Becoming a Better Student by Brooke

Becoming a Better Student by Brooke - January 2016 Scholarship Essay

There are many ways to fulfill your thirst for knowledge. There are countless internet tools and tools that you can use without electronics that help you make great strides in your knowledge capacity. Therefore, for my 2016 New Year's resolution I choose to use the helpful website Quizlet more often, working hard, getting things done early, having a good focus, and being open minded.
Quizlet is a site that is known for its flashcard program; however, Quizlet has much more to offer. There are games, audio learning, and practice tests. Quizlet also offers different languages so you can study terms for any of your foreign language classes. You can make your own study set or you can search to see if someone already made a study set for you to use.
Working hard will almost get you anywhere you want to go. If you have the drive to become better at anything, it will be easier to work hard. That motivation will tremendously help you when you are at home, tired, have been working all day and all you want to do is sit down, but you know that if you spend another hour of your day studying, it will help you in the long run. So you get our you study materials and you study till you understand it. Why? Because you want to be good at what you do, because you know the importance of what you are doing and how it will impact your future.
Depending on your personality getting things done early will make you more at ease and relax a little more. I know that for me, it does wonders. However, for some, they stay calm no matter the situation. Therefore, one of my resolutions is to get things done early. When they are done early, I will be more relaxed and possibly have more time to study for other things. You never know when an emergency is going to come up and you will no longer have time to do what you needed to do. Say it is a Sunday morning and you just want to lay in bed, but you know that you have to finish your homework that is due the next day. You decide that it is only the morning, so you push it off to the evening. However, later in the day you get a phone call that your grandma is in the hospital, so you have to spend the rest of the day there instead of being at home doing your homework. These are the kinds of situations that I think of all the time, which is why I get so nervous when I do not do things early.
Having a good focus will save you tons of time. It is unbelievable the amount of work you get done with you zone out of everything except for the thing that you are working on. Also, when you are taking a timed test, focus is key. If you get out of focus for five minutes, you may have thrown off the timing for the entire test. Staying focus is something that I definitely have trouble with; consequently, it will be one of my most difficult New Year’s resolutions.
Being open minded will help you find new things that may be better for you. When you find something that is working well for you, you usually close your mind to that one topic. Keeping your mind open may lead you to greater things. You never know what is out there and if it will benefit you.
How do I plan to be a better student? By working hard, doing things early, having a better focus, being open minded, and using Quizlet more often. Writing this essay has helped me look into what will make me a better student. I am truly grateful that I found this essay so that I will know what it takes to be a better me. Thank you for your time and consideration.