Too Cool for School

2b) For this week’s blog entry, we were asked to write about something new that we wanted to work on during the duration of the week. For me, I wanted to focus on being a more organized student. Throughout high school I was never an organized student. My papers were always just thrown everywhere and I never really believed in a binder. I kept all my papers for all seven of my classes in one folder that was ready to split down the middle any second. I could never find any of my papers when I needed them and I was always determined to change this bad habit of mine.

 

To help with this, I went and bought separate notebooks for each of my classes, along with a folder to hold of the papers and handouts that went along with each class. I found this to be very helpful in the first step of trying to be neater and more organized because each class was separated and all of the papers for that specific class didn’t mix with others. Also, I went out and bought a planner. All four years of high school my school handed us a planner to use for a classes. Of course I thought I was “too cool for school” so I never even touched it. When I came to college, I realized it was a necessity to have a planner. I purchased one at the book store and it was definitely a life saver. I have plenty of room to right down my homework for each class on any given day and at the beginning of each month is a full calendar, where I can right down any important dates that I need to remember. All the months are labeled clearly, and this helps me track all my homework and plan my free and “work” time. All though these were two small changes, it has helped me tremendously in my goal of being a more neat and organized student.