Assignment 1: Course Analysis

1. Describe the specific goal you set for this course at the beginning of the semester and include information and strategies you have discovered to support your goal. For this course, I had told myself I was going to read all of the chapters. Go through all of the power points and really understand them. Another goal I had set was to keep an A throughout the semester. Also, I told myself I was not going to procrastinate. I procrastinate a lot and this semester I didn’t want to procrastinate, I wanted to try something new and try and get all of my assignments done before the weekend. While going through the course, I have taught myself to read the chapters like if it was a book. When I read chapters, it usually doesn’t stay in my brain, but when I pretend it’s a book and it has a story, I remember more things. Taking the quizzes a day or two later helped me not to procrastinate. Another thing that
Describe connections you have made between your prior knowledge and what you have learned in this course. How has this course helped you to understand the ideas in new or different ways? How has your pursuit of your specific goal helped in this course and/or other courses? One of my goals I had set myself in the beginning as helped me to keep striving. I did not do so well on the midterm so I am working to pass my final with a good grade. Therefore, throughout this course I have had determination with passing this course with a good grade. I have learned situations I have never heard of before. For example, the bathroom bill left me speechless. I had never heard of this situation before until it was brought up into the course. Going more into details and hearing other people’s opinions, it was very interesting. This course has helped me to understand that a lot of things are going on in this world that we are not familiar with. It has helped me to understand that it is very important to know what is going on in the government and to watch the news