
well well tomorrow starts back school again for finals and then second semester @__@
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The January challenge–
This month I will be participating in the Jan. challenge on the princess prtal. I will keep any and all updates on my resolution in the blog, and send the link to princess Skye to look in on when she wants to ^__^
My resolution= BETTER GRADES
My goal will be a very tough one to do because I have problems in this area. I would like to make all A’s. I’m usually an A, B, C student, and my parents tell me that I’m doing good, but I would like to make them proud by doing better than good. I want to give my all, and do my best instead of procrastinating. I have broken down my goal into smaller parts to fulfill this month, and for the months on ward.
This will go by subject–
Biology-
Every week we do something different, and depening on when we make vocab foldables, or do worksheets depends on wheather or not she has it together. It sometimes bothers me when she gives us worksheets on a Monday or Wednesday because those two days are my lazy days so on those two days, since its first period, I’ll start the morning out with some eggs instead of waffles so I have more energy to stay awake and alert. Along with some OJ too =] Being awake in first period is always hard for me, the subject is pretty basic, but sometimes I get lost, so whenever I don’t understand something that she explains, I’ll ask a few of my friends in that class to help explain in terms I can understand. I will eat better so I can be more alert in first period, and I will focus…instead of sleeping.
Geometry-
I am fairly good at math, and Ive understood the lessons up til now. I think what I need to improve on is swallowing my pride, and asking the teacher questions when I truly don’t understand something instead of winging it. I always do my homework, and I take notes, but maybe if I not only ask questions, but ask the teacher for helpful study sites to look at. I will take 10 to 20 minutes on Tuesdays and Thursdays to go to these sites and study for tests and quizzes that follow.
American History-
This is the most boring subject EVER. I love America, I love our history, I dislike how bland its taught. Its so hard to get into something when there’s no real motivation. I believe that I can find something motivating about each new chapter coming up if I look up pictures. I’m a visual auditory learner. If I see pictures, maybe some videos from the history channel of the section we’re covering then I’ll feel more interested and therefore learn better. Perhaps I should put my EQ’s on pink printer paper. It wouldn’t hurt anyone, and I love pink so it’d be fun, and educational ^__^
Honors Literature-
This is my first honors class in my life, and it my only. I joined the class to extend my reading, and vocabulary, and its really paid off. I have been understanding everything we’ve been doing. My problem in that class is the vocabulary every week. The words are very advanced, words I’ve never heard. We get 11 a week, and there is no help site to go to and study them. Every week she changes whether or not the quizzes are fill in the blank, Ant, or Syn. So to help myself out to pass I will make flash cards. I had been doing this before, but I would only put a couple of words from the definition instead of the whole thing. I need to stop doing that. I need to focus on what we’re doing, and keep up with my reading when we get our next book.
Chorus-
Doing good, you cant fail really unless you don’t show up for the concerts or you sit and talk in class.
Spanish 2-
Well well after going to tutoring for 8 weeks my grade got up to a 78. I need to practice my vocabulary more for when we have witting exams, and to do that there’s a site I can go to which has the flashcards form each section in our text book =] Another thing is that since its 6th period I’m also very tired so maybe I should pack a more protein filled lunch to keep up my energy. Spanish isn’t hard, but I need to do my work and ask questions when I need help. I will ask more questions, and stay for tutoring some more.
That is what I have for right now. Its January 2nd 2009. I will make all my grades into A’s by May, but for this month since we are starting over for second semester this is my clean slate. Wish me luck, I’ll post more here once a week on Fridays to let you know how things are going.
-Princess Tegan