Why take classes that arent important?

Accounting happens to be my major and that isn't my problem. All the courses I am forced to take outside of my degree plan are my problem. The classes that incorporate straight accounting I have an A in. However the classes that have nothing to do with the degree I have a C in. I thought that since they were required but not my certain degree that those classes should be a blow off but yeah right. Those are the classes that cause me so many problems and are driving me up the wall. The professors outside of my degree plan all act like they are helping me and I'm sure one day I will incorporate the necessities of the class but as of right now they are a pain. I mean if its hurting me more than benefiting me as far as academic scoring goes then why take it at all. I much rather jump into record keeping, better understanding excel or learning new accounting software that I always hear about. Instead I am bummed out learning other unrelated topics sitting in classes that no accounting majors are seen in. Well at least it seems like none other than me are stuck in these classes. I am glad that I am at a liberal arts education that I am able to become well rounded at and at least it seems like I already have became more well rounded. As much as it annoys me and I want to jump into the more necessary classes I understand that it is easier said then accomplished. I am considering taking some summer courses to try to get out of the university as soon as possible. I am really ready to get into the full workforce. I keep getting told that these are the best days of my life and to embrace the current time and enjoy live it up. I just don't feel like this time era is where I am going to be at my highest thrill. I am looking forward to working and getting my life started. I won't be totally happy until I am able to sit back on a large ranch, nice home  and a lot of animals knowing that all that I am surrounded with happens to be what I am working so hard to get. Having all that I ever wanted will make this all worth it. By knowing that I wont allow myself to give up I am confident that I will be successful in college. In addition I am using that as my inspiration to continue and appreciate what I am doing to get to my future oasis.

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First Break

College is really become a day in and day out process with little break in between. I was lucky that even my work schedule had gone out the window in the same time frame as the mid semester break. Although I still had quite a bit to get started on an complete as far as college work, I was glad that there were no classes and schedule that I had to abide to. I was able to feel like I was getting rest and actually got to spend time with my animals which I have been missing a lot. As far as the break, it makes me realize that I may need to form a different schedule next semester that fits me better. I am starting to realize that the schedule that I have right now is not working for me physically it leaves me being overwhelmed and frustrated from it. I have to work and go to school because financially that is what is needed for me to be able to experience the college lifestyle. When work is present in the schedule it really doesn't help with me being able to focus on the work that is assigned. Not to mention the physical toll it puts on me. When I leave the campus to go to work my mind is filled with class lectures, just to arrive to work and start thinking about what happened that week at the company. This continuous process always leaves me one step behind where I need to be at both places work and school and leaves me agitated.  Waking up, going to class, and keeping up with homework  is pretty difficult when you are trying to keep up with what is needed of you at work. Personally , I never wanted to work a job like HEB or Fast Food so I am working at a company as a secretary to continue learning business and gain better references. I feel long term this will be a better fit but it does cause even a larger brain participation in and away from work. No break will seem long enough to make me feel replenished but I know the reward I will receive at the completion of this university will be worth it. I know alot of your success later in life comes from the foundations of today so I am pretty confident that I will be able to be prosperous then. I assume the best thing to do in this certain  situation is to remain positive and know that later on my satisfaction will be pleased.

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First College Essay

Writing on a college level. Well it seems like an easy assignment until you comprehend just how much work it takes to achieve that college level. When I was back in high school I was assured that I was on the right track and had all the concepts down. I was happy thought I was well prepared. However, I failed to realize that this wasn't a university professor providing me this information, it was  a high school teacher. In my time so far in college I learned the tricks that made you successful there aren't transferring into my college experience. Overall a good way of learning just what college is about is learning to write all over again. My first real essay happens to be about a close community and mine happened to be about how the oil industry kills rural life. My thought process through the paper was at first, well this will be easy just everything I know slapped onto a page like I used to and be praised for my brilliance. Well this logic works until you get feedback on your first draft and learn that you truly aren't that smart. Then you look at it again and say oh duh I knew all that, add some quotes and a little MLA format and there you go a prize winning paper. However the same outcome occurs with the second draft. At this point I started realizing that the paper and writing skills that I once saw as the most efficient in writing a paper isn't quite what I put it out to be. Instead  through my process of failures I learned that the best way of being successful at writing in college is to just start your learning process all over again. If you remain stubborn through the process that they are trying to teach you, then you may never truly be good at writing in a correct format. From just this experience in my composition class, I am going to start learning how to take the professors advice on what will work. After all if you look at the logic behind it, They might be one of my first professors, but I am not one of there first students. Experience is the only way of learning by trial and error and for me to have assumed that I could out smart a professor was pretty dumb. So I will chop it off as a loss and go ahead and change my viewpoint of college learning. It it truly different and the professors aren't there to put up with you. They are there for a purpose, its up to us to take in the information and utilize it.

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Exam Results

So obviously no one said it was going to be easy. In the end I came out being 2 for 4. Guess that isn't too bad considering it was my first actual exams in college. My range on grades went from 57 to a 94 so now I got an idea of what I need to focus on and what I can maybe look at last minute. Although when I turned in all my exams I felt like they were a solid B at least, the results gave me a different reality of what truly occurred on my "confident" answers. I studied for all my exams and didn't even cram the information in last minute. When I got my grade of a 57 back I felt devastated, I mean in high school for those answers I would of been getting extra credit and a definite 100. However, news flash always seems to ruin that certainty and college is not high school and the reality is what worked there isn't very applicable to college settings for the most part. After realizing that the professor that just gave me my first failing exam in college was one of the toughest on campus I didn't feel as bad. In that particular class there are about 5 people retaking the class because they did not pass it the first time. When they said there scores were only 70 to a 78 my 57 somehow didn't feel as shameful. I know that the grade isn't what I normally would desire but I am looking at that as a lesson that I need to take advantage of the Si sessions available and find out strategies to be successful in that particular class. Another lesson I learned in another class was  a simple but important one that thinking back I was taught in high school, "RTDQ". RTDQ stands for Read The Damn Question. If I would have listened to this advice on my algebra exam I would have got a 100 but instead of reading the questions last instructions I overlooked the part that sated "check your answer". I lost a lot of points for just not showing my answer was correct. Overall I was disappointed in my exams and felt I had more control of the outcome and had too much confidence. It was an eyeopener I will use on  future preparation attempts to ensure that the same outcome will not result. Failing out of college is not an option and I will make sure my strategies adjust so that I will overcome this exam and compensate it with exams to come.

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