Well
first semester of my college year, we are coming to a close! And though this
has been one of my most strenuous semesters of schooling, I have gained more knowledge
in this one term then I have in most of my years in high school. Though it
might have been tough, no task has ever come easy.
High school
was always a struggle for me. I had terrible time management skills and would always
just skip out on doing assignments if they got too tough for me. But once I got
to college, I realized I needed to step up my game. At first, it was a tough
transition. But once I got started, I got much better and it became much more
natural.
I have
realized that I’m more of a perfectionist then I though. Once I got an
assignment I had the drive and knew that I had to finish it. But the problem I faced
was the initial procrastination. I have always waited till the last minute to
do things my whole life. So that’s one thing I’m continuing to overcome. With most
of my classes I didn’t let the work load overcome me, yet I will admit I did
with English. I wrote my essays the night before most times. I realize this was
bad, I even wrote about it in my English self-evaluation. One thing I mentioned
was,
“In high school, if I didn’t know
what to write, I wouldn’t write, I would hand in assignments really late and
get points off because I procrastinated with writer’s block and then I just
gave up because it was too difficult. I’ve learned that I need to push through
that feeling of not knowing what to do and just do something/anything.”
I realize what I need to do now, and though it might be the
end of one semester, I know what I have to improve on next semester and I can
work on it. Something that helps me is when I brainstorm my ideas and organize
them before I write.
Although
I have only been saying many of my struggles, I have improved on many of my
other things. I have learned to not skip out on my work because it does add up.
I have completed every assignment I was given because I realized how important
everything was to, not only my grade, but my learning experience. I don’t think
I would retained all the information I was given if I didn’t complete all my
work. This was a mistake I made in high school, and I know I needed to do it
for my grades but I had no idea that my knowledge would increase.
I
think, despite my procrastination, this semester was a success. I worked so hard
in all my classes. INQ and Italian are among that classes that I learned the
most in. I believe what helped in these classes were the repetitive learning. We
reviewed the information several times and it helped engrave it into my brain. I
probably had the most trouble in my English class. As I talked about before, I had
trouble getting my thoughts onto paper. But with all of this said, I believe I did
fairly well on my first semester of college and I laid down good stepping
stones for my years of college to come.
Two weeks ago, I talked about how I was going to make my
final and several things to include in it. Though it was a long, intensive
process of making the rough draft, I finally figured out some of the things I needed
to do. 
