Chapter 10 “Take Charge of Your Physical and Mental Health”

Just by reading the title, I know what I need to do to succeed in college. We need to take charge of our health, by exercising daily and eating right. Also, students should have a goods night sleep. In college, especially if students live on campus, they will tend to gain more weight than students who live off campus. The food here is really greasy and they don’t care what you eat. It’s like an all you can eat buffet inside the dinning common here at SJSU. Everything is oily, fried, and greasy. It’s our choice to choose the right food to eat. Living healthy means no smoking or taking any harmful drugs. I do not take any type of drugs, what so ever. Always try to relax and not have too much stress because it can lead to suicide.

Happy BIRTHDAY SISTER STEPHANIE

The tittle says it all! LOL. Happy 21st Birthday!!! The day is here.... enjoy.

Chapter 8 “Succeed on Tests”

First thing students need to do in order to succeed on tests is to control their test anxiety. I went to a test anxiety workshop not long ago. To get a good grade on the test, students have to talk positive, exercise regularly, and make time. A tip to having a good score on the test is to master the multiple choices, true of false, fill in the blank, short-answer and essay questions. It’s not that hard to take a test after students master it. I have test anxiety because I cram all of the information the day or two before the test. This is one of the things students shouldn’t do because it falls under procrastination. Always go over the notes taken in the class everyday so it can process in the brain. Main tip to scoring a high score on the test is to know what material is going to be on the test. One great tip; never cheat because it lowers your self-esteem and self-respect.

Campus MovieFest

I’m really glad that I went to Campus MovieFest on Friday, because I got to see really cool short films that students made. They made it look like a real movie premiere, with a red carpet and a background to take pictures. I attended the moviefest with Mynesha, Joel, Patrick, Ryan, my suite-mate Lilly and my sister Stephanie. CMF was created by three college students on the East side of the U.S. About 146 teams had signed up, but only 16 teams made it into CMF finale night. I really loved the short clip of outside the box and fun scare. Both show was hilarious and I couldn’t stop laughing. I can tell that my sister enjoyed CMF a lot because she couldn’t stop laughing when they showed the movie fun scare. It was about these girls who were running away from a killer. No need to decide, but fun scare won best comedy. Le Glueton Rouge won best picture and Conversation on Salinger took home best drama.

Chapter 7 “Enhance Your Study Skills and Memory”

Chapter 7 is about memory and studying skills. Studying may be the number one procrastinated thing that most college students done. We have to study almost everyday to suck the information into our brain. I don’t have a sleeping disorder, nor do I have learning disability. To enhance your study skills, you need to improve your memory by attending the class and concentrating. To build study skills, form a study group and teach other valuable information. If one of my group members from the study group is always on her cell phone, I think we have to have a talk with her. It’s time to study at least for an hour and if she can’t keep her hands off of her phone for one hour, she has a disorder. I think I will tell her to stop using her phone because we barely have time to study. If it’s constantly repeating, then she’s out of the group. Memory is one of the greatest skills you need to succeed in college. If you cant memorize any materials that the professor has taught you, then something is wrong. If I forgot where I places my car keys at, I would have to retrace my steps back one at a time.

"Help me!! I have test anxiety” workshop

I know I’m not the only one who feels anxiety when taking a test. I thought that this workshop was well presented by Veronica P. Mendoza from counseling services. Test anxiety occurs before and during the test and occurs when stress is excessive to the point it hinders the ability to perform. Test anxiety is normal is you didn’t prepare for a test, but if you did prepare and still have anxiety, then something is wrong. Do you get sweaty palms, headache, rapid heartbeat, and shakiness? That’s how anxiety affects you. It affects you because you are unprepared and having negative talks such as “I’m going to fail this test”! We just have to reduce anxiety by being prepared, having positive self-talk, and taking care of ourselves. The number one key to reduce anxiety is to sleep and exercise. All you need to do is to breathe in and out a couple of times to reduce stress and testing anxiety. After taking a test, reward yourself for motivation.

Chapter 6 “Take It In: Notes and Reading”

Chapter six is mainly about taking in note and reading strategies. This is the only way that we as students can succeed in college if we take good notes, and concentrate such as the 4 C’s. The only way we can succeed in college is to take great lecture notes and be in class to listen. We have to always pay attention and take notes, so there is no time for daydreaming. There are a couple of ways to take lecture notes, which are, summarize, outline, Cornell method, question technique, and concept maps. I prefer to use the Cornell note style because it’s more organized and easier to read. I used to be so unorganized, until I stared using Cornell note style. Since then, I’ve been really good at taking notes and it really helps me out a lot. I learned to not take a lecture note of every little thing that comes out of a professor’s mouth because most of the information is unnecessary. We have to not only take good lecture notes, but to take good reading notes also. I would highlight the important part of the book, or use sticky notes. If I wanted to write in the book, I would use a pencil so I can erase it later on. We just have to adjust to this learning style if we haven’t already because it’s very useful for your future workplace.