First-Year Student Journals : Chameka : Journal 6

3 January 2003

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a great holiday and was able to enjoy the break stress free. I was very happy to come home and spend time with my family. Christmas was great. We spent the holiday at my house and everyone came over. Every time my family gets together it seems like we go crazy. My cousin got a karaoke machine so everyone had to take turns being “pop star” for the day. There is never a dull moment when we all get together so we were “live” the whole day. I just wish every day was Christmas, not for the gifts, but so the fun and happiness could last forever.

On to more school related topics. I am so happy I made it through one semester of college. Now I think I know all of the things I should do in order to do much better in all of my classes. Last semester, my last class every day didn’t end until 3 or 3:30 p.m. My classes didn’t start until about 11 a.m., so I didn’t get up until it was time to go to class. Then after I got out of class I would be so tired that I would take a nap, and after that it would seem like I didn’t have any time to do anything at all.

This semester I have scheduled my classes so that I finish at 11 a.m. every day except Monday when I have an evening class from 6-9 p.m. Now I can do my homework well before the time that I used to get out of class and still have time to do other things. I am taking five classes totaling fifteen hours of course work. This means more hours and more classes than I had last semester, but last semester all of my classes had discussion sessions so it seemed like I was doing double the amount of work.

I know that I’m still listed as a Natural Sciences student, but I have changed majors. I guess I am normal and just figured out very quickly that the sciences were not for me. I changed my major to early elementary education so now I have a totally different course load. The classes I took last semester do count towards my new major though so I don’t lose any hours, which is great. I feel like this is a better choice for me especially since I enjoy working with young children. My decision wasn’t that hard since my great grandmother, my grandmother and two of my aunts were teachers. It’s practically in my blood. Really I think that I would benefit more by becoming a teacher because I would be able to see my progression in the actions of my students.

We will be writing our journals for the rest of the school year so if you have any more questions send me an e-mail message and I will either answer you back personally or through the journal. Enjoy the rest of your break and good luck next semester.



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	3 January 2003 Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holiday and was able to enjoy the break stress free. I was very happy to come home and spend time with my family. Christmas was great. We spent the holiday at my house and everyone came over. Every time my family gets together it seems like we go crazy. My cousin got a karaoke machine so everyone had to take turns being “pop star” for the day. There is never a dull moment when we all get together so we were “live” the whole day. I just wish every day was Christmas, not for the gifts, but so the fun and happiness could last forever. On to more school related topics. I am so happy I made it through one semester of college. Now I think I know all of the things I should do in order to do much better in all of my classes. Last semester, my last class every day didn’t end until 3 or 3:30 p.m. My classes didn’t start until about 11 a.m., so I didn’t get up until it was time to go to class. Then after I got out of class I would be so tired that I would take a nap, and after that it would seem like I didn’t have any time to do anything at all. This semester I have scheduled my classes so that I finish at 11 a.m. every day except Monday when I have an evening class from 6-9 p.m. Now I can do my homework well before the time that I used to get out of class and still have time to do other things. I am taking five classes totaling fifteen hours of course work. This means more hours and more classes than I had last semester, but last semester all of my classes had discussion sessions so it seemed like I was doing double the amount of work. I know that I’m still listed as a Natural Sciences student, but I have changed majors. I guess I am normal and just figured out very quickly that the sciences were not for me. I changed my major to early elementary education so now I have a totally different course load. The classes I took last semester do count towards my new major though so I don’t lose any hours, which is great. I feel like this is a better choice for me especially since I enjoy working with young children. My decision wasn’t that hard since my great grandmother, my grandmother and two of my aunts were teachers. It’s practically in my blood. Really I think that I would benefit more by becoming a teacher because I would be able to see my progression in the actions of my students. We will be writing our journals for the rest of the school year so if you have any more questions send me an e-mail message and I will either answer you back personally or through the journal. Enjoy the rest of your break and good luck next semester.