Being A College Student

               Within the past few weeks of college, I’ve already taken some useful information out of this INQ class. Note taking the right way is something that I really took out of these lessons. Taking notes is something you will do in basically every class. Making sure you write down the main ideas, key concepts and questions that you don’t really understand will help you succeed as a student from note taking. I know I will put this type of note taking into my habit as a college student. Note taking is going to be very important, and having notes with useful information and clarity will help me become a better student that I would be with messy, unorganized notes.

                I have the problem with taking too many notes. I end up just writing down every possible thing that I see or hear. This is an issue because when I go to study, I never know exactly what to study. I now have a better understanding of how to take good notes in class. Yet, the form of note taking that I do not find useful to me is the Cornell Note Taking System. To me, it’s too much to think about and do. It wouldn’t really help at all, I feel like just writing meaningful notes then looking them over after class is the best thing to do.

I know that I need to set some goals for myself to help push myself along. I always put things off to the last minute and end up rushing to finish or have a million of things to do in one night. When we talked about time management relating to effort, I know I have to rethink the way I get things done. A goal I have is to space my work out. If I know about a project or an essay a while in advanced, I need to start putting work into it day by day. This is so much better than waiting until that last night putting little effort in just to get it done. This always works for me, but I know I need to work on changing that. To fulfill this goal, I know I need to just do as much as I can handle at a good pace.