Cyiara Wiseman
December 12, 2023
09_HLTH 101
My First Semester
I have grown from the beginning of the semester. In the beginning, I knew it would get difficult, and when that time came, I started to get frustrated and didn’t have any motivation to keep going. Eventually, I picked up my slack and started to study harder and do my work on time. My expectations for this year were that it was going to be hard, but I had to keep going. Something I wish I had known 14 weeks ago would be how much sleep I was going to lose. I always study at night, so I would be awake studying at 4 and 5 a.m., which is bad, yes, but it worked out for me.
Study Habits
At the beginning of the semester, I rarely studied. I would always take notes, but I almost never studied. Shortly after, I realized that not studying was not going to help me be successful, so I made flashcards, completed practice worksheets, and watched a lot of videos to help me understand. My study habits have changed slightly, I still study at night, but now I study at home. I used to stay on campus and study in my dorm, the Web Center, and the library, but now I study at home all the time. Some study habits that I will carry on into the second semester are flash cards and YouTube videos.
Health Professions Learning Community
All of my courses were tied together in some ways when it came down to studying. They all require note-taking and long hours of studying. I didn’t study much in the beginning, but I started to study in the middle towards the end of the semester.
Parallel Plan
Two other majors that I would be interested in would be Dental hygiene or Kinesiology. I find interest in those because it’s still in the body-medical area compared to nursing. I thought about other paths I could take if I don’t get accepted into the nursing program and those two could be an option. I think the benefit of having a parallel plan is to have a backup plan if my intended major doesn’t work out.