This Spring semester was actually a good semester for me, overall. However, there have been times where I felt like a failure because I did not complete things in the time that I had set out to do them. I also have failed at attending class every day like I set out to do.
Even though my lectures are recorded I find that I learn much better in a classroom environment, so I promised myself that I would attend class every day. I made it about halfway through the semester (which is longer than I've gone in the past), but stopped going right before the midterm to "take study time" and never went back after allowing myself out of the pattern. I had several mornings where I told myself I would wake up and go again, but it just didn't happen. I'm pretty disappointed with myself in this regard, because I know I always make better grades and retain the information better when I am in the actual classroom. Otherwise, I tend to get very distracted and do not focus on the lecture itself.
I am kind of embarrassed about this because I told a few close friends about my goal and I saw me just utterly fail at it. Generally when I fail at something I do get kind of frustrated, but I try not to hold on to that feeling for too long because I know it will do nothing good for me. Overall, I try to move on and just kind of improve myself in the future. So, although I have not yet reached my goal of attending class every day (for my recorded classes), I have made a bit of progress this semester and hope to do even better for Fall 2019.
Hi Arielle, I understand what you mean about trying to keep up with classes. I think that since you’re feeling embarrassed about not reaching your goal after telling your friends about it, you’ll do much better next semester because you’ll have those negative feelings to urge you to go. You won’t want to repeat the experience. You’re going to do even better in Fall.
ReplyDeleteHello Arielle,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post because I completely understand how difficult it is with keeping up with classes or putting together a schedule. My fall semester I was terrible with keeping a schedule together and getting to my classes whether they were optional or mandatory. I believe the more we attend college, the closer we'll be at going to class more.