"You have twenty-five minutes to finish the quiz, and if your paper isn't in the pile when I collect it, you get a zero." This wasn't exactly the best way to start of a quiz, although my Micro-Economics teacher thought it was. Seeing that I have testing anxiety, it also didn't help. Twenty- five minutes flew by, and I finished the last question as the buzzer went off. I knew I did not get every question correct, but I also didn't think I did horribly. When I later found out that my final score on that quiz was a 40, I was heartbroken. My first grade I received in college was a 40? Not exactly the best start to this four year process I was about to begin. But instead of freaking out and giving up, I knew that I instead just needed to reevaluate. I needed to see what I did wrong, and make sure that I did not do the same thing again.
EVOLVE.
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In high school, I was used to studying for an hour or two and grasping the concepts. This time was different. I knew that I needed to do more than hand in all of the homework and participate in class. I need to go home and review everything I had learned in class and then practice. Practice was something that everyone is familiar with growing up. "Practice makes perfect." But what if it doesn't make perfect. They never told you how much you might have to practice just in order to grasp a concept a small amount more than you did originally. This was a new concept to me. I am still working on this, but I am hoping that when the next quiz is given next week, I am better prepared than I was for the first one.
Thankfully I feel I have done very well in handing in all of the homework that is due. I never have much trouble making sure that all of the assigned work is in when it needs to be. My goal is to receive a gpa of higher than a 2.75 in my first semester. In order to do this I will need to keep up my homework like I have been doing. My scores in exams and quizzes is hopefully going to increase. In my other classes, I seem to be getting good grades. Micro- Economics will be the challenge of my semester. Since I know that this is my challenge, it will only make it easier for me to improve.
I will become the student that I want to be. I know that I am capable of achieving everything that I want. I will not stop until I am happy with my goals. My advice to you, is to strive for your biggest goals in life. You may be having trouble in some classes, but if you just step back and realize what you are good at, you will find it easier to do the things you need to improve on.
YOU CAN DO THIS.
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