College

WOW. Where did the time go?? This is my last blog, to be honest its probably gonna be the last blog im  ever going to do. Starting a new chapter in my life was kind of scary to me. I was afraid that college would wear me down but it did the opposite. College showed me how school should be. Not gonna lie there were classes that I took these first 2 semesters that I thought I was gonna fail but to my surprise I passed. I like how theres so much freedom in college. You could pick your own classes, leave campus whenever you want and in some classes you can even ditch. Not saying that its a good thing but for some classes you could leave and if you're smart enough you could still pass the class. College allows you to grow up and become more mature (hopefully ) by letting you finally decide what you want to do. In the beginning I didn't really know what to really expect since im the first in my family to go to a four year. I met some cool people this year, I learned a lot of new thin...

In one of my classes my professor put us into groups with other students that they think we will work good with. We've had the same group since the beginning of the semester. The first project went well. I wasn't worried about whether or not we would finish it on time. We communicated very well and aced the project and presentation. Unfortunately I feel like our communication has gone down the drain for this new project. Our project is due Friday and we still have to finish our ten page research essay, powerpoint, printing out all the pages and putting it into our book and preparing for our presentation thats on Monday. Im nervous because theres so much to do and I don't know if we'll be able to finish it on time. I try to be the one to remind them without being THAT person who bothers everyone but its a group grade so if they fail then I fail. I can't let that happen. Every-time I talk to my group members they either don't listen or say that they have other hom...

Where has the time been? As we start getting closer to the end of the semester time seems to go by so fast. So fast that when I look back I don't realize how much I've done in such a small amount of time. Ive done so many presentations, exams, essays, midterms, projects in a matter of 4-5 months and its not even done yet. Because I go to school 3 days out of the weeks I have about 11-12 days left of school days. Its exciting to think about because once summer break comes I get about 3 months of no homework, exams and essays. It'll make the small stress that I have go away for a little. I shouldn't be thinking about that right now. I need to be thinking about the work that I still need to do. In English I still need to do another essay. In communications I still have an exam and project that I have to present in front of the class for 20 minutes. In chem I still have an exam and a final. Chem is the class that i'm more worried about and need to study more for. In my ...

In many of my posts I believe that I stated numerous times that I have been stressing and that my grades are bad. Also that I am not able to focus on school and that I didn't know why. I believed that my grades were slipping and I was scared because of that. However, recently I noticed that my grades were better than expected. A's or B's in my classes. I caused myself way more stress than I should've had because of overthinking. I realized that all I need to do is do exactly what the professors are asking us to do and turn it in on time. If I do all of that then my grade should be fine. Im a big procrastinator so thats what also causes me to overthink. Sometimes I do my work just before its due and I get a really good grade or its the total opposite and its not good at all. I received a B+ on my presentation for my communication class that I have mentioned before in my previous blogs. In all honesty I was overthinking that grade too. I was expecting a low be or high C, ...

Spring break went by in a blink of an eye. The only thing that I did this spring break was stay home, relax, and clean my house. Now that school is starting and we only have about 6 weeks of school left I hope it goes by fast. This semester has gone by so fast also. So fast that I realized that I don't know that much about Stan. I think I need to get to know my school more. Before today, the only places I knew on campus were main dining, the gym and the buildings that my classes are in. In my communications class my teacher gave us an easy day. She created a scavenger hunt that made us go to places and take pictures or get brochures/pamphlet that gave us information about the places. I spend all my breaks off campus or in main dining so it was good to get the opportunity to learn more about Stan. It helped because I was partnered up with one of my friend who is on her second to last year of school. She knew where all the places were so we got most of the items that we were supposed...

My last day of class is on Wednesday and then ill be out for spring break. I feel a little relieved because I don't have anymore assignments, midterms, exams due besides one presentation.  I only have school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, so whenever I get homework I get it all at the same time. My presentation is due on Wednesday for my last class of the day. Once Im finished I can leave and start my break. Im not really sweating this presentation because the part that I have to do is only 2 minutes long and my group and I have been preparing for over a month.  I think this spring break will be much needed for me because I have been feeling overwhelmed with school work. Assignments kept on piling up so not having any work for a little will put me back to feeling a little more motivation. Hopefully when we come back things will be easier because of the break from all of the work. We only have 6-7 weeks left of our second semester when we come back. Its crazy to think tha...

In this blog I will talk about my first time having midterms. Last semester I did not have any midterms at all and now this year I have two. Yeah it seems like no big deal because it could be all of my classes but its only two. My first midterm was for my world civilizations class last week. It was kind of hard to prepare for because I don't really learn anything in that class and I hardly have any notes from that class. The professor that I have usually puts about 5-6 words per slide on her power point. She doesn't really go into details. I feel like she thinks that we should already know what she's teaching. This sucks because history is my favorite subject but I'm not learning anything, also because I know how I did on my midterm and I'm only being graded on the midterm, exam, and homework thats due every Friday. My second midterm which is this week is for my communication class. We have to watch Freedom Writers today and Wednesday. Then on Friday we have to answ...

What I have noticed recently is that my communication skills are getting way better. Before college, I would be so scared go up and talk in front of people. I  would be so nervous that every time its my turn I would get anxiety or I would talk way too fast. Now as time passes I get less nervous and more comfortable talking in front of class and to new people. The past couple weeks in my communication class has really helped. I chose my communications class because it was a group discussions class so I thought that I wasn't going to have to speak in front of the class as much. Unfortunately thats not the case. I have been in front of the class at least once a week. Today, we were playing a game where we had to get our group members to say the word thats on your card without actually saying that word. The twist on the game is that we couldn't use words like um, uh, yea, you know and like. It was harder than you think. When it was my time to go up I thought I was gonna mess things...

Lately, my classes have been overwhelming. I think this has to do with so much work being given. I have been getting homework and assignments left and right. They keep piling up, and they are piling up fast. Although the environment this semester is better than last semester, I've been having more and more work. Recently I have been forgetting to do assignments because they've all be due around the same time. This scares me because its going to effect my grades. In college its harder to raise your grades because theres only so much work you are graded on. Also, it scares me because I want to join the nursing program. The nursing program is hard to get into because its based on how good your grades are. The people with the highest grades get in. Theres only a certain amount of spots open. I do write down my assignments to remind me but for some reason I still can't get myself to remember.  I think I need to start putting alarms on my phone because thats the only choice that ...

eNow that the second semester is here i feel more prepared than ever. During my winter break I had time to reflect on the first semester and I realized that I could have done much better than I did. Unfortunately, that is the past and there is nothing I can do about it now. The only thing I can possibly do is try harder than I did last semester. I finally know how college is and how the system works. Although we’ve only been in the second semester for about 3 weeks, I feel more motivated than ever. With no distractions. I am allowing myself to focus more on my education, future, well being, and forgetting about what has distracted me in the past. So far I have been enjoying the classes that I chose. The class that I have been enjoying the most is my COMM class. I chose group discussions because I get anxiety when I have to speak in front of people so I thought if I went in groups it’d be easier. With the luck that I have, my professor has required us to speak in front of the class se...