Keep Calm and Ace Your Finals

15b)

I cannot believe that finals are already around the corner! It feels like it was only last week when we first walked into class and formed our circles with our desk and went around and introduced ourselves. As finals are right around the corner I find myself more stressed out than usual. Some ways I’m planning on getting ready for them is by setting a day for each subject to study for. For me, the most effiecent studying I get done is the day before my class. When I try to spread it out I forget the material more easily. Also I have a photographic memory so the information stays fresh in my head, which is very helpful in storing information. One studying method that helps me out the most is using flash cards. I plan on making flashing cards for my classes to help me study. For my statistic class we are allowed to have two pages of notes so I’m going to puts small notes about everything we covered along with an example of each problem. I will ensure success in finishing this semester by just focusing all my time on my studies and trying to stay as least stressed out as I can be. I think this is a crucial point in ending the semester in a positive way. There’s already so much going on and it’s easy to get yourself caught up and overwhelmed. Keeping a peaceful and stressful atmosphere makes the studying process much more enjoyable and lets you retain more information.

learn from others

15a)

For me, the best way to learn is from watching others. These past two weeks have been essential in helping me create my final video. During class, everyone had the opportunity to share their rough draft of the video. It was interesting to see all that different creativity that people applied to their videos. This part helped me tremendously because this is where I was struggling the most. My classmate’s creativity for their projects ranged from having skits, interviews, and using short cartoons to portray their problem and solution. Watching all the videos helped me brainstorm my own ideas on how I could make my own video more creative. Another crucial part of the video is having college level thinking. This is one part of the video that I think I’m strong in. I have done plenty of research on my topic and I have many articles that my other classmates are familiar with. Also, I have statistics and interviews of both people who struggle with time management and procrastination and those who don’t. Watching the video also helped with this because with each video we discussed how to add more college level thinking are saw videos that showed it applied. Lastly, another good thing about watching each other’s videos is it helped in designing my video. I learned to keep my slide shorts and not to over pack the slide with too much information by separating the main question with it answer.