Taking my education seriously. Part 3

The semester is over halfway done now. Time is flying by. My work at Bethany Christian Schools and my school work is definitely keeping me busy. I continue to focus on the three goals I set for the semester. These goals were habits I had developed during college, the first time around, and I knew they would help me be successful again when I started the Transition to Teaching program.

1. Avoiding procrastination with reading and assignments.
2. Reading all of the material assigned to me and taking reading notes.
3. Leaving early enough in the morning so that I am not rushing into class at the last minute.

I continue to do very well with two out of three of my goals. I do not put anything off. In fact, this will be my last assigned blog entry for this semester. The original assignment of 5 areas with 4 entries each has been downgraded to 4 areas with 3 entries each. I was pacing myself so I could have everything easily completed by the Dec. 4 deadline and now find myself way ahead of schedule. I am not complaining though. It will be good to cross this off my list of things to do this semester and will allow me to start working ahead on a few larger projects that will be due towards the end of the semester.

I am taking two classes this fall and I've found that I do a great job of reading all of my assigned material and taking reading notes for one of the classes. The other class I am not doing as well with this. The difference is definitely that I have regular reading quizzes in the first class. I am losing motivation to do all of my reading in the second class because we do not have reading quizzes and the information is presented in class.

The third goal continues to go well. I become very panicked when I am running late and that in itself is enough motivation for me to leave early and get to class with time to spare. I have also used this time to look over reading notes and this has helped me be better prepared for reading quizzes as well as class discussions.

As the semester begins to wind down I will continue to focus on these three things. So far they have served me well.