Self Analysis

In the first video “Beliefs That Make You Fail… Or Succeed” Dr. Steven Chew started off by stating you, the student, cannot become an A student overnight with little to no effort. He made a great point by saying “…students base their study behavior on their beliefs of how they best learn”, I agree with this statement because this could be the reason as to why everyone learns in many different ways. He went over three key facts which fall under “Beliefs That Make You Stupid”, which the first was you should always plan ahead of time because your assignments or reading will most likely take longer than you expected them to, therefore be realistic about your timing. The second key fact would be don’t isolate your learning, this meaning to be open minded because teachers look for conception and if you try to constantly remember the things you’re not really understanding what you’re going over. Thirdly, you aren’t born and automatically good at that subject. You must actually work towards achieving a high success in that subject matter. When it comes to being distracted you’re just losing more

After seeing the video of professor Chew’s talk on “How to get the most out of studying, part 1” I realize the mistakes I’m doing when I’m studying. I been doing the same mistake since high school and now I know why I was struggling so much in some classes. Because I was multitasking most of the time when I was studying and being over confidents about knowing the topic I wasted a lot of time learning.

However, procrastination and shortcomings of my confidence in my abilities are a few of the roadblocks that I stumble upon. There were always times where I didn’t believe that I would succeed, but I often pull through, with multiple lessons learned here and there. Moreover, it is primarily due to my family, especially my parents, who shaped my life. Throughout my life, there have been the modest family squabbles, but there is nobody else in the world that I completely trust my well-being and life to besides my family. Afterall, they had the most impact on my life and done so much for me, even during times where I become very disagreeable. Overall, I try to become the best that I can be, whether it be through knowledge of past successes and failures. Self-improvement the path I walk on and even thought I may stumble and even fall, I will pick myself up and continue walking if

I am a fast worker; I easily find ways on how to get things done. Basing from the comments I have earned from my supervisor during my On-the-job training, she said that I am an accurate and fast worker.

I always have trouble with getting the right amount of detail, clarity, vocabulary, or whatever it is my teacher is asking.”

Multiple techniques have been documented, in addition to consumables, that give us a boost when it comes to the focus and concentration we need to learn and, more importantly, retain the information for future recall. By understanding

I now know that when I have trouble learning a topic all I need to do is find a strategy to make me understand the information clearly. I know that if I want to be successful I need to challenge myself to learn the harder material. This information will give me advantages towards other students considering that I know how to grow my brain properly by effort, good strategies, and help from others. As I pursue my life as a college student the knowledge I have learned will help me move forward toward higher achievements for example a higer education degree, and honors programs. All of this will benifit me when I get a job, and when I fill out my resume because they will see me as a person who studied hard, and has the time and skills to be the best he can

In an attempt to find self-validation and because of the need to understand my own existence, I made a deep analysis of my ancestral

“The brain is like a muscle, the more someone exercise's it, the stronger it becomes. Every time they try hard and learn something new, their brain forms new connections that, over time, make them smarter.” This is a quote from the article “The Perils and Promises of Praise,” by Carol S. Dweck which is the first article the class read. In other words, this quote means that with a little effort anyone can reach their goals when they are willing to expand their mind by learning something new. For the most part, the experience of this class has taught me to analyze reading material, how the writing process works, and to correctly use punctuation and grammar.

I have applied Carl Jung and Erik Erikson’s theories to my own personality. I examined myself, took a Jung typology test and interviewed family to try and gain the most accurate information to work with. I thoroughly review the concepts of both psychologists’ theories on personality. I surprising found analyzing myself very difficult, but it has proven to be a very interesting learning experience. This self-analysis has helped me identify problems with my personality and given me a drive to change them.

Success did not come easy and took a great deal of time and dedication. Even with the constant investment in changing my behavior some of the challenges I faced included

If I had to rate myself when it comes to participating in class I would say that I am a seven of out ten. When it comes to having in class discussions, I am usually hesitant to participate in them mainly because I am nervous to share my take on whatever topic the class is discussing. I also dread making a point and having to advocate for it, as I cannot always come up with my points fast, and the possibility that I can be talked over by other vocal students is not far behind. It is rare that I find myself in a situation where I do not understand the concepts for our lessons, as they most of the time come easy to me. When that rare time comes, I will usually ask my peers that I now have better grasp on the concept than me to possibly help me understand the concepts better. I know that doing this is not always a good objective, but I prefer to use this tactic as my first choice to get help and I will go

This essay will briefly describe a past academic learning experience that I found difficult. I will use elements of the Information Processing Model (Woolfolk & Margetts, 2016) to help explain why the difficulties occurred and to uncover different strategies that could be put in place if ever I was to face this, and other situations again.

Courses started to be very challenging and information was overloaded. While I was slowly revising my basic understandings, new information kept coming.

I have learned many concepts. I learned about fractions. My class is in the third period. In school, I have seven periods. In third period Mrs. Pilato teaches us students. In class we work with partners. I think letting us work with partners helped us learn teamwork. In class Mrs. Pilato has us take notes about fractions. We write about dividing fractions, turning fractions into decimals, percentage. Almost everything to help us with eighth grade. Our notes are nothing like the average “write down your notes and get a grade.” Our notes are Cornell notes. We have to write our EQ, the EQ Is the essential question that we write at the top of the page. At the left side of the page, we write questions. Lastly, at the bottom of the page we have the summary. The notes, also aren’t full sentences. Using Cornell notes helped me understand fractions much easier. Another thing I have learned this year is about the slave trade. I learned about the slave trade in history second period. Mrs. Kavan taught us about this. Mrs. Kavan always told us if we were confused, then ask for help. Mrs. Kavan has always been concerned with our future and knowledge. Before she ever lets us go on to the next step, she makes sure we know what we are doing and helps us understand before continuing. When she asked about the slave trade I raised my hand and told her it was when people took the children and put them up for auction. She told me close, but really it was about trading slaves with gold pottery etc. My third concept I learned about being when I learned about the Punnett square. I had no idea why it was used. Neither did I know how it was used. I found out it wasn't too hard and decided that it could help me guess what my rabbit’s kittens will look like. My teacher in period four made it look easy too. Again it was Mrs. Pilato and she gave us examples that made things look simple. She would use things like Xx for the blue eyes and Yx for the green eyes. She also gave us vocabulary to understand.