As I approach midterms, I feel that the work is really starting to kick in and that I need to start making moves towards getting the final assignments finished. While I don’t really have much midterms or midterm assignments, I do have final presentations and assignments that looming over me. So as I reach the middle mark I must start taking action.

…and I’m kicking and screaming! I’M NOT READY!!! No, I’m not entirely ready for midterms because I’m doing fairly well in 2 classes, meaning, so far I’m not behind on any work. Then in Precalculus, this being my third attempt, having dropped the class twice before so it wouldn’t adversely affect my GPA, I am understanding the work a bit more than before, but not as much as I would like. My last class, which is a CST class, I am totally behind, one because it’s on Linux, and my forte is Windows, and two because I’ve been putting Precalculus, and the other classes ahead of this computer course, I don’t under the material yet. But I can’t tell the professor that!  I’ll have to tell him something that will convince him not to give up on me, and to at least give me a chance to catch up on the work. I can’t afford to fail the course.

Dear class,

This semester is somewhat difficult for me as the midsemester approaches. As many of you know it is difficult to juggle work and school. I go to school three days a week and work four days a week. There is not much time for anything else with this schedule and I cannot wait for it to end. The most difficult thing for me is time management in regards to all the assignments I have to do. I am taking 12 credits this semester so I have many assignments to do. The struggle for me is always time, there is never enough time but I am managing so far.

Jose Guerrero

For the mid-semester of Spring 2017 it has been much slower than my previous years in college. Usually I attend 4 classes a semester but this semester I am only attending 2 classes. I did begin with 4 but have since reduced the classes to have some amount of rest between working part time in retail and attending classes every morning. Since making the decision to only take 2 classes I feel that I do have time to get more class related work done. Usually when I am taking the 4 classes I can maybe get assignments done for 2 out of the 4 and pray that the other classes do not assign work. This semester I see deadlines and I do not need to calculate how much time I need to assign myself in order to get it done by the deadline. I can tackle the assignments in bits and pieces as I see fit while I also try to get some more sleep and actually feel better throughout my days.

So far this semester has been going good. I have made a conscious effort to stay ahead of all my work. Usually I try to have all my notes and flash cards organized before we get to or finish the lesson plan for that week. Tests have been OK so far and I don’t have any classes that give midterm exams. All my classes give tests throughout the semester and a final at the end.

So far I had been handling the work fine. Some days I have to sleep as little as 3 hours to be able to keep up with the assignments the professor give. For the coming midterms I feel like I am kind of prepared for. I will be needing some review time as usual to get good grades. Some of my classes assigned big projects that I feel like I won’t be able to complete along with the writing assignments for this class. However, I will try what I can do to get everything completed by the deadlines.

so far in the I have been able to manage the workload from all my classes. However, things are getting to the point that i feel like i would lose control and no be able to complete everything. Between work, school and managing my participation in clubs and community service I feel that i would have to drop some of my extracurricular activities in order to mange the time I dedicate to my classes’ work and catch up and prepare for Midterms.

Class,

What i like about the chapter is that we are speaking about how to communicate with the audience and as i’m reading the chapter the author of the textbook knows his audience are students. i feel connected to the text in the sense that i can easily use it as a guide because its speaking to me in the position i am as a student if that makes sense.

The thing I learned is that the writer must communicate with his readers constantly. Compare to writing essay to the professor in the college, the purpose of writing a report to the co-worker or the decision-maker in the company is totally different. They readers will give reactions which are shaped by their situation while they are reading.  And that will push writer to communicate constantly.

After looking over some of Chapter 1, it brought to mind something my high school journalism teacher told me one time: He said,” Don’t worry if it’s perfect, just get it in, ” referring to my late writing assignments. He always mentioned that there will be deadlines to meet. In chapter 1, it states that employers would prefer the work to be 80 percent complete than 100 percent late. In some cases, the work may not be considered at all if it’s late–no matter how good it is.

Another aspect of the chapter that jumped out at me is the fact that graphics and visual design are employed to increase effectiveness, and that’s “right up my alley”. I took quite a few art and design courses, drawing  and painting courses. If I didn’t have to worry about supporting a household, I would have earned another degree in fine arts from Hunter College! Our instruction manual will be likely need illustrations, which is good.