the next 250 flows well :)

KatyMac · 15/09/2010 13:50

You'll be fine

I did 2000 on Friday between 5:30 & 11:30

Keep going

KatyMac · 15/09/2010 17:19

How is it going??

Raggydoll · 15/09/2010 21:24

Only 500 words done but had to stop a 3.30 when school ended and only just got back to it... hoping to write another 500 before bed which leaves 1000 for tomorrow night so could be a late one.

To be honest it has been a bit of a slog so far, I've agonised over every word; I think for the rest of tonight I'm just going to cover all the main points in my plan without paying to much attention to language and structure, hopefully that way the word count will climb faster and I'll have less to do tomorrow.

OP posts:
Tippychoocks · 15/09/2010 21:27

Poor you, some just don't come do they? I'm of the last minute frantic typing school myself so I am admiring your work ethic. Keep it up (adopts schoolmarmish tone Grin)

Raggydoll · 15/09/2010 22:41

771 !

OP posts:
KatyMac · 15/09/2010 22:41

Doing well

Keep at it

Raggydoll · 16/09/2010 00:20

Going to bed now.... 1322, yay

Only 750 to write tomorrow :-D

OP posts:
Raggydoll · 16/09/2010 00:21

Wonder how unlcefluffy got on?

OP posts:
KatyMac · 16/09/2010 07:38

Are you up early & at it?

unclefluffy · 16/09/2010 08:46

Oh god you had to ask. I wrote loads. But I also deleted loads. So my net total was (drum roll please) 48 words. Waahhh! Jealous of KatyMac's 2000 words in 6 hours. I could do with writing 2000 words today, but annoyingly I've already written the easy bits so it seems unlikely.

KatyMac · 16/09/2010 09:00

Oh dear

Mine is sciency so lots of explaining documents Grin

unclefluffy · 16/09/2010 09:02

I've done the literature review (aka the explaining bit). Now I have to do the analysing bit. It's taking a bit longer. Sigh... And my data is fiddly and excuses, excuses, excuses...

Tippychoocks · 16/09/2010 09:36

Are you sciency too unclefluffy?

unclefluffy · 16/09/2010 12:47

Not really - social sciences. But it's dressed up with lots of numbers and charts so it's more convincing Grin

You?

Raggydoll · 16/09/2010 21:04

i'm back now for the last 750... its a late start as i've been at work today and kids didn't settle 'till gone 8.30 (typical)!

OP posts:
KatyMac · 16/09/2010 21:06

Good luck - keep focused

KatyMac · 18/09/2010 07:12

How is it going for you both?

Raggydoll · 20/09/2010 19:18

hello - sorry for not posting.. I tried to post just after I emailed the final draft which was about 4am on Friday morning but couldn't for some technical reason I don't understand.

Anyway needless to say I did finish it so thanks for the motivation - It has even been marked and returned, I got 77 which is okay.

OP posts:
KatyMac · 20/09/2010 21:36

Good for you - Glad you got it finished

New posts on this thread. Refresh page