For this week, I drew a simple connection to how I’ve grown as a test taker through out my time here at Ole Miss. I was looking back at all of my experiences, both in high school and college, and realized how much I have learned as a student. I used to have terrible test anxiety. I would get super splotch on my chest, super light headed and I would forget everything that I had studied. With midterms being this week, I realized that these occurrences don’t happen as frequently as they have in the past. The more I considered this idea, I was able to draw the connection between how I studied in high school vs college. In high school, I would study the night before and would only read through my notes. Now that I have been here at college, I rewrite my notes on flashcards or type them on the computer or go through and color code things in order to process my learning. I started recognizing that I had a better understanding of the material, therefore I was doing much better on my test here in college. Overall, I was able to connect how my test anxiety has decreased because of the manner in which I learn and study for my exams during my freshman year.
This post in particular is unique from the other posts. When I wrote this post, I hadn’t experienced some of the other challenges that I was going to face through out this second semester. Looking back on it now, I really liked this connection I made between high school and college. This post reminded me of another connection between high school writing experiences and these two college writing courses. I feel that in high school I was spoon fed all the material and there wasn’t many opportunities to grow as a independent thinker. Compared to my past writing courses, I discovered how I have grown as a learner in college. I feel that I am more specialized and more aware of what my strengths and weaknesses are and how to improve. I think this important going forward during my college career.