For this weeks blog I chose to do a Stress Pie Chart. I chose this strategy for two courses! PSY 322 and NAT 244. I also wrote something about all of my finals and staying on top of everything else including my other classes! I chose this strategy because I am a visual learner. It's easy for me to look at this chart and see what I have to focus more attention on. This is sort of like ranking priorities and thats why I like it so much! I made some adaptations in my head, I sorted this chart out like it was ranking priorities so I kinda used two in one! I thought this strategy is really effective, especially with all the exams and final projects and papers coming up. I can write down what I'm stressed most about and try and focus a little extra on that point. I also chose this because I can see what materials I will need for each study session according to the assignment thats due in the certain class. This also helps me because it shows me how my teachers will be evaluating me at the end of the year, and we all know this is the time to buckle down and make ourselves proud!

Stress Pie CHart

For this week I chose to use the stress pie chart to help get some stress away off my shoulders. This strategy was good for me to notify myself what are my top five things that are stressing me out. What is stressing me out the most is project and papers because I have 3 papers and 1 project due in the next three weeks and its really stressing me out and when I stress, I am always grumpy and I don't want to be that kind of person. I'm glad we got an entire week of from school and I will be taking advantage of the time to get my work done and be well prepared when classes start back up. The 2nd thing that stress me the most is basketball because I want to play good every game and even though I might play good in other people eyes, sometimes I don't be satisfied with myself, I guess that is just the competitive nature in me. Overall I feel good about how I have been playing in the last few games.
Time is another thing that stress me out because I wake up around 9:30-10am every morning. I don' have class until 11am, and I got classes from 11-2pm. After class I go get something to eat and start heading over to the gym at 3pm and practice starts at 4. Practice is usually 2hours long and I stay after an extra 45mins to workout in the weight room or on the court. Some days when my body sore I go in the cold told for 15mins then take a shower after, about the time I'm leaving its 7;30pm. Then I go get something to eat and relax for a couple hrs, next thing you know when I start my homework its almost 10pm, and when I finish it's midnight. Where did all the time go?
Major and selecting classes for spring are two more things to add to my stress. I am undecided and I'm going into my sophomore spring semester and I'm applying to get into CRS because I can really see me making an career out of that. The only problem is I have to get accepted and I really want this major. So when selecting classes for spring I don't know If i will get in CRS so I don't know if I should pick any communication classes.
This strategy has already help me because when I am writing down the things that give me stress it seems to get off my chest. This strategy can be very helpful to people that are visual learners.

Stress Pie Chart Documentation

Stress Pie Chart

This week I have been real stressed out with all the work that I wanted to get done before I went back to Baltimore for break. I am excited to get a week to relax without worrying about classes and lacrosse. For this weeks blog I decided to use the stress diagram method to help me get through the week. I felt this strategy to be very helpful to me because I am a visual learner and I was able to lay out my top five stresses out in front of me. I am especially stressed out in my Religion and History class because I still have a lot of work left. We only have three weeks left in class and I have two big papers and a presentation left to complete. I currently have a low B in the class and really need to do well on these next for assignments so I maintain that B average. For my History class I have a paper due the Tuesday after we get back from Thanksgiving, which is our final paper. I am on the borderline of C+ and B- area and am really stressed out that if I do not do well on these assignments I will not get a B in this class. On top of those classes I still have to stay on top of CLS exploration project, which is due in two weeks. So I decided to write out my top five stresses before I leave for break. I have final exams 5^th on my list because luckily I only have one final exam which is December 14^th in Human Sex.

1. Rel. Papers
2. Religion Presentation
3. History Paper
4. Finish Fall Ball off strong
5. Final Exam

Overall, I found this strategy effective and very useful because I am a visual learner and was able to write out my top five stresses and know what I have to really focus and do well on so once I accomplished the tasks I will feel a lot more relaxed.

Daddio's Time Wasters

For this weeks blog I decided to use something that is really effective with the way that I handle things when it comes to school work. I decided to go with the strategy time wasters. My biggest problem that I have always had when it comes to school work is procrastination. I have always been lazy with my school work more than anything else. I was able to skate by in high school with being like this and it has really effected me negatively since I have been here at Syracuse University. This is something that I have always wanted to change but until now when I am in some trouble with my grades I have never actually taken the time to actually change my ways. Hopefully this isn't too late.

I am a visual learner so I knew that this would be something that would be good for me to use. It helps me with writing down what ever I can think of that I do in my everyday life and actually take a good look at what I am doing wrong and what I need to and can cut down on to be successful. One of the main problems that I have always had is that I will sit down to do a tech assignment or a journal for CLS and also a paper or a reflection in CFS and I cant find a quiet place where there is no one around or any TV around so that I can actually get something done. I finally figured out that I can go to the Goldstein Student Center and just put on my headphones in the quiet room and get to work. It has been very effective so far.

Time wasters and Reading

For this weeks blog I chose to use the time wasters strategy and the ready, go, done reading strategy. I chose the time wasters strategy because I'm a big time waster! I usually procrastinate a lot and this shows me in a table what my time wasters are, and what specific tasks I'm trying to avoid. I like this because I am a visual learner and it lets me visually see what I should be avoiding while studying. I basically used this strategy for all my classes because all these time wasters pertain to all of my classes and problems! I really think this is effective because it points out the weaknesses in my study habits and I can then eliminate them one by one. I like that because it gives me something to shoot for.

I also used the ready, done, go reading strategy! I also did this because I am a visual learner. It again shows me a table of how to construct my readings for all of my classes. It makes it really easy to separate the timing of my reading out so that it will be most effective. I used this strategy for my EAR 117 class and my PSY 322 class. They both have a lot of reading so I thought it would help those classes the most!

My teachers in all of my classes evaluate me with quizzes and exams, so both of these strategies should and hopefully will lead me on the right path to getting a high GPA.

Time Wasters

This week I decided to use time wasters. I thought this was a very effective strategy to write down all of your flaws in completing schoolwork. I am a big procrastinator but think that I have been better this year because of all new work strategies that I have learned in CLS. I am a visual learner so I thought that laying out all of the possible ways to be distracted in completing my work would be beneficial. I used this strategy in my CLS and History class. I always procrastinate when I am trying to do my CLS tech assignment.

I always get distracted after I open up the blog by watching football with my friends and surfing the web. I am going to try a start to block out a specific time when I am going to actually sit down for 15 minutes to write out my blog. For my history class I usually procrastinate when I am studying for my test and usually wait till the night before to actually start breaking down the study guide and really getting to understand the material. I really need to change this bad habit, because I could be doing a lot better if I spaced out my study schedule for History.

24 hour rule

For this week's blog I decided to use the strategy 24hour rule to help me get organize with everything. I used it for all my classes and anything else I thought was important. It was easy to do I went on Microsoft excel and did a spreadsheet to plot all of my data as you will see in the document provided. The way my schedule is set up is I right down things I want to do before the due date, when its due, and what i have plan after I finish the day of classes. This is a great strategy to use because I am a big procrastinator and I trick myself when I write down the assignment in the real due date, in actuality it's not due until the next day. I give myself cushion to complete my assignments early, so just in case something come up where I can't complete the assignment the last minute it will already be done since I did it earlier than I was suppose to.
This is a strategy I will continue to use all year around even when I'm not in school because during the summer I tend to forget things because it's not a set pattern like for homework. I don't write them down and I try go off memory and I always forget something.

Daddio's Acadmic Fears

For this weeks tech assignment I decided to do my blog about my academic fears. I used personal experience from this past semester to do this weeks assignment. The two classes that my blog is mainly about are EAR 105 and CFS 388. In EAR 105 this past week I had my second exam which I was a little bit excited to take becuase I have been doing well in school in the second part of the semester and I really wanted to get a good grade on this test. All of the excitment went away when I slept through my alarm and through the test. I dont want that to happen again.

In CFS 388 I took an exam a few weeks ago and I felt pretty confident about it. I saw the grade that I got on the test this past week and I was very confused as why I got that grade. I went back and looked at the information that I studied and tried to figure out why I didnt do so good and I realized that I was studying some of the wrong information so some stuff that I thought i was learning was actually for the next assignment. Hopefully I can do a good job at staying organized so this doesnt happen again.

Academic Fears

For this weeks blog I decided to try the Academic Fears technique. I found it really effective because I found it very motivational and understood what assignments specifically that I need to spend extra time on. For example last week I had an eight page paper due in CFS 388 so I had to make sure that I had to find time to edit the whole paper. I also used this technique to for my History class which I had my second test in on Thursday. The tests are usually two big essays and a identifying four key terms. I was afraid that I would not have enough time to finish the essays during the test or I wouldn't know enough about the specific topic to create a whole essay. I know that I am a visual learner, so I thought this strategy helped me plan out my upcoming tests or essays and what I really need to focus on while studying or writing a paper. I really hope to continue using this strategy for all my classes and stay on top of my work. Hopefully after I conquer these fears I will be able to go into the next test or the next paper I write, confidently and improve my grades.

Academic Fear

The strategy I chose to use for this week blog post is Academic Fears. This was a good strategy for me to use because it helps first acknowledge my fears and then I can overcome any fear I have using this strategy.The way the strategy help me because the format of it lays out everything you need to do in columns starting with your academic fears, worst outcome, best outcome, and actions needed.
My academic fears are not getting a high enough GPA to be eligible to declare for the major i want. Another fear that i have taking Quizzes/test/exams. I am not a good test taker so when coming into taking a test I already don't have the best confidence with me because of past history I had with bad test scores. In order for me to over come my academic fears are to go look at the strategy to know what actions are needed for me to get the best outcome.
I used this strategy for all of my classes except my sociology class because we do not have any tests/exams in the class. This chart is great reminder of what you are trying to accomplish and overcome and it lays out what will happen if you don't take the actions needed to overcome, so that keeps me motivated.

Matt Harris' Academic Fears

For this weeks blog I choose to write about Academic Fears. I choose this topic because I felt that if I could write all these down on paper, I could visually see what I needed to fix and what would happen if i didn't fix them. I'm also a visual and kinesthetic learner so it lays out a table of my fears and what I can do to never get to that point. It's a really good strategy because it kinda shows your future if you take the certain steps your not supposed to take and I like that about this strategy. It also shows the actions I can take to prevent and help me get through the troubles of the difficult weeks of school. It's a really good motivator as well to not do the things I want to do sometimes, because I can look at it every time I want to do something crappy, and it will remind me to stay on track. I choose to pick my number one fear as exams. I did this because first, its my number one fear, and second, because in all my classes I'm being evaluated on exams. This chart can help me stay on the track of success!! I choose to do this strategy with pretty much all of my classes! Just because I think it benefits every single one of them.