Chapter 2 Overview

Honestly my transition to college was similar to the experiences of Marie. I came from a pretty nice high school, where teachers were generalists like he talked about. They knew the subject but not like the ins and outs of the subject like a college professor does. Dr. Kane my first semester biology teacher knew literally everything about biology. The last time I took biology was my freshman year in high school, so I'm coming in thinking that it's going to be somewhat similar. It was nothing alike, he went so much farther in depth and the course material was so much that it began to become overwhelming. Now after reading these chapters and looking back I agree with Hjortshoj, that high schools really only prepare you to be accepted into college, they don't really help you figure out how to get through the academic grind. I thought I was doing great being able to study and manage my time wisely until basketball season started. I had to really buckle down because I had to find time to study while we practicing, watching film, and traveling. The only thing I think my high school really helped me prepare for was how to manage my time. At my school we lived in dorms because it was a private boarding school, and living on your own is different like Hjortshoj said you have so much freedom once you get to living on your own. If you don't manage your time it'll be hard for you to do well in anything honestly and with living on a campus with dorms already it was like college. You don't have anybody to wake you up and tell you to go to class, nobody to tell you to get to practice on time, and for sure no parents telling you when to study or when to do your homework. I think besides alertness and flexibility you need to have a sense of urgency if you do not have urgency to get something done you will be sitting there reading a chapter from a book you should've finished an hour ago. If urgency isn't one of your skills then I think that will throw off your alertness and your flexibility.