My Second Year- How do I feel about this Semester?

This semester (Fall 2008) I feel that I am more focused than the first year. Even though I was able to accomplish being in Honor Roll for two semesters, my biggest wish is to be on Dean’s List. This Semester I am more involved with school activities such as The Business Club, I’m working as a student -part time, I am attending Alfa meetings, and pledging for Theta Alpha Sigma, therefore it is hard to maintain all my grades. So far I have not received a letter of academic difficulty. The only two classes that I truly need to spend more time studying are Accounting Principles I and Microeconomics. Even though I read the chapters I find myself re-reading because I was not able to understand the concepts the first time. This semester I am learning to develop my time management skills by setting a time schedule everyday for studying, eating, working, attending classes and even sleeping. Other than further developing my time management skills I also have to face trade-offs. Sometimes I have to decide whether I want to study one extra hour for a class or if I want to sleep one extra hour. My biggest fears for this semester are not being able to allocate my time wisely and not being able to obtain the grades that I desire. Even though I am scoring high on my exams if I do not pass one exam, that one exam can change my grade drastically. This semester I also find myself spending more time in the Mount St. Mary’s library. After work my body tends to gravitate towards the quiet, peaceful library. There I am able to work on all my school assignments, projects and homework without being distracted by music, pictures or other distractions.

Alexandria’s House- What problems have I encountered?

I have attended zero times to Alexandria’s House. On December the 12 at 8:00am – 10: 00 am and Saturday the 13 from 9:00-12:00PM I will be going to Alexandria’s House. My biggest fears from attending Alexandria’s House are not being able to communicate with the other people well. I am also fearful of not being a great tutor.Other than that I am happy to have the opportunity to help and tutor or take care of kids.Getting to Alexandria’s house will be a challenge for me because I need to car pool with other students, but other than that I am looking forward to attending Alexandria’s house.

It is November 28, 2008 and I still have not attended Alexandria’s house. I was not able to attend because I did not reseved an e-mail confirming my scheduled hours. Due to the fact that Alexandria’s personal was not responding to my e-mails I had to go to Alexandria’s house and redo my schedule. I will be attending Alexandria’s house December 4, 2009 and December 6, 2009 from 8:00am to 2:00pm. At the beginning, I had no clue with whom I was going to car pool, but now I know that I will be car-pooling with Yanet. Even though I still have the same fear of not being able to communicate with other people I have developed another concern, on December 6, 2008 Yanet will be leaving early home and I would have to take public transportation to retune to my house.