Week 20

Weekly Reflection

I have now started week 20 of the academic year and I am off to a good start in terms of developing myself. Last night I had parents evening where it was addressed that my punctuality is a bit of a problem and I am a bit slow in terms of getting work completed on time, however I am using the feedback from my teachers as motivation to improve. What was addressed last night I have already mentioned a lot in my blog, but now is the time for change. I am in a good position in terms of how much time I have in order to meet all of my deadlines for both courses. However I need to make sure to use my time efficiently in order to meet every single deadline. I have thought of a strategy to planning my time well which is to spend some extra time after college hours completing work to give myself less to do at home.

Punctuality is still an issue as I was late today but this will be the last time I get a late slip this year, I want to succeed in college and the best way to do that is to get the most out of all my lessons by arriving on time. Speaking of punctuality, I have extra motivation to improve on it as a work place won’t stand for it. If I get into the habit of being punctual now it will help me a lot in the future by giving me an extra skill both personally and in my working career.

Areas of development

Punctuality is still a problem however I am highly motivated and determined to improve on this starting from now. I also still need to work on planning my time efficiently for getting work done. However I have come up with a plan to help develop this by staying in college after hours to get work done so I don’t have to bring it home, I just need to make sure to stick to this plan.

What has gone well?

I have boosted my morale at possibly the best time of the academic year to do so, I have managed to start keeping up to date with my work and have given myself more than enough time recently to get all of my coursework completed to a good standard. Providing I spend plenty of time getting work completed, I will be able to get all of my assignments handed in on time and hopefully to a good standard. I have also boosted my morale in the sense that I am highly motivated to be punctual to lessons as I have addressed this issue with family and with teachers, so it is now up to me to do the rest. I am in a position where things will only go wrong if I let them by going back to my old ways, however I am determined to not let this happen.

Long term goal

My long term goal is to finish college with at least Merit standards, but I will be pushing hard for distinctions. I am still deciding between getting a full time job and going to university, so my goal is currently to be successful in college.