OPEN LETTER

Dear students,

Entering college during the fall semester was filled with greater opportunities and new experiences. Some of you may have struggled a bit with living alone or perhaps the academic assignments were a little too difficult. Regardless, we have all struggled in some form or another but I have learned a few lessons from my previous semester that will sure help me get through this next semester and through the rest of my college career as well.

The first lesson that I learned was not to procrastinate. Trust me, I’ve been there. I would always wait till the last second before finishing an assignment, but believe me when I say that doing you’re work right away is better than just holding it off till later. When you procrastinate you don’t have as much time to finish an assignment, as you would have if you ‘d started earlier.  Starting an assignment early allows you to have more time to think and perfect your work. Say you finish an assignment days before its due, the remaining days could be used to reflect on your work and perhaps discover new ideas and ways to perfect it, thus resulting into a better chance of getting a good grade.

Another lesson that I learned is to always leave room in your schedule to study. We’ve all had that one class that really stresses us out and some of us would not bother looking over the textbook, because we get too lazy and we tell ourselves that there’s no point because we just don’t get it. However, believe me when I say that if you dedicate at least one hour of reading your textbook or going over what was discussed in class, you will notice a difference in your academic performance. Trust me, the more you study the better. If you keep reading over your textbook, the information will eventually stick into your head, and by doing this you will be able to pass your tests.
Eat breakfast! I was like most people students. At times I would skip breakfast or if I did eat breakfast, it would be a very light snack. But I learned quickly that eating a good breakfast would help with your academic performance. There were times when I would almost fall asleep in class and I would struggle in paying attention. At first I didn’t understand and blamed it on the fact that perhaps I was sleeping late the past couple of days. However, I quickly realized that it was because I wasn’t eating breakfast. When we don’t eat breakfast we don’t take in the energy we need to get us through the day, that’s why we tend to fall asleep in classrooms. Eating breakfast helps boost your energy, thus helping us stay awake during class time, and helping us pay more attention.

Another lesson that I’ve learned is not sleeping late. Yes, its college and the last thing we want to do is sleep early. I’ve been there. In fact, we’ve all been there. No one wants to sleep early, but sleeping early does play a major role in boosting your energy for the next day. Yes I talked about how eating breakfast is essential for getting you through the day, but that’s only one of the few big things we must do to rise up our energy. When we sleep early we allow our bodies to rest more. The more rest we let our bodies get the more energetic we feel the next day, thus resulting in better academic performance.

I hope these lessons are a great help, and I hope all of you don’t struggle as much going though this semester. Good luck on your academic experiences!

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