I do like it when we jump right into things. I hate pissing around in tutes and lectures on the most worthless stuff for a couple of weeks before anybody gets caguely serious and says "OK ... there's an essay due in six weeks ... topics next week ..."
I at least go into panic stations about assignments about a week before the due date, partly due to my obsessive volume of research that I normally do. It just simply isn't possible to do it in less than about four days. In a realistic world where I have a vague sense of organisation, I can at least get going about a fortnight before its due. Plus I hate it when there's five days to go and all the books I want are checked out of the library.
I thought this was in response to the spiders on the berries comment.
