Mirror Never Lies

Tyquan Chardon Professor Guarino/Blog A Inq: 101 9/28/13 The last four weeks I have been trying to formulate a way for me to progress better in this Inquiry class. Honestly it really has been hard for me. I am not entirely sure if it's because I do not understand what is being asked in the material or if it's simply because I have not had enough sleep. Either way I had to look in a mirror and ask myself how badly I wanted to succeed. I wanted it really bad and I still do. So I had to make a change in me, but before I can do that I must acknowledge my mistakes. I have realized that I am terrible at creating blogs. My first thought of it was that this was going to be easy. All I had to do is write about my feelings about a topic. How hard can that be? Well it's completely different. This time I'm not just expressing my feelings. This time I am also tapping into the feelings of my viewers. There was no more easing my way through writing. I have been given a challenge and I accept it. Coming into this I was blinded to the fact that blogging had an order to how you present it, so without thinking I typed up things I felt about the topic without maintaining that order. This made me disappointments in myself. I am disappointed in how I have been so far in my work since the beginning of this class. I’m disappointed in the grades I have been receiving and many more. I know I have been on a rocky start but that’s not going to stop me. I will continue to fight and work hard until I get the grades I know I can get. I have been trying many methods but the main thing I have been doing is asking for help. Instead of trying to tackle this alone, I decided to reach out to the people who are willing to help me. The most important person I asked to help me was my professor because she knows what she is looking for in these assignments and can give me the most support and help needed to complete it correctly. Another method I am going to start using is printing the topic instructions so that I can check off the questions that I have already answered. Then finally I will bring my blog to someone in my class or my teacher to proofread for me before I send it in. I know for a fact that this will help me with the mistakes I have made. I also know that there are many methods into helping me. I have many long term goals for myself. Goals that will mold how I live in the future but right now I am only thinking of what I can do to succeed here. I now understand that if I want to get to my long term goals I have to take it a step at a time, and focus on passing my classes and graduating. I feel I will make it to my goal because now I know what I must do. Make sure that I am organized, complete work right away and utilize the resources given to me to help me succeed. Just like in the article that talked about the straight A method. It said "Capture, control, plan, and evolve the way I balance my work with my social life. Therefore I must capture a set organized plan to balance myself in my work in order to control when I get things done instead of racing to meet deadline, plan when to study and do home work, and evolve completely. If I follow this I know that it will ensure success for me. I know that asking for help and asserting myself will assure success for me. I want to succeed, and I will do whatever it takes to do so.