Last week was my first week of midterms. Oh what a hellish ride that was.
I don’t think I was satisfied with how I did on any of the midterms I wrote. I was disappointed and quite angry at myself for not working as hard as I should have. These were MIDTERMS. I really should have done many things differently. Now that I think of it, I am not satisfied with how I faced my first month of uni.
It was not until I finished my Chem 121 midterm last Thursday did I realize that I have gone through a month of being a university student. I never clearly noticed my transition into university mode-it kind of just happened as it did, and that makes me concerned if I’m even getting used to university properly. From navigating Connect to figuring out my schedules to writing my first 10 minute quiz to doing my first lab, I’ve been struggling to some extent.
Thinking about it, I find myself quite pathetic.
Here I am, surrounded by hundreds of my peers at a time, surrounded by so much confidence and purpose, and I myself don’t know what I’m doing. I know that I should be working harder to keep up, but somehow I always fall short from my goals. There’s no one else to blame that disaster on but me, and I’ve learned that the hard way.
For the past few days I’ve been thinking about how my approach to things could have been improved, and I’ve come up with a list of things I should improve as soon as possible. Learning from my mistakes involves addressing those mistakes head on, and here I am attempting to do just that.
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