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Personal Narrative: The Way To Succeed At American River College

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Fadi Dalal
Eng 109X Midterm
The Way to Succeed
Working so hard is not the only method to succeed in college, but there are other matters we need to have to become successful. I remember my first mathematics class at America River College; I did not know any of the students in that class, so I had to study alone. I used to work too hard, and I spent hours studying and doing homework. I had a lot of subjects that I did not understand, and I had no one to explain it to me. I ended that mathematics class which it was pre-calculus with a B-. The previous semester I took calculus, it was a difficult class, but I did not have a hard time studying for it because some students and I in that class made a study group. Having a study group helped me a …show more content…

I had this problem in my first semester in college. I remember my pre- calculus class, it was so hard, and I had a lot of materials that I did not understand. I used to think it will be awkward if I tell the professor that I did not understand about what he is teaching. Also, having a bad accent made me unable to connect with the students in my class because I used to feel shy about being unable to speak English very well. I past my pre-calculus class with a B- even though I was able to get an A if I asked the professor to explain to me the materials that I did not understand. A lot of freshmen students in college have the same problem; they think it is inappropriate to ask the professor to explain the subject again. The semester after I found out that there are a lot of places at American River College where students can go to get help in subject that they do not understand, some of these places are the math center, the reading center, and MESA; these places help a lot of students to understand the materials that they are studying. Students who are unable to share their problems become distressingly isolated, and their grades go down, and students who are engaged with other students do very well in their classes. A lot of freshmen college students put themselves in isolation, and they try get away from the other students, they try to study hard, but they cannot get good grades because they face a …show more content…

A lot of students think that they have to spend the whole time studying, and they put themselves in isolation, but they end up with bad grades. I used to play soccer when I was in high school but when I moved to college I thought playing soccer will distract me, but I was wrong. Playing soccer in high school was helping me to clear my mind which helped me to focus when I study. A lot of students do not realize that doing activities while studying in college will help them to improve their grades. Doing activities like having a part time job, playing a sport, or joining a club help the students to clear their minds. In the other hand there are students who are unable balance their working time and studying time, those students should stop working because their grades will go down. Each student should have activities outside the school but when these activities affect the grade the student has to leave these

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