Benefits of a First Year Seminar
FYRS 1105 Midterm
1. What are the benefits of attending college and what are some of the reasons you chose to attend college?
Attending college has, in today’s society, become a social norm. The benefits of attending college can include: meeting new people, getting a better job, and making more money overall. These are the main reason anyone chooses to attend college. However, I like to look at it as an educational opportunity that should be pleasurable and beneficial. The opportunity allows you to learn about historical backgrounds, and to incorporate those ideals and actions into the making of the future. Students can experience things that are new and individually interesting for them to study. Incorporating new ideas and skills in one’s future works, and for students to be successful and prosper for their own lives.
2. What have you done this semester to improve on or continue your time management skills and what advice would you give to an incoming freshman on time management skills?
In high school I always kept up with due assignments and club meeting by writing them down in an agenda that was provided by the school. However, in my first days of transitioning to college I found that my school load is not as heavy as it was in high school. Homework was very draining, sometimes having to work assignments in all 5 subjects every night of the week. In college I can span smaller amounts of time to finish assignments and have more free time afterwards. I manage due dates by referring to each classes syllabuses and then link them in a calendar, both written and on my cell phone. My advice to other incoming freshmen would be to take further action in what you really want to accomplish in college, and what that means for you after you graduate. Not lagging around on school work is another important rule to remember.
3. What is your learning style and how can you use it to help with your academic success?
In the class, I found out that the learning style that I
1. What are the benefits of attending college and what are some of the reasons you chose to attend college?
Attending college has, in today’s society, become a social norm. The benefits of attending college can include: meeting new people, getting a better job, and making more money overall. These are the main reason anyone chooses to attend college. However, I like to look at it as an educational opportunity that should be pleasurable and beneficial. The opportunity allows you to learn about historical backgrounds, and to incorporate those ideals and actions into the making of the future. Students can experience things that are new and individually interesting for them to study. Incorporating new ideas and skills in one’s future works, and for students to be successful and prosper for their own lives.
2. What have you done this semester to improve on or continue your time management skills and what advice would you give to an incoming freshman on time management skills?
In high school I always kept up with due assignments and club meeting by writing them down in an agenda that was provided by the school. However, in my first days of transitioning to college I found that my school load is not as heavy as it was in high school. Homework was very draining, sometimes having to work assignments in all 5 subjects every night of the week. In college I can span smaller amounts of time to finish assignments and have more free time afterwards. I manage due dates by referring to each classes syllabuses and then link them in a calendar, both written and on my cell phone. My advice to other incoming freshmen would be to take further action in what you really want to accomplish in college, and what that means for you after you graduate. Not lagging around on school work is another important rule to remember.
3. What is your learning style and how can you use it to help with your academic success?
In the class, I found out that the learning style that I