Ever considered that your current academic performance is linked to your current college major?
Ever considered that your current major will not lead you to a career that you are passionate about?
Ever considered that you picked your current major for the right or wrong reason?
Well in this short video, I give some signpost to determine if you are in the right or wrong reason college major. Take the time to watch this video, and do a personal check to see if you have these 5 symptoms. If so, consider changing, it will be in your best interest to do so.
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When was the last time you asked for someone’s phone number, and realized later that you were missing one of the digits? Did you go into stalker mode, and replace that missing digit by calling the number with a 0, then a 1, then a 2… 3….4…..5……….9, until you got the appropriate person on the other line?
Taking notes in the classroom is similar to writing down an important phone number; If you don’t get all the digits, you will be unable to speak with the person you desire to talk to. The same is true when you don’t get the most important information during note taking in your classes; when it’s time to study for your test or exam you will be unequipped with the information for the next test or quiz.
To better assist you with note-taking, I want to detail “WHAT” to record and “HOW to record it when taking notes during class. Read the rest of this entry »
In a previous blog, “7.25 Academic Survival Skills that Every Student Must Develop”, we detailed each of the survival skills that you must need to be a successful student. Each of these skills will help you Play Your “A” Game inside and outside the classroom this school year.
Today we are going to address the first academic survival skill - LISTENING!
If you think about most of your day as a student, the majority of your time is is spent listening to your professor lecture. So if you are taking 15 credits of college courses, this tells me you are spending a minimum of 15 hours a week of consistent listening. As a high school student, at least 6 hours of the day is spent in the classroom listening to teachers or participating in class; which equates to about 30 hours of classroom listening.
So as you see, if we are going to spend most of our week listening, it is essential to become an active listener.
Here are a few things you can do to improve your classroom listening skills as a high school student, college student or non-traditional student. Read the rest of this entry »
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