Keep Moving Forward

So far, so good. I'm learning to find ways to make my studying more effective. In my undergraduate work, I did very well in most classes. In some, I had to work real hard to get a decent grade, while in others, I just totally breezed through it. So in those times I established very bad studying habits. Now, in graduate school, I have to break them. And I wish I did this earlier, but better late than never.

In both my Reading and Curriculum/Methods Class, there is a lot of work to be done. I feel like I'm catching up all the time and as if I'm missing a homework assignment, which this past week actually happened. For one class, I read the chapter and took notes, as we were directed, but since I have the older version of the book, I got the wrong info and guess what?!?! We had a quiz on that chapter!!! (Background: tried getting cheaper books on amazon so I borrowed an older version of the book from the library so I can just do the homework. I compared chapter 1 & 2 but forgot to do 3...well there you go...). Then in another class, there were 2 worksheets that we were suppose to fill out while reading the chapter, and I was only able to fill out one. The good thing was I read the chapter and took notes so I can easily remember what I read, and my professor was gracious to extend me mercy and accept my homework, but she will have to dock points for that assignment.

So in all this, what did I learn? I learned that I need to ask questions through email to the professor if something is not clear; I need to be faithful to my study times and work in advance; I need to communicate with other people in my class if I need to double check on something, especially things that are due; I learn to keep moving forward...just like what they said in movie Meet the Robinsons. Maybe I need to watch that just for some inspiration.