Friday, September 6, 2013

2B. Deep Thinking


In my second week of college my INQ professor assigned articles to read, and as a typical student I dreaded it. But even though I dreaded the fact that I had articles too read I knew that it had to be done for class. While reading the articles, I could see why my professor assigned them for homework because it evolved insight on how to become a successful college student. One of the articles that I benefited the most was the article “How to Become a Deep Thinker at College”. Reason why I found it to be highly usefully is because the article basically helps you manage your time and how to use that time very wisely, and that was very much appreciated.

After reading this article I know that there were changes that I needed to make very quickly. Some of the main things that this article brought up were time management and the amount of time you should really be focus on your school work. For instance, say you had a class for a hour the amount of homework you get should be doubled or even tripled so that you forget and it will stick to you. When reading the article I found myself making a comment next to section saying “the more activities you are involved in the less you’ll be focus on your school work” and reason why I wrote this comment is because it’s really accurate and make sense for everyone to understand.  If I were too recommend this article to incoming freshmen or just college students I would highly recommend it.

“This advice is so simplistic as to border on facetious. But it’s the truth. The students who make great mental leaps, and really become more sophisticated thinkers, are those who have more than enough time to think about, work on, grapple with, and revel in their coursework.”

Works Cited

"Study Hacks  » Blog Archive   » How to Become a Deep Thinker at College." Cal Newport -- Author: So Good They Can't Ignore You, How to Be a High School Superstar, How to Become a Straight-A Student, How to Win at College. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Sept. 2013. <http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/10/24/how-to-become-a-deep-thinker-at-college/>.


           

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