Chemistry Class Reflection

It is currently my worst class but I have been preparing for it with Mr. Seaver for the past couple weeks. He thinks that I am well prepared but that does not mean that I can begin to slack. I am determined to keep studying for this exam until it is on my desk in front of me and I guarantee that I will bring up my B+ average to an A-. I have an entire free period prior to the exam to review the material. His exam starts at 10:45 Thursday morning. Friday morning, I have two exams but they are in my strongest subjects, Chemistry and Physics. I have been preparing for these exams vigorously as

The fall semester course had gone smoothly. I had a very good teacher, and despite the fact that it was his first time teaching the course, he did a very nice job of preparing us for the exam. Of course I didn't know this at the time prior to the exam, as I was overly anxious that he had perhaps neglected to teach us a certain chapter or section, and I would bomb the exam as a result. These fears turned out to be totally unfounded of course. But my mind seemed to be concocting every possible scenario in which I would perform poorly on the exam for whatever possible reason.

When I sat down, removed my calculator, three number two pencils, and my admission ticket, I started to relax more and more. As the supervisor of the classroom handed out the book of questions along with the answer sheet, I thought to myself, “what if I get a bad score like before?” I knew I wasn’t the best test taker, but I just had to keep telling myself to try my hardest and just see how it goes. As the supervisor said “you have 45 minutes to complete this section of the test, you may start,” I gripped the pencil with my hand, and began to read the question and fill in the best answer of four options.

One of the subjects that I remember well from high school is curriculum that I learned from my AP Chemistry course. I took AP Chemistry throughout my entire junior year in high school. My chemistry course was the first time that I was introduced to the “reverse classroom” teaching style. My teacher, Mr. Rippeon, explained reverse classroom (also called flipped classroom) as a teaching style where the students watch assigned lecture videos for homework, and learning activities and demonstrations are done during class to reinforce what was learned from the videos. In my class specifically, we completed small labs, did worksheets in groups, and did many short demonstrations. Some of the demonstrations included lighting tables on fire with various chemicals, experimenting with marshmallows in vacuums, and setting tables on fire. Because my

Upon looking back at my honors experience at Elgin Community College, I vividly remember the first honors class that I attended, American Government, or POS 150. I remember being extremely nervous to attend this class. At this point in my ECC career, I still doubted myself when it came to my academics and what I was capable of. I kept thinking that I was going to fail my honors class and ruin my honors experience. What I soon came to realize was that this class was going to be something completely different than the traditional classes that I had taken before. The setting of this class was mostly discussion, lecture, and reflection. We had our textbook, Democracy for the Few, and each week we were instructed to read a chapter and then come to class ready to discuss and share our ideas.

I'm fully aware that I have not completed Chemistry 2, however, I have taken Chemistry 1 and I received a solid 100% in the class. I also have taken Honors Physical Science at Sylvania Northview as a Freshman. During the second semester, we focused solely on chemistry and we covered some of the following topics such as stoichiometry, density, nomenclature, balancing chemical equations, the periodic table, understanding nuclear energy, and atoms. In addition, I have also taken AP Biology and Honors Biology as well.

In conclusion, I did great in this class because I was conscious about what goal of this class. I was ready for this class since the day I registered for it, and I decided to read and follow what it mentioned in the syllabus, and to listen to my teacher. It was my responsibility to be up to date on my works and assignments even though I had another class this semester. As Jean De La Fontaine said: “slow and steady wins the race

I am confident enough to rate on a scale from 1-10, that 10 rates how confident I am to complete my education. I have changed my work schedule to allow myself to complete my assignments and I put my assignments first when they post. Instead of waiting another day, why not just complete it today. I can say I have been stressed some that my computer wont be fixed until September 11, and I had some problems with some assignment uploads; I have not allowed those minor problems to stop me from completing my assignments. This is something I am determined to complete and I refuse to stop pushing and driving

In the middle of the semester I know that the martial is going to get difficult. I have 5 in class writing assignments that I don’t feel confident about because I don’t know how to spell in Spanish that well. When I took Spanish 105 that was the hardest assignment that I had to do in that class. I have to prepare for the writing assignment before I take them. The first exam is on September 21 I feel that I’m going to do well in the exam because I know the material, but I have to get more help on the reflexive pronouns. The second exam is going to be held on October 28, I don’t feel that confident that I will do great on this exam because it is going to be new material that I have never learned. On November 16, I have an oral exam I’m not confident with the oral exam. I know how to talk in Spanish, so that is not going to be a problem, but the only problem that I will have is properly talking in Spanish, and using the new vocabulary words. The final exam is going to be difficult because always tend to shut myself out and not

I remember was to my classes from Composition 1 always often has two times can't believe not finish to my graduation been at Texas Southmost College still to my 3 years. Because a nation are my writing skills for ASL (American Sign Language) and some grammar is a check to my grade being lower before the semester. For teacher is Maria. L Morales are Spring Semester was on 2015 almost to pass because near percent of the grade with the final is got D should more add points. I will take a class again to Composition 1 being Fall Semester with another teacher is George Flores sometime not good to my grade lower with essay and some quiz in class use to teaching about take a vocabulary word in the PowerPoint. I did went to every day arrive on time

The first lecture exam wasn’t hard, but my score did not reflect this. I received a 72 percent because of the issues that I had. Answer changing, not studying enough, and test anxiety are what caused this test to go bad. But now I know some strategies to help with these problems.

Now then, I believe I performed rather poorly on last week’s midterm due to a lack of preparation. Yes, we’ve had the vocabulary since the first week of summer- and, yes, the class was given a scheduled date as to when we would be tested on our terms. However, I still managed to demonstrate my poor work ethic. Sure, I could blame my failure by stating that it was merely bad timing or I was simply overwhelmed with work from other classes, but- truth be told-

Reacquaint yourself with the syllabus and see if there was anything that you missed that could help you be successful in your class. Always come to class prepared with whatever you're going to need for that particular class. Teacher's don't tend to like it when students are always asking each other for a physical item because they were incompetent in bringing their own. Make sure you take plenty of notes as that properly engages you in the class and helps you when you leave the class that day. Then, you use those notes and your textbooks to study. It's critical that you find 2-3 hours a week to study for that course. Also, don't fall behind on the new assignments the teacher give you, keep up with your grades, and feel free to ask questions whenever you need any. Teachers are here to help you succeed in that course, so make sure you use them as much as you may

I always thought of myself a particularly average student, not in the hardest of classes, but not the easiest. I was not at the very top of my class, but I was certainly not in the bottom. It was not because of my lack of trying that I felt this way; I just had never taken classes really challenged me the way that AP chemistry did.

My evaluation of my progress so far is that I am falling behind on keeping up with the readings and understanding the new concepts that we are learning. Due to not understanding the readings, my homework assignments’ grade is decreasing and affecting my overall grade. On the other hand, I am doing all the assignments on time. In addition, I am going to all the lectures and paying attention, while taking notes. I have also been noticing that doing class assignments is helping me understand the concepts better, since I am a hands-on learner. By evaluating my progress, I am aware of what to focus on to improve my grade for the second half of the semester.