This week was the first very hectic one in terms of school work. The workload picked up dramatically, and I found myself using every technique at my disposal in order to complete everything on time. Since I am an English major, I am enrolled in a couple very writing intensive courses. I had a paper due for ETS115 (Shakespeare) and WRT205. My WRT205 paper was 4-6 pages so I focused heavily on that. The prompt was to construct an essay that pinpoints masculine trends and feminist stereotypes within an advertisement. Because of this, I had to first find a worthy advertisement, and then dissect its contents. I picked a commercial for AXE cologne where a man sprays himself with a new "chocolate" flavored fragrance, then turns into a giant chocolate man, and lastly has every female in town flock to him because chocolate is so "irresistible" to women. I made it through the essay by constructing a target planner. I made the target planner a week in advance, carefully calculating my tasks day by day. I wound up having a full day to pick the ad, a day to dissect and take notes on the ad, a day to make an outline, a day to write a draft, and then a day to finalize the draft into a well thought out paper. The target planner truly mapped my progress for the task and allowed me to complete the assignment on time while being confident in my work.
-Eric Cirangle
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