Have you ever experienced a moment when you completed a long paper, finished a book, aced a test or presented a project to and impressed yourself with the work you did? You look back at your paper and think how you wrote it, or you sit back in your seat and think to yourself - How did I just present what I learned this semester with no note cards? Then you start to think a little more about your work and you notice that what you just did to finish your book, assignment or presentation actually consisted of a lot of preparation, i.e: reading, research for your paper, writing, editing, making slides for your power point, timing and practicing your presentation and you notice that a lot of the preparation takes time. Research for your paper may take hours. Reading your book may require you to invest a few hours a day and so on for all the preparation you have to do. Once you realized all the extra prep work you did, you may think that it was rewarding but stressful.
The truth is that the preparation we invest takes time, and if we don't make time to prepare ourselves for exams, projects, due dates then our work load as students will become stressful. I'm one of the million of student's learning how to make a path through all the extra work that comes along in university. I'm dedicating my time and knowledge to this blog to help, share and organize what I have learned thus far in my college career. Since I have been in university I have noticed that students do have a lot on their plate. We have due dates, readings, group meetings, internships, jobs, and clubs.
Here's how I think about it. Let's say for a minute that we are a track and field runner. Our job as a track and field runner is to run in the "Hurdle Race." That means that we have to run and jump over sticks that are placed on the track to add a challenge to the race. The tricky part is that if we don't jump in time or high enough then we risk the chance of falling and injuring ourselves. However, if we fall the upside of it all is that we can get back up, dust ourselves off and continue running in the race. To me a "Hurdle runner" has to adapt to the length until the next stick and time their steps so precisely, that when they get to that one step before the stick, they are ready to leap into the air, jump over the stick and continue running.
As students in higher education we are a "hurdle runner", and the sticks in front of us are our due dates, projects, exams, meetings - all of the preparation I mentioned before hand. It is important to adapt and to prepare ourselves enough to make the leap over the stick when the time comes. As I build this blog, I plan to illustrate how I have organized myself for assignments, exams and readings.
The truth is that the preparation we invest takes time, and if we don't make time to prepare ourselves for exams, projects, due dates then our work load as students will become stressful. I'm one of the million of student's learning how to make a path through all the extra work that comes along in university. I'm dedicating my time and knowledge to this blog to help, share and organize what I have learned thus far in my college career. Since I have been in university I have noticed that students do have a lot on their plate. We have due dates, readings, group meetings, internships, jobs, and clubs.
Here's how I think about it. Let's say for a minute that we are a track and field runner. Our job as a track and field runner is to run in the "Hurdle Race." That means that we have to run and jump over sticks that are placed on the track to add a challenge to the race. The tricky part is that if we don't jump in time or high enough then we risk the chance of falling and injuring ourselves. However, if we fall the upside of it all is that we can get back up, dust ourselves off and continue running in the race. To me a "Hurdle runner" has to adapt to the length until the next stick and time their steps so precisely, that when they get to that one step before the stick, they are ready to leap into the air, jump over the stick and continue running.
As students in higher education we are a "hurdle runner", and the sticks in front of us are our due dates, projects, exams, meetings - all of the preparation I mentioned before hand. It is important to adapt and to prepare ourselves enough to make the leap over the stick when the time comes. As I build this blog, I plan to illustrate how I have organized myself for assignments, exams and readings.
