Topic > Self-Assessment: Being a Successful Student - 549

Self-Assessment SELF-DESCRIPTION: When I first peaked, I had a lot of bad habits that I picked up while attending the high school system of my home country Trinidad and Tobago. I had a lot of unhealthy study habits that I never took the time to notice. I had terrible note-taking skills, had a very short concentration/attention span when I lacked interest in a subject, and worst of all, I had no time management skills. In high school I was a smart and capable student, but I never applied myself to my work. During the term I relaxed and did little to no work, as this only counted for 30% of my final grade. I didn't attend class and didn't do most of the homework in the classes I went to. When final exams came around, I would put in a few weeks of really hard studying, as that was worth the other 70% of the grade, and I would end up with around an 80% or 75%, which in some cases would net me and A's in the class. In the last three years of my high school life my main concern was football and it came to p...