blog#6

Blog#6
1) What are you most looking forward to next semester?
What I am looking forward to for next semester: my courses. I am retaking Human Anatomy (didn’t do as well as I wanted to do) and I am looking forward to see if Dr. Froiland sticks to his syllabus. Hopefully I will do a lot better, since I have most of his lectures recorded and I will be keeping my notes. Bonus: taking the lab with a different TA-get to see a different teaching method. I will be taking Intro Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, plus Intro Sociology. I am hopping to be able to do both classes and not have to drop one. They both sounded very interesting. Currently I am at 20 credits for the winter but I think I will be dropping down to 16. The class I will be dropping is offered during the summer and since there are at least two other classes that I will be taking at that time I figured it should give me enough credits to be full time student in summer. woohoo
2) What advice do you have for incoming freshman next fall?
Advice to new freshman
1-record you lectures, get a recorder that allows you to connect to your laptop. BY recording the lectures it allows you to go back and edit your notes. Listen to the recording on you way to class or any down time you may have.
2-use the resources on campus. It doesn’t hurt to go ask for help. Think of it this way: no fee and cost only your time. Make use of your tuition. There is the writing center, tutor groups or one on one tutoring. The writing center helped me with a few of my EN papers.
3-do not be afraid to speak with you professor. It is amazing how different they are when they are in their office. If you don’t understand something let them know and they may be able to explain it better. It also shows that you are trying to pass their course. Make sure that what you say does sound like you were trying to fallow along in class.
4-Make us of you time. If you have a lab or a class that is hours long and gets done early. Stay: work on your assignment for that class, speak with the teacher, talk with other classmates about the assignment (might be able to form a study group). If you can’t stay in the room cause the teacher is leaving and locks up. Try to find an area near by to set at and work on the assignment while it’s still fresh in your mind.
5-DO NOT OVER DO IT! Taking a lot of courses or even a lot of credits can put a strain yourself. If you can try to get at least an hour break in between every two hours. It helps you to recollect your thoughts for your next course and review assignments.