{"id":116,"date":"2024-09-05T13:58:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.odu.edu\/fall2017-hlth101-template\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2024-12-12T05:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T05:04:29","slug":"mid-semester-reflection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/mid-semester-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Semester Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have made notable changes between the start of the semester and now. I have also noticed struggles that I did not have at the beginning of the semester. I have seen changes and challenges in my study habits and transition to college. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Study Habits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am doing well in my health, chem class, history class, and chem lab. I feel like I\u2019m doing well in these classes because I stay on top of my work and the fact that the work isn\u2019t really difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I have had struggles in my Sociology&nbsp;class. I tried to make changes but It was difficult for me to adjust, but I feel like I could have definitely tried harder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Transition to College<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>expectations I had coming to college<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt like it would be hard and I wouldn\u2019t be able to adjust to the complete change of how I did everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These expectations have partially come to fruition because I had a difficult time dealing with time-consuming assignments. This was a problem for me since I struggled with focus. Also, my work-life balance has been off balance.&nbsp;However, I know what I need to change going into the next semester now that I have experienced what college is like. In a way, college was so far easy for me when it came to being in control of everything that had to do with myself. I was surprised that college wasn&#8217;t as difficult as I thought. I haven&#8217;t had any challenges with moving away, I enjoy it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Major<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have learned how important the sciences are for my major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have considered other options that are closer to my major. The more I hear people talk about it, the more concerned I am about its difficulty. However, I want it for my career, so I don\u2019t want to give up on it, especially this early.&nbsp;Some majors that I&#8217;m interested in minoring in are marine biology, biology, or psychology minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connecting to Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been involved in SGA, Ebony Impact, and the Good Girls Movement. I chose to get involved because they all shared a similar community that I was looking for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have made notable changes between the start of the semester and now. I have also noticed struggles that I did not have at the beginning of the semester. I have seen changes and challenges in my study habits and transition to college. Study Habits I am doing well in my health, chem class, history&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/mid-semester-reflection\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":29561,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29561"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mckenzie-ricks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}