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My thoughts on upcoming assignments

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In today's blog post, I will be writing my opinion on my upcoming assignments and extra credit assignments. To begin I want to say that this module is going to keep me on my toes. I tend to find myself leaving big assignments until the last minute because there are so many things going on in lectures and labs of other modules. I find that this module suits better to me because there are weekly tasks that have to be submitted most days. This kind of system works better because I can find the time to put the effort into my weekly tasks and they are also fun and interesting. The only thing that I am not looking forward to is the reading and writing academic style... I'm just not built for that level of English... but I will try my hardest.

I am very excited to get into the world of gaming this year even though I'm not a massive fan. I think it would be very cool to learn the backgrounds, in and outs of the gaming world. I am yet to do any Unity tutorials but I'm sure it will be fun.

Blog comments: I'm looking forward to reading and commenting on other peoples blogs because I think it will give me an insight into their lives or how they are getting on or feeling about college. By commenting on their blogs it will be a good way of communicating with people I have never talked to before. Feedback is always a good thing and could help you to improve.

Extra credit assignment: I think doing extra credit assignments could boost your grade a lot or just take a lot of pressure off you if you are majorly stuck trying to do tasks or other assignments from other modules. This system can give people a lot of opportunities to learn more and be stress-free while doing it. I would like for extra credit assignments to be in other modules throughout the rest of my modules in college.

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