Ø Describe your ideal Instructor/Professor.
..* An instuctor that teaches you not just through lecture, but through activities. But not too many activities, you feel like you're in a CAP class again. Someone who doesn't give a ton of homework, but enought to keep you busy. A professor who give a ton a hw tends to be not liked very well by the students.
Ø “I knew it when I studied it, but I forgot it on the test.” How can students study differently to prevent this from happening?
..* I find if I study the night before tests I do better. Not the day of. When you fall asleep your brain goes through everything it's learned that day. Cramming is not the best strategy.
Ø How do you study for quizzes/tests?
..* Look over the material and quiz myself or have other people quiz me.
Ø What do you have trouble with on quizzes/tests?
..* Short answer or giving definitions

Ø List your own quote, favorite saying, song, or other expression of your feelings today.
-If you believe it, you can achieve it.
Ø List initial observations of your new environment.
- I really like being on my own, but if I get home sick I'm not that far away. I just wish the courtyard was closer to my dorm. Winter will be brutal.
Ø List initial observations of your classes.
- The only one I think will be a challenge is Froiland. I like all mt others for the most part
Ø What observations have you made about other students?
- They seem like the have the same thoughts as me, they're new and want to make new friends.
Ø About your instructors?Ø What do you think will be your biggest challenge(s) academically this semester?
- I like most of my instructors. My biggest challege will for sure be Anatomy
Ø Reiterate a term or concept you learned in Anatomy this week.
- Connective and Epithelial tissues are opposites. We've learned a lot about those.
Ø List a few pleasant events that happened during your first weeks at NMU.
- I've met my suitemates, and they're really nice, the boys down the hall are really cool and classes went by super fast.
Ø List habits you already possess that make you successful in college.
- I make sure I give myself enough time to study and still get to bed at a decent time. I get up earlier the mornings I have Froiland so i'm awake for his class.
Ø List habits (timewasters?) you can change or modify, or need to lose.
- Being on facebook, and not studying enough for anatomy.
Ø Explain how you determine what to write down in notes during lectures.
- I ususally write in my own words, I understand it way better when I'm studying.
Ø Based on your first readings in the TCB text, describe the differences between Active Learning & Passive Learning (reading, note-taking, etc..)
- Passive learners are people who can listen and soak up the information, where active learners are those who has to do it, write it and see it to understand.
Ø Based on your first readings in the BT text, list TWO of favorite quotes and explain why they "speak" to you.
- "Read it...write it...summarize it" I know this is what I NEED to do for Froiland's class. It will help me understand a lot better. "You have to read..read..read.. and comprehend! There's no lectures to explain concepts...you're on your own." This really lets me know I don't have someone to tell me what I have to know for tmrw, I just need to do it on my own.
Ø Finally, name one goal (personal, academic, etc..) you have for yourself next week.
- I have my first anatomy quiz next week. So my goal would be to get at least a B on it.