Time Outside Class Essay

How have I changed/ Grown as a learner over my four years in high school?

Studies found that an hour difference in school start times led to a 2.32 grade difference. School start times should be later because of student health, academic ability, and students’ moods.

Whether or not to start schools at a later time has been very controversial around the world.

High school students spend seven hours a day in school, five days a week. To put this into a greater perspective that is 35 hours a week, 154 hours a month and approximately 1,358 hours a year. Numerous high school students feel that delaying the school start time by one hour would benefit their grades and mood because of sleep gained. It is important for those challenging the current start time to take into consideration that one who spends 35 hours a week in school may be sleep deprived due to other reasons, such as time management. High school starting an hour later would not be beneficial because scheduling would be difficult for parents and time would be drained from extra activities. There are various alternatives for tired students other than a later start time.

Often times the first thing that is need to accept to change is that something could be better. This is the case with my scholastic experience so far, when I was in high school I didn't study much. Going into my college experience I wanted to make sure that I could succeed, that's when I found the Framework for Success class. During the meet the mentor night I was introduced to my mentor Avery and he was very experienced and helpful. I learned many things during the meeting and las opened to new ideas as well.

The reason kids wouldn't have extra time in the day, is because since school will start later, it would end later as well. After school is when kids can get away from teachers and rules and enjoy having fun with friends or do extra curricular activities, but when it gets late in the day, it gets dark out and stores close. The area can also get filled with creeps who only go outside when it gets dark so they can do drugs or try to steal stuff. School starting later would decrease the time kids have to do other things besides school. If our whole day would be spent in school, we would all turn into nerds!

3. You have been asked to advise a growing organisation which employs 75 people in office-based roles but which has no specialist, dedicated HR function. Managers are particularly keen to know how they can best evaluate the effectiveness of their HR activities and initiatives. Despite limited funds being available the organisation manages to provide some form of formal training and development opportunities for everyone each year, gives everyone an annual performance appraisal and seeks to involve staff through a consultative forum which all attend at least once a year. What advice would you give? Justify your answer.

I feel like I have bettered myself as a teacher and a worker overall. Things have been a lot easier for me now that I truly understand the importance of documentation. I also feel like it has helped my level of communication and interaction with my student’s parents. I have copied the review section in the back of my textbook that lists all of the observation forms and what they focus on skill wise. I find myself referring to this list on a daily basis. And by doing so, I have created a more comfortable bond with the children in my classroom! I have also learned that when using documentation, to always keep at least copies on file and in portfolios. They are a great thing to look back on especially to determine progression over time. I used to throw things away after a certain amount of time and now I know the true importance of keeping them! I really enjoyed this class and learned a lot more than I had expected. Overall, I feel like I am a changed teacher and observer outside of school!

Time Time is defined as a measured or measurable period, a continuum that lacks spatial dimensions. This broad definition lacks the simple explanation that humans are searching for. There are many scientists, philosophers, and thinkers who have tried to put time into understanding terms. The aspects of time that we can understand are only based on what we can perceive, observe, and calculate. Every day we look at our watches or clocks.

The most significant change that happened in my life was when I first came to middle school. I thought it was gonna be hard and I was gonna give up right away and get sent back to elementary. So as the years went on I was starting to give up quickly. I didn't want to try, I wanted it easy. I wanted to go back to the easy life, but then I understood that was not going to happen. So I started to try because my grades were slipping and I knew I was smarter that that. This affected me by showing that not everyone is perfect and if you don't try you will never accomplish anything. At that point in time, I was really worried about what the cool kids are doing and who's dating who's and who's doing what. And then my grades started going down again

My improvement was a product of extreme dedication and hard work. I set myself up a study schedule consisting of reading my textbook and practicing my material for two hours a day, Monday through Friday. I was scheduling office hours as if my professor happened to be handing out hundred dollar bills at the meetings. In addition to those points, I made a friend in the class to quiz me on terms and learning objectives for each chapter.

I have become more proficient in my in note taking because I make sure I know what i'm writing about and not just copying what the teachers has put on the board. I also review my notes that I have taken to further understand the lesson or thing I have just learned. I never really did that in the beginning of the year because I felt I didn't have to but know that the material has gotten harder for me I do more often. I have also become better at my studying skills because I try to review all the content from the notes that I think would be helpful on a quiz. I also take my time when studying and don't rush to finish studying so that I can take more time to understand the important stuff in the notes.

Time management is an important quality that everyone needs to have. Time management is the ability to plan and control how you spend the hours in your day to accomplish your goals (Psychology Today). Personally, I have a really hard time with time management. Time wasters are my biggest enemy. Time wasters are what keep you from using you time effectively. Take cell phones for example: I could be working on homework, my phone goes off and I lose all thought. Cell phones cause interruptions, whether it be texts, calls, Facebook, or SnapChat something draws your attention away from what you need to be focused on. Turning off an unnecessary technology is a great way to eliminate time wasters. Without the laptop and cellphone on you can focus on what you really need to be doing. Your friend cannot text you wanting to do things, social media notifications are not distracting you, and you cannot be browsing the internet when you are actually supposed to be working. Another time waster would be procrastination. Everyone has procrastinated at some point, whether it was an assignment we did not want to do or a task at work we want to do, we all have done it. The act is it only hurts us in the end. We either rushed to complete the task or assignment and it was not that great, or we did not even do it at all. Way’s to stop procrastinating include: breaking it down so it’s not so overwhelming, knowing the consequences of not doing the assignment, and eliminating

Imagine getting home from school and finding yourself in isolation. You come home to find out that your parents are no longer there because they have been deported. Living in this country with undocumented parents implements a fear in millions of kids including myself. In 2015, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) records that 235,413 people were deported. Since most kids with undocumented parents are U.S citizens, when their parents get deported they face having to get separated. This shows how cruel the U.S deportation system works, the system is separating families and it’s affecting the lives of millions of U.S citizen children. When parents get deported they have to make the hard decision of taking their children to a foreign country where they probably will not receive the same opportunities they get in the U.S. Unfortunately, in some cases kids end up in foster care when no other care is provided. This process is devastating because no parent should ever be separated from their children. Everyday undocumented immigrants have to live through the fear of getting stopped by a cop and get deported. So the question is, should undocumented immigrants be allowed to live in the U.S without fear of getting deported? The answer should be yes. Immigrants should have the liberty to live a life where they don 't have to be scared of the people who should be protecting them. Most people have the ideal that all immigrants are criminals; however, that is not nearly true.

I need to work on being persistent, that's something that will help out in every aspect of my life as well as my journey through higher education. I plan to practice relaxations more, be more assertive, be out spoken, ask and keep discussion any problem I may have until I'm clear on the subject matter. At times I feel a sense of aloneness that I need to overcome, I feel as though I need to become more interactive with my fellow online peers. Spend more time researching the classroom material as that I may be more verbal in helping my peers as well as myself.