Final Blog Post... Reflection...

Overall I think that I have improved tremendously my first semester freshman year. You always hear the horror stories about the kids that throw their college career away for one thing or another and I was determined I wouldn’t fall into that trap and I didn’t. For that alone I can be proud. I think being a college student is more than just learning math and English it’s about finding yourself. So far as a college student I would say that I learned a lot about myself. I have tried so much harder now that I’m here than when I was in high school. I always just slacked off and cut corners then. Now I think that I know that my college education is worth money that a lot of other people can’t afford. It just makes me grateful for having the opportunity. I think that as far as my learning process in just in the beginning stages. I’m still feeling out the school and what it takes to be a successful college student. I’ve definitely had some downfalls thinking that I can wait until the last day to do an assignment and then not doing as well as I wanted to or cramming for the tests the day of. I would definitely say that studying definitely needs to become more of a priority. Eventually I figured out which classes needed more attention than others and what I should and shouldn’t be spending the majority of my time on. I now know that classes like bio need at least a few days of really intense studying. On the other side I think that my biggest achievement is my level or organization so far. I have yet to miss one big assignment or hand one in late on purpose because I wasn’t able to finish it on time due to poor planning. I was always missing assignment I never even knew about and now I literally have months all planned out. This way I know when there’s a big assignment coming up that I need to start working on and I’m not remembering two hours before it’s due. I do this by my desk calendar and an assignment book that I update multiple times a day. I haven’t really used any of the other resources on campus that could further help me succeed. I probably should to improve my grades even further but I’m sure that at next semester ill be visiting a help place. I’m in a really high math class so even though I got an A this semester there is a high chance that I will need to get some help in that class. Another aspect that keeps me successful in college is my time management which also plays into the fact that I have become ridiculously organized lately. ( I think my roommates OCD is beginning to rub off on me.) I think that I have put a lot of time and effort into all my classes but especially math. I enjoy math so I try hard and that allowed me to receive an A in the class. Even though not all my classes are favorites I still think that I was able to apply myself and learn a lot about the subjects and myself. I try to get the most out of all my classes and some of them I just have no choice but to learn a lot of the material, such as BIO. In order to learn the most I possibly can I have to find a way to make the material interesting to me. Looking back at this semester I’m really proud I believe that I met my goals the only one I didn’t meet way getting at least a B in Bio, but I still passed it. In taking it next semester and I plan on pulling a B off for the second part of the class. I have that goal and many more I want to get all A’s and have the highest GPA humanly possible for myself. I want to work my ass of as far as academics and my body because last semester killed me I gained way to much weight. To get back on track though, I just need to stay focused and determined that I will do well and with a little hard work and effort I believe I will meet all of my goals.