The IB program has made me realizes how important it is to push yourself and become a well-educated and well-rounded individual. I feel my cumulative GPA does not accurately represent my potential and desire for academic success. For a great deal of my education I did not take academic success seriously. While I have always been enrolled in accelerated classes such as ALPS (SALTA as it is now know) in primary school and Honors and AP in the beginning of High school, I had the mindset that grades and were not important and all that mattered was passing because I was smart. I believed that getting straight C’s was no different than straight A’s.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES - BA 2101, SECTION 011 FINAL ESSAY – 3/7/2013 INSTRUCTOR: Lindsay R. Teich Major in Success College students need more guidance in how to turn their talents, curiosity, and passions into successful careers. Most guidance offices and books on the subject will be inadequate for these purposes. The writing style is witty and engaging, and the examples are interesting and relevant. Repetition does occur in using the examples, but it's not too bad. While this book has some weaknesses in helping you select the direction you should go in, it is superb in helping you pursue your goals once they are set.
One of the biggest and most obvious goals I have set would be graduating high school. This should be a pretty easy goal to accomplish but I do need to watch myself in some of my classes. Some of the big things I need to do to meet this goal are improving my neatness, not being lazy and actually turning assignments, and trying to study as much as I can. The hardest of these will unquestionably be turning in my homework. I’ve always had a hard time turning in any homework and this is the year I need to start doing it.
The way I improved my paper was taking my instructors constructive criticism and making the necessary corrections, to the best of my ability. I had obvious problems with the comma usage, dangling modifiers, and it was no question that I have to improve my vocabulary. Referring back to the text book and using the Thesaurus definitely helped me make the best revisions that I can make. The most challenging part of this assignment for me was to expand the use of my vocabulary. I know a lot of words; I just don’t use them in my everyday conversation, thus making it more difficult to incorporate in my essay.
Although academic writing is the final goal and product of this course, learning academic thought is every bit as important. While it is quite possible for a person to be a good thinker and not be able to express those thoughts on paper, it is impossible to be a good writer without first developing sound cognitive abilities. I know you are all intelligent people and sound thinkers (you would not be here at the university if you were not), but college is a whole new playing field; this course is designed continue your training in this
Final exams are a time of stress for students to worry about if they can recall all the lessons that their professors have went over within that semester. Students who are scarcely passing any of their classes need their final exams to be passing grades, so they tend to study a little harder. Finals also allow students to see how all the lessons they have learned connect through small facts. Identifying and understanding thoroughly everything the professor particularly emphasizes in class can be a hard and tough experience when preparing to study for finals. In Joy Alonso’s “Two Cheers for Examination “she uses examinations to examine the purposes and useless of exams in two and four year colleges to appear to students and teachers.
It is hard to focus and my study methods are vastly differed from those of an average college student. I am an aspiring student but struggles with focusing in on main projects as I want to ramble in a different direction. In order to get past this I must get in to a routine that requires a type of consistency in my studies. In the same way, Malcolm X had to learn to enhance his education he had to study consistently all day and every free moment in his day. I have to do the same in order to become a successful student.
Telvin Wallace Professor Morrow UNIV 1100 September 2015 GRIT! What is grit? The G stands for growth and seeking new,different information and angles--the stuff most students don’t find--to inform your writing, research, and presentations.The R stands for Resilience, and this basically tells you not to play it too safe. Enter the storm by taking the risks that will help you shine. The I stands for instinct.
Academic Success Academic Success To be successful as a student, you will need to set academic goals, know and understand your learning style, and have academic integrity. Setting goals is easier said than done for a lot of people. Many times, we envision what we would like to happen in the future, but forget about applying steps to our everyday life to achieve them. Other times, you may start off strong but get distracted along the way and lose focus of the end goal. .
First off, I plan on going in to Highschool with good grades. I think that it would give the teachers a good feel about me from the start instead of one of those kids that sit around and do nothing. Second, I think that going in there or staring off wanting to be in better classes would help. I think that it just motivates you to do better and not be just average. Lastly, friends are a good thing to have by your side.