Each article that we had to read all had interesting points,
and all discussed topics that I myself had been concerned about being able to
do and have questioned, but there were two articles in particular that stuck
with me. The first one was from “Work Hard or Work Smart?” The author emphasized
that the key to being a successful worker is that you need to find the balance
and be able to work both hard and smart. You can’t have one without the other,
just like you can’t make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with only jelly. They made it easy to understand that anyone
can achieve this; they suggest that you make a plan for the week and layout everything
that you have to get done, once you have this plan then that is when you can
begin to work on the plan. I find this article useful because it helps to eliminate
the stress that college students have trying to get all of their work done on
time. Making a plan for the week ahead is a good way to stay organized and stay
on task. The article that was useful to me was “How to Become a Deeper Thinker
at College”. This article somewhat
mimics that of “Work Hard or Work Smart?”; they too suggest that you make a
plan, but unlike the plan in the previous article this plan is to help manage
your time. They suggest that what makes
a deep college thinker is time, and I agree with them. They said that the students who become the
deeper thinkers “are those who have more than enough time to think about, work
on, grapple with, and revel in their coursework”. It also said that “less than
half of you courses should be about something you already know about”. A student
will be more interested during class and more willing to learn if they haven’t already
been taught the information beforehand. What both these articles are talking
about is time management, and in my opinion is something every college student
needs to learn because it is one of the most important tools to have if you
expect to be successful in anything you do, not only your classwork.
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