I
was one of the people that the article states that spent less than 3 hours a
day studying in high school, and I passed most of my classes with A’s and B’s
with nearly no studying at all. Along the same lines, I was unprepared to face
the amount of studying I had to do when I entered college. Because of this, I did
not study enough to pass my calculus class, and just barely passed psychology
with a D. I however did not come in with expectations of joining a lot of
clubs, or doing a lot of involvement. I did join the D20 knights, which is a
club for playing and discussing table-top role playing games. After the first
semester of being involved in the club, I ran for an officer’s position in the
club, and was elected the PR manager of the club, which goes to show that I became
a lot more involved than I originally expected, coupled along with the many
service hours and other community events that I have attended through the LEAD
scholars program. I also have attended many school events such as the many
concerts and raves during Pegasus palooza, and homecoming week, when I was not
expecting to really attend any events before I came here.
This
all comes back to the topic of high school because in my high school there were
never any events to attend, and I never joined many clubs. Furthermore, I never
really felt challenged in high school, which probably leads to my abysmal study
habits. I am not going to blame any of my high school teachers for me failing
any of my classes these past two semesters, because I know it was all my own
fault for failing to understand the warnings they all gave me about how much
harder college would be.
we can draw forth the issue of whether students are being properly readied for college life in high school, along with whether the students themselves are personally prepared for entering college
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