Chapter 2: section: 6. Earning and learning: are student working too much? by Martin Kramer

Kramer talks about student attending college in the early 1990s as members of the "overschedule generation." In this chapter he goes on to talk about how students are working too much, so much that they are mssing out on what a college is all about. He then goes on to talk about how students are suffering from this, he gives many examples and statistics to back is assumptions. Personally I do feel that I am part of that overschedule generation. Being a Biology major is not the easiest thing the world, there is a lot of reading, a lot of homework and a lot of work to do in such a small amoiunt of time. Not to mention that it is only going to get harder as time goes by. A few thigns that i could do to ease my schedule is drop out of one of my clubs, and spend a little more time in my school work and less time socializing.

Making connection : chapter 3. Question 3

A lot of essays on this chapter suggest a couple of things that student can do to enhance their experience as a college student. these are a couple of things that I personally do to attempt to pass school:

• I try to write down all the assignments and the due dates so I wont forget them
• I try to label all of my work so I wont lose it
• I have separate folders for each class
• I have highlighters so I that I can highlight important information in my textbooks

I am successful when I follow these guidelines because they help me to stay organized and they help me not forget when assignments are due. Another thing that they help me do is remember certain information that is important for test or quizzes. While these guidelines help me in school, I am still not doing as good as I should be, these are a few things that I could do in order to improve in school

• make a calendar in order to organize my weekly schedule
• show up to class everyday
• do homework/ assingments as soon as they are due and not leave them for the last minute
• but most important, I need to stop being lazy

Making Connection: Chapter 3. Question 2

Both Julie Gilbert in "ADHD": A Cloud Lifted" and Malcom X in "Saved" talked about the huge impact that reading had in their life. For Gilbert, she learned new ways to perceive and understand ADHD. As for Malcom reading the dictionary and an endless amount of books help set him free from the enslavement set on his mind by the white men. As for me, reading has had a big impact as well. We live in a world where knowledge is the key to sucess. I have read many books on biographies of people, on wars and even fantasies book. One of my first books that I rememeber reading at a young book was "A Survivors Guide" I cant recall the author. The book was about 100 pages long and it talked about basic ways to survive in case you were ever dropped on a desserted island. This book gavwe me so many tips, some were on how to collect water, what type of berries to eat, where people should build a camp fire and many other things. Although, if I ever get dropped on a deserted island my chances are slim to none. After reading this book I feel that my chances went from 0%  of a survival rate to 5%. So its better than not knowing anything about being desserted.

Chapter 3: section 3: Sticky Fingers on the Information Superhighway

April 16 was the due date for my final project of my english class. I can recall on April 15 panicking about my assigment as it was worth 20% of my final grade. I then had two options, either copy whatever I found in the internet and get a good grade or stay up all night and hope to finish before sunrise. So I began copying all that I could from the internet  and finished about 3 in the morning. The next morning, I rememeber turning in my assingment as if I had not plaigarisied.  Aweek later, I remember getting my assingment back and being happy that I received  a 90. About a year later, I took an english class in my high school, and we we're learning about plaigarising. It was there that I realised that I could have gotten in so much trouble. After taking that class i will never plaigarise again.

Chapter 3: Log On to Learning by Jodi Morse

In this chapter, Morse talks about her first day of school and how she always dreaded it. I have always been the same way, but especially my first day of college. Since I can remember I have always been a pretty shy person, so coming to a college where I didn't know anyone wasn't the easiest transition in the world for me. My first day of college was filled with a lot of nail-bitting, concerns and anxiety like I never experienced before. Hundreds of faces I never seen before, I just wanted to curl up into a small ball and go back to high school, where the world seemed so tiny. I arrived at Plattsburgh with my mom, worried whether I was going to get a psycho for a roommate or if I was even going to make any friends. As the day progressed and I went to my classes, I eased up a lot more, after meeting my teachers and actually making a couple of friends I realized that college wasn’t going to be as bad as I first thought it was going to be.