This week was a big week for ISM. The first thing was our topic proposal. We finally had to sum up and basically confirm what we were researching. It sounded scary because I was worried my research might have a dead end and I wouldn't be able to get out of it. But it only took me one class period to finish the topic proposal. I am very satisfied with what I wrote and I think it came to me very easily because of my passion for the topic. I wrote about what topic I was researching, Temporomandibular Disorders, and I gave a thorough explanation as to why this topic attracted me and why my traits and abilities suit me well to prosper in the field.

The next thing on the list is my least favorite of all of the things I've done in ISM so far. Research Assessments. These are genuinely awful. You would think it would be easier than the 5 articles needed for an Annotated Bibliography. But it's not even close. 500 words bare minimum and the one article has to be lengthy or how else would I talk about a topic for that long? And I've never been an annotation guy, I never understood why people thought that writing down on a paper would help me understand it better. I always end up writing something completely repetitive of what I just wrote. Unfortunately, this class and many others require it to be done. And it is so time-consuming. And I find sometimes I'm so distracted by making good annotations, that I completely miss out on understanding what I'm even reading. The article I read this week was related to different solutions used by doctors to replace normal saline in arthrocentesis injections. One thing I hate about these medical articles, they all speak in "case study" or "experimental" language. So many numbers, abbreviations, and statistics that make absolutely no sense. I never thought I would like to see a nice concise explanation instead of a couple of numbers. But I finally made my first mistake. I had my article all annotated after Thursday ready to type up an essay as soon as I got home on Friday. However, I didn't realize a mistake I made. On Friday, I went to the dealership to finally purchase my first car (looks amazing by the way). And that took so long, that I completely forgot a Research Assessment existed. And then two days passed, and as I was watching the Dallas Cowboys disappoint me yet again, I thought of what I was going to write on this blog you are reading right now, and it hit me that I messed up, and never got my Research Assessment in. Of course, I rushed quickly and got it in within an hour of the thought, but it made me really upset that I fell behind like that. I have to work on my discipline and keep track of my assignments much better so that something like this never happens again. This coming week should be fairly easy. Only one Research Assessment and 3 days of class, but I believe we will be working and preparing for our Business Symposium as well. These next two weeks are going to get very crucial if I am gonna succeed. And I know that I need to get my head straight and really be on task.