Qasim Ali
Freshman Seminar
Journal #17
- An outer object that stands between me and my success in college is not knowing how to balance hang outs and school, also I have a tendency to procrastinate a lot.
- Someone besides me who could help me overcome this outer obstacle is my sister. She always motivates me to do the best I can and explains that with the way I work this will catch up to me one day and effect me in a negative way.
- How this person helps me is by giving me examples on what can happen to me if I keep up a slacker attitude. My sister always motivates me so I don’t fall behind.
- An inner obstacle that stands between me and my success in college is laziness and carelessness. I always leave things to last minute and feel ill do them when sometimes I just don’t end up having the time to.
- Someone besides me who could help me over come this inner obstacle is my mother. This is because she knows me better than anyone and can notice when I’m slacking in schoolwork.
- How this person helps me is by simple sitting me down and discussing it with me. There really isn’t any better method and its quite helpful.
- The most challenging course I am taking this semester is History.
- This course is challenging for me because I get long readings to due and I doze off and get distracted very easily when I’m reading them.
- Someone besides me who can help overcome this challenge is my friend from school. They have the same classes from with me and can help me focus better.
- This person can help me by taking me to the library and getting a study room so we can study together.
- One of the main choices I can make to overcome my studying procrastination barriers is staying longer in school. If I put the time in and stay in the library I will have better work and hopefully better grades on my exams. I can easily achieve this by creating a study group and studying with me fellow peers. This will create a positive learning environment and will be beneficial for everyone. Another choice I can make is talking to my professors to see how I’m doing in their class. Some professor’s even proofread your work to help you do better. This will boost my grade and help me create good relations with my professor.