be a better student

I’m trying to work, but having a hard time finding motivation…

Whenever I try, I get distracted…by hunger, by sexy thoughts, by the stumble button, by random thoughts, and by checking my email to see if my boyfriend has replied (he is far away on vacation)...sometimes I wish I had no boyfriend so I could concentrate on my studies more than on him!

I guess this is where self-discipline comes in. I will set study goals and a time limit!

This weekend, I would also like to get a jump my discrete, math, physics and cse homework(s), so I can use the entire week to study for all of those finals instead of trying to cram it all in the weekend before.

In the next hour, two-five hours, I want to go over every lecture plus the review lecture, take notes on them, make flash cards of important equations.

Then, I will read for 2 hours in my physics book, and write down important equations but most importantly, understand every concept!

ok, i started studying 4 my test more 2 days earlier than usual..

gonna build on this.. :)

so many things to do and one hell of a headache from being on the internets way too long. oh well, at least I have tomorrow!
I will still try to karate chop my to-do list and get most done. Even though my head feels like a jackhammer.

Thats called self-discipline!

seeing all these entries is so inspiring !

Of all the years I have been a student, granted that i have been through “being a good student” phase, when I was really a very good student. regular in studies. promptly doing assignments on d day it gets assigned.

But somewhere along the line, I have messed things up now. I now happen to have one of my all time low average in my internal assesment score, and I’m just not feeling like studyin anymore ! and I just have 20 days more for my finals.

Let me just say thats its the time for crisis management :)
So hello everyone here ! I am going to turn into a new leaf. Starting now ! Yes Now..

My short term goals:

~ study DBMS 2 units perday for my labs.
~ work on my ADA rpograms -6 prgms/day
~ prepare for d viva for ada lab
~ try out all d DBMS queries on d newly installed sql
~ try to finish off 2 units from computer networks.
time limit: should be done by next sunday.

There ! Thats my first step.
I’ll update as and when I finish off something.

Finished my programming assignment 2.5 days early!!
Very proud of myself. It took me 4.5 hours (less than usual; because it was an easy assignment.)

Have also started on math (completed a whole section!), read through experiment 8 and started typing up my lab report. I am in a pretty good place now; I should be able to finish everything and thensome without stress or want for time. This is good for the math midterm I have on friday, also the cs quiz on thursday. I am starting to study for them early.

Well, I turned in my math hw late (unknowingly) and they won’t grade it. This is the assignment I put a lot of work into all week as part of my new resolution (to be a better student.) I really needed the points as my grade is suffering as it is.

I was reasonably upset, but now I figure there is nothing I can do about it, and I DID get something out of doing it – I now know how to solve differential equations with complex and repeating eigenvalues backwards and forwards, so I’ll apply this to the midterm on friday and try to get a great grade on that.

1.preparation for lessons before class.
2.review again after class.
3.Hand in homework on time.
4.Practice everyday.
5.If you have any questions,you should ask your teacher.

/1. ace my phys lab quiz thurs (by doing the hw before then)/ DONE
/2. finish my lab write up before weds/ DONE
3. read ch 13 before the cs lecture weds / DIDN’T DO :(
4. Finish ALL my math HW (by not leaving ANY problems for friday/finishing it by thursday) /DONE!!
5. Feel confident about my discrete math midterm/don’t do too poorly / DONE – Feel fairly confident about how I did
/6. Turn in my physics hw even though it’s not really due/ DIDN”T DO – WORKED ON MORE URGENT ASSIGNMENT INSTEAD (see #1)
7. Read classes and methods in java book /Didn’t – will this weekend

using this day off to play catch-up with my schoolwork.

Doing poorly, despite my efforts. It seems like I put no effort in and still passed when I was a freshman/sophomore, but now I put in so much effort, and its not showing!! I’m going to have to do well on all the finals to not fail.

So I’m going to thoroughly prepare this week.

Discrete mathematics midterm on thursday, he grades so hard _ I’m trying to study like a madman to pass.

Also doing not so well in programming, physics lab and math. Only thing I don’t really have to worry about is physics.

for physics lab, I am starting the lab write up early (I’m proud of myself, I’m almost done and its 3 days early as opposed to waiting until 3 hours before its due.) I’m also reading the next lab early, even before the lecture which is 2 days before lab. I will do the hw and be ready for the in-class quiz, and not fail it like all the other times.

for math, I’m starting the hw early, and asking TA questions on things I don’t quite understand. I’m doing the hw after he gives the relevant lecture, I’m almost caught up, but I still have some questions for the TA. Also, I’m going to rewrite the lecture notes after every lecture, in my own words. questions go to T.A.

for discrete, I’m redoing all the old hws, rewriting my lecture notes and reading up from the book on concepts I don’t understand. this midterm is going to be spectacularly hard.

For programmning, there is no class/hw this week, so I’m just reading a supplemental book. There is this one problem I’m going to dissect once I read over methods, classes and recursion. I’m going to try to do some more proj. euler little projects to help cultivate some creativity…a fun little outlet that might help me in the long run.