{"id":320,"date":"2022-12-07T23:39:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T23:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/tanillee-8\/?page_id=320"},"modified":"2022-12-07T23:39:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T23:39:36","slug":"mid-semester-reflection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/tanillee-8\/mid-semester-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid Semester Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Study Habits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What classes are you doing well in, and why?&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel like the class I&#8217;m doing the best in is English,I enjoy this class because not a lot of work is given and it&#8217;s easy to balance what is being assigned in that class with my other classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What classes did you identify as needing assistance in?&nbsp;<ul><li>What changes have you made (i.e. amount of time, location, campus resources, study strategies, etc\u2026)?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The class I&#8217;m always going to tutoring for is chemistry, It\u2019s very complex and I actually like the tutoring, it pays off. I like the fact that I understand the material im being taught. I go to the STC in the new chemistry building multiple times a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Transition to College<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What expectations did you have coming to college?&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought college was going to be hard and I thought I wouldn\u2019t have much homework<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Have those expectations come to fruition, or not?&nbsp;<ul><li>How?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>College is very hard and I don\u2019t get a lot of homework most of my assignments from my class are just considered \u201cassignments\u201d and not homework<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>In what way is your college experience different from what you expected?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t get much homework but I do get a lot of assignments, but once you get a good routine you&#8217;ll be able to come up with a routine and a schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What has surprised you about your experiences so far this semester?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn\u2019t expecting to feel overworked and overwhelmed by all the new experiences I would experience. For example, my advisor gave me a hard time about not knowing how to use or opening degree works frequently. I found it weird for her to feel some type of way about that, you would think she would understand the fact that I&#8217;m a freshman and this is all very new to me, I&#8217;ve never been on my own. I&#8217;m not going to remember to look at degree works all the time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>If you live on campus:<\/em> What has been your toughest challenge with moving away to college?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Figuring out how to be alone and doing things on my own was challenging for me, I&#8217;m used to having a guide and always having someone to lean on. In college youre really on your own and by yourself! I&#8217;ve overcome that after having a really hard day of realization and stress. We all have to turn that left and make changes for it to become easier for us. I have anxiety so asking questions is something that doesn\u2019t come easy, but ive gotten all to comfortable with emails and I will have the simplest questions to ask over email. I was having this problem with my history teacher who also happens to be my advisor, i would ask questions in person and she would tell me to ask a friend or \u201cwait till class is over because it was time to start\u201d. Thats when I just had to break it down to her over email about how Im not comfortable with doing any of that and it would be impossible because I haven&#8217;t really made friends yet on campus. She understood and accommodated for me which was greatly appreciated. I now ask any and everything over email sometimes ill even do it over zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>&nbsp;Easiest challenge to overcome?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My easy challenge to overcome was the fear\/anxiety around asking peers or teachers questions. I just use email! Its great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>OR&nbsp; <em>If you commute to class:<\/em> What is the toughest challenge with commuting to campus? Easiest challenge to overcome?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Major<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Name something you have learned about your intended major that you did not know at the beginning of the semester.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know how many categories it fell under there&#8217;s so many different types of studies and carreers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Have your feelings changed about your intended major? List some thoughts you are having.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My feelings have changed, these requirements and qualifications for the nursing program are hard. I didn\u2019t want that to discourage me but I have been looking into dentistry. That&#8217;s something I&#8217;m also heavily interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Is there another subject (major or minor) that you are interested in learning more about?&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely dentistry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connecting to Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Name one problem or challenge you have encountered this semester, and which resource(s) at ODU you have\/can utilize to assist with this situation.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I was struggling with chemistry and I started going to walk-in tutoring and which helped a lot and made chemistry easier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Is there a friend, roommate, professor, advisor, or group in the ODU community who has helped you so far this semester? If so, how did they help you?&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My roommate helps me study chemistry a lot especially when exams are coming up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Have you attended an interest meeting for a club? Why did you decide to get involved or not get involved?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven&#8217;t but i do want to be more involved, not much has piqued my interest&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Themester: Sustainability (Environment)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What new sustainable practices have you learned about so far this semester (think back to our guest speakers Dr. Hawkins and Dr. Hoglund!)?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned more about composting and recycling and reusing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What sustainable practices would you like to begin participating in?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>recycling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Is there anything more you would like to learn about sustainability for the rest of the semester?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;no<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study Habits What classes are you doing well in, and why?&nbsp; I feel like the class I&#8217;m doing the best in is English,I enjoy this class because not a lot of work is given and it&#8217;s easy to balance what is being assigned in that class with my other classes. 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