[Essay] Study Skills

What I learned about study skills is:having a schedule for yourself,know where your all

your time goes,active,reading,familiarizing yourself with general text, take notes ,know all

your resources ,concentratiting,and have a goal.Having a schedule and knowing where

all your time goes was my weakness.I was randomly choosing different times in the day to

study and do classwork.So I needed to sit down and come up with a schedule.It started with

what I do when I wake up,everything I have to do in taking care of with my kids,what errands

I have to run,what is needed to do around the house ,and decide what I have left for school.

So what I came up with as far as school goes is,Monday-Friday I can study in peace with no

interruptions between 8:30 and 11:00am while my son is at school and my daughter is

napping.I will take a break from studying 9:30-9:45am so I can get my daughter up and put her

in something she will be distracted with(jumper,walker,on a blanket with toys,excer-

saucer,etc.).Then at 8:30 pm after I put both my kids to sleep,I go over notes,at 9 pm I post

a couple forums and read new posts in forums by students.At 9:30 pm I do any essays or

assignments I have, and sometime between 10:30 and 11:30(depending on how many

assignments I have)I write down any more notes I have.Then Saturday while my son is out

with his dad or grandma,between 10 am and 4 pm ,I read anything in the book or reading

assignments that I didnt get the chance to get to(if I dont read anything slow,I will just forget

about it like I never even read it).Then Sunday at 8:30pm when my kids go to bed I read over

all notes I have and read any unread forums.Then Monday while my son is in school(before I

study the next topic),I take the time to take the test and review it.

If I need any help as far as resources go,I can email another student,ask a friend or family member for help,email my advisor,I can do the tutoring or I can refer to a handout I had to read.In my book I highlight things I want to write in the notes so I dont have to stop studying to write them down,or so I dont forget them.If something comes up,there are a few things I can take out of my schedule so I dont have to put off any school work.I had a funeral to go to over the weekend and I tried do everything without a schedule.So now I'm sitting here tryin to get alot of classwork done that I had to miss out on while I was gone and that I didnt get the chance to get done when I was home.