blog#2

Ø Describe your ideal Instructor/Professor.
~Ideal professor for me; is approachable, speaks clearly and loud, does not talk to the board, gives worksheets & provides the answers, does not assume that you know everything because it was said once to you. Lab instructors should review what was given in a lecture: do not ask “did he go over this? Okay-good”. Gives detail explanation to what they are looking for in an answer. They should do a review day the day before the test. Just because you do a 2 min review at the beginning of each lecture doesn’t mean we got it- if you don’t like to then don’t get mad if I ask you if it’s okay to review the notes I have with you- once again approachable. If they us power point students should be able to excess it via the course webpage (or anything that is meant for student/instructor communication). Throw a curve ball, pop quizzes are bummer but it helps to tell were I’m falling behind. Keep in mind I am one of thousands whom make your paycheck possible. Don’t look down on me because I am female student.

Ø “I knew it when I studied it, but I forgot it on the test.” How can students study differently to prevent this from happening?
~I have no idea; I am one of those students. Change the way you study. One thing I try to do is a breathing exercise to calm myself down. By being calm the answer may come. Take beep breath through your noise into your belly. Hold for 5 seconds then breath out slowly through you mouth. Repeat about 10 times. I actually do this a lot other reasons, helps me sleep, if I am upset, or just not in a calm state. Thank you Mrs. Boyle!

Ø How do you study for quizzes/tests?
~I read my notes, do my flash cards, if any of the chapters have practice questions I do those and I skim the chapters that will be part of the exam. New thing I am doing is listening to my recording of lectures. Also getting together with someone else or a study group does help.

Ø What do you have trouble with on quizzes/tests?
~The trouble I have with quizzes/test is the pressure of getting the right answer. A lot of the time the way a question is worded does not make sense to me and I need it stated a different way for me to understand. I do have a learning disability, so through out high school it took me longer to get a test done than some other students.

Health fast food: I agree to the subway veggie sub. Hardees’ side salads are okay, I know(exemployee of 8 yrs) the produce is fresh and cut right there. However I would not recommend it during winter. A lot of the produce comes from other countries-poor quality. Now the salad dressing is a different store. An alternative to fries is baked sweet potatoes fries. They are so good and lot healthier for you. Baked is better tan going fried. Eating them plan is fine. Coco’s has them-not much of a fast food. they are soo good I had to post it. Waddell’s in Jefferson WI does a style of the slider burgers. This meat is fresh daily and the patties are made per order. Grilled right then as well. The grease on the grill is not good. This is a shack size kitchen and everything is cooked on the small grill. I feel this is better that any frozen (sometimes pre cooked) patty that you will get at a fast food chain restaurant.