My Life As A Student

Even though high school is very different than college I think these habits stick with us. From elementary school and beyond students begin study habit, these habits are used throughout all life, of course with some adjustments along the years. Personally, I like to get my work done right away so I can stray to procrastinate. I also like to write everything out, making it easier for me to remember. I may need to alter the way I learn and adapt to college curriculum, such as planning my time in a more efficient way. Not to over whelm my self by trying to complete my work all at once, and remember to just live sometimes. To take school seriously, but to also enjoy my time is what I want to focus

To begin with, there are many factors that contribute to my procrastination. The first reason that I blame my procrastination on is being lazy. As stated in the article, Procrastination: Is Your Future Self Getting a Bad Deal, in the third paragraph, Timothy Pychyl says, “In a sense we’re passing the buck to our future self.” This quote shows that you are being lazy and giving your future self the burden of whatever task was assigned to you, instead of being proactive and completing the job. As an example of myself being lazy, if I have homework or projects due at a later date in time, such as in a week or two, I would choose not to do it. Eventually, I end up being piled on with other schoolwork that is due in more recent dates, and I end

Since the start of the semster I have learned many different things about myself and how I can become a better student all around. Summer classes can fly by fast and doesn’t feel like a real semester. That it is just to get credit and move on to the next semester. That was not the case for me this summer semester because I needed to think about the rest of my college career. This summer semester is my first one coming back from academic suspension and I took last semester at South Plains College and Tarrant County College. I did really well making a 3.00 GPA overall and am most likely going to make a 3.5 this semester. This will be a huge boost to my overall GPA. The point is am at the point where I am ready to graduate and will try my hardest to get the best grades I can. I really just changed my mindset towards college and the way I prepare for tests and studying.

Throughout the years, I have grown and matured as a student, and a person. I have had several experiences which have shaped me into who I am and also shaped my values. I value family. As a senior in highschool, I had a lot of things on my shoulders. I needed to pick a college, a major, pretty much figure out my entire life in a matter of nine months. Many students had their family to fall back on when they needed support, I however, did not. My parents both had jobs that would take them away during the week. I would be home alone, taking care of the dogs, the house and myself while they were gone. It was very hard at first and I struggled. I was use to coming home and talking about whatever happened that day at school and practice, or something

The next part in a habit loop is the routine. It is the detailed behavior for pursuing a expected reward. As the frequency of doing one particular behavior goes up, the memory of this habit loop will be strengthened and we are more likely to repeat the behavior in the future. My routine of the habit to procrastinate is to delay the time to do my homework and enjoy the free time in advance. This always causes a series of problems. I will have to finish my homework in a hurry and usually use my sleep time to meet the requirements of daily homework. My routine to procrastinate can relieve my pressures from daily burdens, however, I have to stay up late to complete my homework as a result.

My enduring nature, ability to problem solve, and the consistency of producing high-quality result are the strengths that have made me successful in my coursework. These elements that I possess were not given to me from birth. I have been molded into the achieving person I am through the persistance of my father and the guidance of my teachers. I have developed these strengths by working on my weakness. Growing up, these strengths were innate until I realized that working on assignments the night before it’s deadline creates mediocre results compared to the assignments I have invested valuable time and studying into. Instead of finishing my work before giving myself leisure time, I had consistently put off my work until last minute. My weakness of procrastination has an obstacle I have been working to prevail over for many years. Entering high school I knew that procrastination was going to lead to stressful nights and poor grades. In order to become productive, I have disciplined myself to schedule my work times to practice on my

I like to think there are four levels of procrastination. The first is false security, the “I still have plenty of time, I can finish this later.” The second is laziness, the thoughts like,“I should probably get this started. Nah.” Next comes denial and excuses such as, “I would start this, but I’m doing something else right now.” and, “I’m just taking a little break.” Then finally the crisis stage, the stage during which you stay up all night long in order to finish the homework assignment you had all day to do. Because of this, the hardest part of my daily routine was the time when I knew I needed to start my homework, but I truly wanted to keep watching shows on Netflix. This wouldn't be as difficult if it weren't

In order for me to get all of that momentum toward completing my work going, I must walk into my home and go straight into my study zone. I have to have all of those things going for me to have a successful study time. If anything is missed like turning off the television or not going straight into that room then the chances of me doing any work go down drastically. Procrastination is like an addiction for

life” (Dweck 6). Dweck explores the how the fixed mindset can hinder a person’s learning capability, while also exploring how converting to a growth mindset can help an individual’s intellect blossom. Carol Dweck’s backing of both scientific studies and personal experiences genuinely support her main focus

Procrastination is never good. I know that first hand. I have done it all my life and there for a while I could get away with it. Then I got into high school. Before, I could do my homework and projects the night before in an hour or so. I tried that in high school, and instead of going to bed at 10 p.m., I would go to sleep around 3 a.m. because I waited to write a paper. Unfortunately, I’m not a very

Procrastination is not always a very bad thing though; there are some points in your life that it could prove to be a plus. If done enough you will be use to doing things last minute, which could possibly help you in your career with handling pressure when you boss tells you do something within a set amount of time. Also extended amounts of doing this bad habit could help you learn to take pressure better, as example when you have a huge paper due by the next morning and you need to keep your self calm or else it will show when your writing the paper. Even though these sound like positive measures to procrastinating they are really not worth the

Procrastination is one of my biggest downfalls however I can fix this by practicing better time management skills. Throughout the college process I can foresee this as being an ongoing challenge because i'll know that I have enough time to get an assignment done but depending on the assignment i'll wait two days or a day before to complete it,and it's not on purpose it's simply because i'm not managing my time

My entire high school career has been pushing off assignments until the very last minute. Even this paper has been pushed off until late hours of the night. It has been a problem for a long time, but I have been reluctant to do anything about it. In high school it is easy to procrastinate because there will always be people to sympathise with you. Getting on a different sleep schedule is the first thing I am attempting to become less of a procrastinator. Recently, IOS implemented a new app to the iphone to help people get to sleep earlier: I have been using this app to my advantage. My laziness is like a ticking time bomb, if I am not careful I will go into college with bad habits and an attitude that will make it almost impossible for me to succeed

College is a great opportunity that I am blessed to be going through today. I see it as an opportunity to grow as a person and set myself up for the future I want. The success I have in the future will be greatly affected by how I do in college.

I haven’t talked in 3 years. I found that if I don’t talk, I don’t have to deal with the added pain. I live in my own little world where I write, sleep, go to school, and eat. Besides that I don’t do much. I portray as the literal human embodiment of an outcast. I have grayish blue eyes, straight light brown hair that I personally think looks like poop, but my mother doesn’t allow me to compare myself to poop. I basically wear the same things every day, an old flannel or t shirt with my jeans and dirty white slip on vans. Most people think not talking would make you lonely, which at times it can be, but otherwise I pretty much just write out what I wanna say so I get through pretty well. Not talking started after my parents’ divorce, then my dad kind of forgot about me because apparently drugs and alcohol are more important than your 10 year old. Now I live alone with my mom and my dog Rascal. It’s pretty quiet in my house, because my mom usually works late, so it’s pretty much Rascal and I until 8pm. Don’t get me wrong, my mom is an angel, I just get lonely at home talking to a dog that doesn’t even have opposable thumbs. My school life is a yawn fest, I go from class to class not talking, except in LA, then I only talk to my teacher, Mrs. Cantiad, when it’s just us. She is the only one that sees potential in me as a writer, I want to dedicate my first book to her. The one thing I hate about school though is the hallways, I compare the hallways to hell. I can feel the eyes