Tennis Ball (physical item): This tennis ball would represent a significant part of my college story as the Tennis Club is the only club I have joined and it has had an impact on my social life here at UNE and my continued love for the game of tennis.
Clouds by Luke Faulkner (audio clip): This song has become a big part of my UNE experience because I always start a big study session by listening to it followed by many more classical piano pieces. This one is by far my favorite and it helps me so much to get in the mindset for studying.
Photo of library study room key #6 (photo): For the multiple instances in which I have forced myself to study for six or seven hours straight throughout the semester, I have utilized UNE’s silent study rooms where I would study until the end of the two hours, end then renew the key if I was still in the “study zone” of my focusing. I have found these instances to be the most productive study sessions throughout the semester.
Response to the first homework question for homework #11 (textual example):
“Over the course of the semester so far, I have begun to notice my habits within my mindset, my learning, and my belief in myself. I have discovered areas in which I succumb to the fixed mindset, which is pretty much any situation where an understanding of something does not come relatively easy to me. In statistics, I will occasionally get an answer wrong over and over, and I only reluctantly will attempt to improve whatever strategy I am implementing. In this class, when I am getting writer’s block or can’t think of a certain word, I will often just stop and give up or procrastinate. I have discovered similar patterns across all of my courses, and am working to combat them with an attempt at Bain’s “self-efficacy”. As I made my goal to declare a major, I knew what I had to do was explore and research my major options as well as examine myself to discover a future that would fit me and satisfy me. I have been able to do research due to the requirements of Project 2, but I’ve also been able to discuss the Pre-Law focus with my friend who is a part of it right now. Everytime she has talked about her classes and the content she is learning about, I think to myself “Man, I would love to be in that class”. This fact is what is truly convincing me that Political Science and Law are the route I want to take within the next four years.”
This passage by me is an honest evaluation of the habits and things that I have observed and learned about myself this semester. I will definitely narrow this down to the most important parts, but the passage really encompasses all of the important thoughts and feeling I’ve had about the semester.
