Calvin Martinez

Professor Flores
College 1
10/21/2014
Midterm Reflection
These past few weeks in college have been one of the highlights in m life! "t#s an
e$perience to sa the least! Man assignments% tests% an& m'ch time( an essential part of
o'r college life! )o' ma ask wh time* College makes o' break &own time an&
sche&'le everthing in a&vance! "f o' can#t sa b now that sometimes o' +'st want to
rest o'r hea& or +'st la on the co'ch an& &o nothing b't hear m'sic then o' have not
been p'tting in m'ch time for school! ,n e$perience that ma&e feel most s'ccessf'l was
simpl registering for college an& classes! " feel like " have grown a lot since m last &a
of high school 'ntil now! -'t the one " will 'se will be the assignment " was assigne& for
m .nglish 100 class! " ha& to analze the poem /0reams 0eferre&1 b 2angston
3'ghes! ,n assignment% well test% which ma&e me feel least s'ccessf'l% was that first test
" took in m Math 124 class an& wo'l& have faile& beca'se " &i& horribl!
The registration process an& all was a h'ge thing for me an& it ma&e me feel ver
s'ccessf'l after completion! 5egistering for PCC% for financial ai& 6of co'rse with help of
m parents on this7% an& choosing m classes was a lot of work! Pathwas ha& come to
m high school &'ring m senior ear% so the starte& to help me register for school!
8hat was real &iffic'lt was appling for financial ai&! .ither it was missing a section or it
&i&n#t want to go thro'gh! ,fter a co'ple of times an& some a&vice from the financial ai&
office% it went thro'gh! " felt so ecstatic! 5egistering for classes wo'l& have gone smooth
as well if " wo'l& have known " wasn#t allowe& to choose from some co'rse n'mbers%
an& also that " ha& to take an .nglish lab! ,fter three &as% " went to the T2C to get help
from the t'tors an& chose the right classes for me! This e$perience was great( this
signifing the beginning to m higher e&'cation!
9ne of the assignments% well test% which ma&e me feel ver 'ns'ccessf'l% was m
first math test! " score& 40: on it an& " felt ver ashame&! " ha& no one to blame b't
mself( " ha& all the necessar help " co'l& ask for! " felt this wa beca'se " knew that "
&i&n#t &o m'ch homework an& tho'ght " co'l& pass with minimal st'& time! ,s o' will
see in m artifact page% it &i& not work o't! " fig're& after that% that " wo'l& nee& to p't
more time in act'all st'&ing for math! ;ow that the s'b+ect is getting more &iffic'lt% "
will start to go too t'toring or spen& more time reviewing for tests! More likel " will go
to the T2C for help! ,nother strateg is too ask <'estions &'ring class! " 's'all &on#t ask
<'estions b't " have to break that bo'n&ar of not fear% b't mabe embarrassment% to
a&vance! 2ast b't not least% if college starts to become overwhelming " will go an& talk to
m Pathwas coach to s what he wo'l& &o! "#m s're he will give great a&vice! 9verall "
hope this e$perience imb'es me with more knowle&ge that it alrea& has!
M poor math test score!
M st'&/week sche&'le after m registration process an& Math +am! 0ark sha&e& are m
class times an& not sha&e& are either= st'&/homework time% work or rela$ing!