Progress Report- Grade Yourselves
This week I would like you to consider two things: 1) Attending Diversity Week events and 2) How are you doing this semester? Please make a post in the comments section below. Evaluate your progress as a student. What are you doing well? What areas have you struggled in so far? Many of you are doing very well in this course. Others have not really been contributing as much as they could be. How are your other classes going? RELAX- WRITE...
Tomorrow, I have a midterm in Film. Two weeks from now I have an essay and a presentation due on the same day. I've put focus on my midterm first; after that I begin work on the others. I feel tired and sick but I've procrastinated so I'm staying up late to study and pray. I'm excited to present in my film class; I love the films and discussions and the professor is very nice. Even though I'm annoying; I clap at the end of movies and ask too many questions. I hope to take more classes once I major in film. It's not going to be easy work and I will have another day like today. I want to sleep, eat junk food, and watch YouTube but I can't fall behind. I want to learn more. I want to do well. I wish I had the same passion for this class. To be honest, I'm bored. I don't how I could be more involved other than watching movies like my film class. Hopefully once things slow down in film class, I can balance two classes again.
ReplyDeleteYou attack some real challenges here. Balance is critical- especially as your workload gets heavier as the semester progresses. If you were to grade yourself on your overall performance so far- what would it be?
DeleteSo Far school has been interesting. Many of my course are the same. I am taking Non-Western Music Strategies, The science of Learning, First year writing, and of course, College Learning strategies. Because the work is so similar it has been tricky keeping track of what assignment is for which class. College Learning Strategies and The science of Learning are very similar in the way that both classes leave room for open discussion about how to deal with common situations you will come across in your college journey. They also provide great information on how to handle larger work loads as you get farther into your major. Some of the articles were the same and i did have trouble figuring out what points to make in which class and which readings pertained to which class. I also find similarities in College learning strategies and first year writing. I actually have the same assignment due at the same time. In both classes we are writing a persuasive or argumentative research paper. The more practice the better i guess. I like to look at the brighter side of it, but that doesn't stop me from wondering if i should have taken all these similar classes in the same semester. I was advised to do so, so i did. but I think if i was to advise someone I would have split up these first year classes between the two semester of the first year, not the same semester. This could avoid lack of interest for less motivated individuals. Obviously, my Non western music class is different from the last three, but only by topic. This class also consists of heavy reading, writing and discussion.
ReplyDeleteI am learning a lot in this first semester. Aside from the materials I am learning about myself in this new environment and where my life fits in. Come next semester I will be apply some changes to my schedule. I feel like 16 credits may be too much of a work load to combine with my work life. From the time I applied i was told that the program i was going into was a for year program, but i was never really explained the numbers. When I looked at the road map for my intended major, I noticed I would have to take anywhere from 16-18 credits per semester to finish in four years. Considering I am taking 16 credits now and feel slightly overwhelmed i thought these number looked unrealistic. I also realize that these numbers could very well be intended for college freshman right out of high school who don't have to work. That wasn't me now and it wasn't me when I was 18 either. Realizing that realistically it would take me about 6 years to complete my program ironically set my mind at ease. However, at 18 that might have been a different story as i was looking for the quickest way to make money. But, now i am in no rush at all and I am excited to take my time and truly learn the materials i came here to learn and do well while i am here.
Excellent post... Our class is designed to complement your other courses so I don't think it is entirely surprising that there would be a bit of overlap. Hopefully the work we do here will help your work in other classes. Next meeting should be fun and challenging. It is often uncomfortable to critique the work of others but it is a great learning experience. This might help your writing in your other course.
DeleteI have not attended any diversity week events. I work 6 days a week and when I’m not working I’m making sure my son is getting all his school work completed and doing well in school. With my writing class I’m doing well in. I’m not a fan of the way the professor teaches but just like we all have our own ways of studying all professors have a different way of teaching. With this class I feel like I can do better than what I’m doing right now. I’m learning that I do better in class when I’m not given an option on any work and am told this is the topic this is what is expected. So the fact that I have to pick my topic and think too much into the persuasive essay topic is somewhat of a struggle. I guess I feel like maybe I have an idea but then I’m afraid of writing a paper and it not be what it was expected to be. I also am shy. Public speaking is a struggle and having a naturally low voice doesn’t help. So I need to learn not to be shy in class and speak up and be more involved during the class conversations.
ReplyDeleteSo far this semester I feel as I am a better student than last year. I felt as though this year I would fall behind and not care as much considering it is my second year. Although I thought this, it isn't actually true because I am coming to realize if I do the work and study a reasonable and manageable amount of time, I will succeed. I still struggle with procrastination though, and cannot get things done before the day before it is due. I wish I didn't have this struggle because then I wouldn't be cramming when I then have so much piled up to do. I know in the semesters ahead I will need to work on getting things done as I will be going on into my major, medical imaging, which requires a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteThe other part I struggle with is the classes I am taking. I do not like them all that much which makes it hard to learn. It is hard for me to learn and pay attention to a subject that I am not interested in. I guess I just cannot wait for general ed classes to be over with and just get into my classes for my major.