Reflection

This week I am reflecting on what I was going to do for this week. I look back on what I wrote, and I noticed that I need to use some other techniques as well as the ones I'm using because on some parts I didn't follow through. For example, I found that highlighting does help me, but I have a hard time selecting what is really important in the material I'm reading. I also didn’t make marginal notations for Political Science. As well, I never made flashcards for the amendments and court cases. I never worked on outlining to study for the exit exams coming up. I also did not read over the material in Anthropology like I wanted to do. And in Spanish, I never looked over the grammar points for chapters 6 and 7 or made flashcards for the vocabulary like I planned to do.

There are consequences to not doing the techniques like I said I was going to do. Those consequences are very damaging to my academic career if I want to succeed. For example, the consequence for not highlighting and making marginal notations in the chapter for Political Science is that I will probably not do so well if I do not buckle down and start studying properly and follow a study plan. In Anthropology, the consequence for not going over the material I wanted to read over and making marginal notations for that material, as well as making flashcards for the vocabulary, is failing the class. The consequence for not practicing outlining for the exit exams is that I will probably not pass them. And, if I do not go over the grammar points and make flashcards for the vocabulary in Spanish, that consequence means I will not get a good grade on the final. If I do not get a good grade on the final, my overall grade could drop.