Immediately when I was told that my english class would primarily focus on "Writing Arguments" I was ecstatic; simply because I love to write and even more so I love to argue I'm sure you know that by now though Professor, you had me in inquiry). I look forward to truly having a strong sense of success due to the fact that I have seemingly always been a fairly good writer; the only thing I see holding me back is the fact that I lack motivation and proper study skills. Throughout high school I never really studied, nor did I nearly work as hard as I've had to in college; and my horrible study habits seemed to just carry on with me.
Throughout high school I was always finding myself caught up in something new on weekly basis, I was that kid who was a plagued with new obsessions and interest every week, it seemed as if nothing was good enough to hold my attention for longer than just a day or two. Then I discovered chemistry. Having not been a great, even good per say, math student it interested me that I found such a strong sense of success in the class, seeing as it was basically a mathematics driven course. The more I learned the more interested I became, I just couldn't put the books down and couldn't wait for D Block every single day. With more learning came more questions and not so much were they questions of myself and the subject, but about the subject itself. The answers came as my curiosity flourished; the more I read, the more my questions went answered.. but on the downside, the more more I read, the more I needed to know.. call it a never ending cycle.
Chemistry was the subject that made me think more highly for school itself. I started to think, "Maybe if I can find a way to be as interested in every other subject, I'll become a better student?!" Chemistry was the reason my grades went up, I started to study and pursue every subject to its full potential until I found something that caught my attention and grasped my focus. Unfortunately, this drive and determination towards school has left, and I'm slowly trying to rework these study skills I had acquired my sophomore year and work them into my college routine.. who knows what'll happen then?
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