I found out a valuable lesson this week, preparation when it comes to a big assignment is very important. I was assigned in my Business Statistics course to analyze a businesses quarterly statistics in regards to growth, revenue, and at the rate they lose their customers. I thought this would be easy because I used to work for a call center and we had quarterly meetings and these statistics were gone over with us on a quarterly basis. These statistics made perfect sense as an employee so I thought this assignment would be a piece of cake and I put it off until the last minute. I wouldn’t put this assignment off normally but I though I had it in the bag.
Boy was I wrong; this assignment wasn’t a piece of cake at all! This project involved a real businesses statistics; graphing their statistics, presenting these statistics in a way that would be understood, and it had to be accurate. I did get this project done, but I’m amazed I didn’t pull out all my hair doing this assignment in the little bit of time I had. This important assignment was worth 100 points, I hope to get a 80 points at least, and that’s asking for a while lot. My work looked good but I know it’s not as thorough as my peers project.
Learn from me, be prepared. At least understand the directions of the assignment before you decide to put things off until the last minute. This was a very stressful week for me and I just hope I did a good job in my professor’s eyes. I know I wasn’t prepared and I didn’t take this assignment as serious as I should have. I will be more prepared and thorough going forward, trust that!
Can you tell us a time in which you should’ve been prepared for an assignment? How did this effect your overall grade? Please share by commenting below.
