I, too, am going the "reflection route", but it's going to be a little different because I remember we wrote reflections of the class before spring break.
3 things I 've learned from attending Kent State:
1.
One of the most important things I learned is that laziness must die. Also, (and this is kind of a no-brainer, but hey, I am a slow learner sometimes lol) that college is not like high school at all academically wise. In high school, I could just not turn in a project, and I would still manage to get a good grade in the class. But at Kent(at least in my experience), there are less assignments which means every grade is weighted a lot higher. You would think I would of already taken this into account before hand, but nope..I regretably still revert back to my old and stubborn high school ways sometimes. There isn't much room for laziness. Which is a really good thing actually because in the real world you have to learn how to juggle everything and if you don't manage your time wisely you're screwed.
2.
Another thing I've picked up is how to schedule classes strategically so you can be successful! I am a night owl, so naturally I came up with the idea to schedule all of my classes past 12:30 pm. That didn't work out as well as I thought because after about 3pm my brain thinks that it's time to have fun. So next semester, I'm back on the morning classes train. Also, I learned to schedule classes as close as possible to my dorm because it is pretty much miserable when it's cold.
Basically, use your head in college! What a novel idea.
3.
My final thing is that making the most of campus life (and it means different things to different people) is really crucial because if you don't have fun, you'll go crazy. And the only way you can have fun is if you do your work!
"Work hard, so you can play hard!"
The End.. yay
Friday, May 7, 2010
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Nice post, Allison.
ReplyDeleteYou've learned the "write" things this term, it seems : )
Budgeting your time is not an easy thing, especially for those of us who had it easy in high school. I know I favored "play" at the expense of "work" in my first semester at Michigan State. But you can definitely learn to do both.
Also, "homework" in high school often consists of little more than copying information from one page to another. People don't challenge you actually think for yourself - which requires a lot more engagement.
I'm not a morning person, either - but I'd rather NOT teach at 4 in the afternoon again. Our class was dead to the world on some days : )