Election 2008

This election is somewhat important to me.

I am not sure who I would vote for anymore, and I cannot even if I wanted to because I am too young to participate.

I usually only pay attention to who is running until it is down to the final two. After that, I find out from people around me about what is going on. I was also more aware of it last year because I had to watch the news for Model UN. While I was watching it though, I personally thought that it was more interesting when Clinton and Obama were debating together than McCain and Obama now.

There are a number of things that I care about, but there are two that I care about more than the others. Those two things are: the economy and the war.
I already knew that the economy was not in good shape, but for the past while now I have been watching the gas prices rise and fall continuously and hear about people foreclosing on their homes.

I also hear some things about the war that I wish never happened and everything could just end without causing something else worse to rise.

Study Strategy

This is the strategy that I am using to study for my IDC midterm. Before I received my study sheet, I reviewed all of the readings in my mind to see what I remembered. I then analyzed the guide and rewrote my notes to match the “identify” items that were specified on it. I also asked my professor questions about anything on the guide that I could not find and wrote down what she had said. After gaining all of my answers I then went to writing down ideas for the essay concepts in a T-chart to compare and contrast the ideas mentioned. When I received the question, I began a new T-chart using the knowledge that I acquired through my notes and previous T-charts. Afterward, I typed it and now I have enough time everyday to study for the midterm without worrying about the essay.

This semester I learned that time management is a very important. That is why I completed my notes and essay as early as I could so I could review them both and study without any stress. This has also given me time to study for two other tests that I have during the same week as my IDC midterm.

In Converse 101 I have also learned to prioritize my work. I now write down dates in my planner for assignments that are due in a week or two and star them so that I know to work on them a little bit along with my assignments due the next day. I also read each syllabus to know how much the assignments are percentage-wise for each class.