There is always success and failures in every great story. My self assessment blog.

Starting college is always a struggle at first, especially for first year’s students. As for myself I was struggling to keep myself organized and how to divide my time into studying, doing my homework and working. I’ve learned a lot of new things this semester starting with much success but also failures. This semester taught me what to do and what not do to for next semester and taught me a lot of different things starting with myself.

 It wasn’t easy at first because in high school I didn’t really care I just did what I had to do to pass my classes but I never went that extra mile to get an A, I just confirmed with a C. I didn’t push myself and that’s why I was so nervous to start college because I want used to studying and trying my best. It was tough at first but as I started to get the hang of my daily routine it started to get easier with dividing my time everyday for the things I needed to do. As a college student I found ways to and where to study. Before I studied at home, and I have a 2 year old brother who is always running around making noise and I couldn’t rally concentrate so I started to go to the library in which I found is my perfect place to study and get all my work done.

 Once I found a quiet place to do all my work I started to get all my essays done and realy concentrate to do good in my classes. I also found out that I can do good in school if I try, I was just too lazy to open up my notes and study but if I did what I am doing now back In highschool I could have been a great student . College also brought upon a lot of responsibility because its all on us now, professors aren’t chasing you to makeup a quiz or test its all on you, and your grade shows how much you care. Each class is different, For me, Writing and math are easier for me so my learning is more advanced because its all infront of you. When in science classes you  need to do a lot of extra work to understand, but this gives my mind a chance to advance and my brain to expand.

             My biggest challenges so far is procrastination. Since in college they give you so much time for one thing to be due I leave it to the last minute because every day is the same thing “Ill do it tomorrow”. Since I wait for the last minute I get stressed out because I have so many things to do which dosnt give me a chance to go over it and make it as good as I can because I have no time. Another challenge has been balancing work and school because some of my classes give me a lot of work and I usually have work until 9 and by then I’m already too tired to do my work so I put no time to make it perfect. One day I was so stressed out that I couldn’t do anything from then on I decided as soon as I was given an assignment I was going to do it that day just incase I had to improve on something I had the time with nothing being in the way.  Now that I don’t leave everything to the last minute I don’t get stressed out because each day I work on something different so I am not doing a whole bunch of essays and homework in one day. Since I was getting home late from work I cut my hours so after class I would go to work and get out by the latest 6 in which I have a lot of time to relax and get my homework done without rushing. As you get older you find techniques to help you in the future and that is what I am learning now.

            My biggest achievements have been getting thru the semester with everything I have been thru in college. I had to go thru a lot of strategies to get my priorities straight because I wasn’t doing well in all of my classes. I learned how to keep myself organized and how to do well in all my classes. I feel a lot better about myself because I know I’m able to achieve what I want I just need to prioritize my time. College isn’t for everyone but I have big dreams and I want to graduate and reach my dreams, which is what is on my mind right now.

            All of this taught me a lot that is going to help me during my next semester. I’ve achieved a lot during these couple of months and it wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be. With all the failures I’ve been thru I believe that it helped me be successful too. From here I am going to do everything I possibly can to achieve my dream and graduate as a registered nurse. I don’t know what the future has for me but going thru this experience taught me a lot and I wouldn’t change anything for the world cause this made me grow up.

           

success and failures

College has brought upon a lot of success and failure. My first success was getting into college and getting started being the first step to beginning my career as a nurse. My dream was always to get into college so I can begin the nursing program as soon as possible. I heard Southern had a great nursing plan so that was always one of my choices to get into. School hasn't always been the easiest for me but knowing that this can give me a better life and get a degree motivates me to do my best. The semester is almost over which is my other success finishing strong. The first semester is always hard because you’re not used to all the work and your first getting used to everything and getting back

 to school. Especially from me getting out of high school, having all my classes in one building with people you saw everyday to being close with. In college you meet people from all over the world being more mature and making new friends. Making time for school and work was difficult at first but once I got my priorities straighten out it started to get easier and it made me feel good because I was able to balance everything out and be able to do both the things I need to do. I haven’t really had many failures which is good but when I first started college I wasn’t very organized so I missed a lot of my assignments for not looking in the syllabus. I was so used to having teachers tell me when everything was due not realizing that it was my responsibility to look for myself. I also didn’t study as much as I should have to get the best grades that I can. For next semester I am going to look over my notes everyday and study at least an hour each day to get high grades. This semester thought me a lot of things like how to be responsible and most important to be mature. 

Here we go with our Paper!

I have not started my final project but I started writing down my main ideas in which I want to discuss in my paper. By doing this it helps me think better and it makes it overall better for me to write and brainstorm. I decided to do a paper because doing so many videos; I saw that it wasn’t my greatest strength. Even though you can show your creative side and show emotion, Its more interesting to write a paper because if you make it creative and distinctive its better to read. I am planning to start my paper tomorrow since we don’t have class and I can concentrate to do a great job on my paper. I find going to the library very helpful for me because its quiet and it really helps me concentrate on my writing and it’s my place to study and do my major projects. Writing a paper is hard to be interesting and or distinctive but I plan to make it sound like I’m talking to my audience and show my personality into this essay. I think if there is more personality the more the audience gets more engaged because they want to know your thoughts not some statements towards something or someone else.  I want to make it as interesting as possible, in which I may refer to my older papers and show how I have evolved as a writer over the years. This year I had to write a lot of different essays and papers so I eel like every paper made me a better writer. I physically want to show my past papers so my audience can see it physically in how I am as a writer and post pictures up on my blog along with my paper. Writing this paper will be easier because it’s personal and your writing about yourself and who doesn’t know more about you than yourself? I ant to give as much examples as I can to get the grade I want. 

Mon: Discuss the brainstorming/idea generation portion of your final project. Where are you with it? Where are you going? How are you going to make it interesting/distinctive?

Day of Peace

For my last campus safari I decided to attend the day of peace. It was on thursday at the Lyman Center from 3pm-10pm. The day of peace included a festival of music, dance, discussion, and other similar events. Many clubs and groups performed like the SCSU Dance Team, the University Step Team, and the Symphonic Pulse Dance Company. Music groups also performed as well as students who wanted to read their poetry. It was an event full of different events and entertainment for the students and staff. This was a great way of promoting peace and meeting new people. I really enjoyed myself and it was great seeing all the performances!