I dont think we're in high school anymore

In my one and a half weeks of college I have learned many simple things, like which dorms are have the most fun, what teachers to watch out for and when to go to Dunkin Donuts but I have also learned things that are a little more valuable. I’ve learned that teachers aren’t really the ones who teach you in college, what we called hard work in high school is an easy day in college. But most importantly I’ve learned that college is nothing like high school.

Going from an hour of homework a night to 4 to 5 hours of homework a night is plain bonkers. My old style of note taking and studying is basically useless here in college. Yeah, it was a good preparation however it’s nothing like the amount of notes and type of notes I now have to take. I was always taught on the “first level” of leaning and note taking which was just comprehension and memory. However now we’re on the “second level” and we need to worry more about forming opinions and obtain a deeper understanding. But what does that even mean? Who knows, I guess it’s up to everyone to decide how much effort they put in and what they want to get out of it. But one thing that for sure is that the way I study and learn needs to have some serious changes!

In the article Debunking the Myth of Multitasking the author very clearly states that multitasking it not acceptable. He says “juggling everything at once gets you nowhere.” This is very different than what I’ve done. Multitasking has been a part of my life since I can remember but that needs to change. Multitasking can make it harder to complete tasks and often times the work is not done thoroughly. If I want to maintain a good grade and actually understand my work multitasking needs to be cut down if not taken out of my everyday life.