Halfway Reflection

1. The behaviors I’ve utilized the most in being successful in this course are diligence, responsiveness, and organization. It’s important to be diligent about doing the assignments every week, as they are almost 100% of the grade weight in this course since there are no tests or finals (aside from the cupcakes). It’s also important to remember to do the peer reviews even though they carry over into the beginning of the next week. Responsiveness is enacted when completing peer reviews, as you need to write comments on other’s posts that both respond to what they wrote and tie into your own post and the assignment overall. Organization is also definitely key- if you don’t plan out at the beginning of the week when you’ll take care of your assignments for this course- you’ll most likely forget and not get the grade.

2. I felt like giving up the most when I came across the assignment where we had to come up with a vague business idea. Before I had the idea to use one that I came up with in the past, I was trying to think of something completely new, and had absolutely nothing. There was nothing inspiring me to create, and I think the idea I came up with was pretty underdeveloped and awful- so I’m glad I’ve since changed it. But, when trying to come up with that “new” idea, I just couldn’t for a while- and really wanted to throw in the towel. What kept me going was the fact that I need a good grade in the class and knowing that giving up simply wasn’t an option.

3. Three tips I’d give a student taking this next semester would be:

1. Pay attention to when the cupcakes are due! Being due on Monday at noon has really thrown me for a loop as we’re so used to things being due at 11:59pm. Make sure you put reminders in your phone to complete them BY NOON on Monday!

2. Let the assignments build on each other as you go. At the beginning of the class I didn’t really feel like I knew what I was doing, but as the assignments go on, a lot of the past ones can help with the current and future ones, and you can use the skills you learned after completing those older assignments to help you through the process of completing the new ones.

3. Make your posts enjoyable to read. It’s easy to become monotonous and just complete the assignment for the sake of the grade, but other students have to read and reply to what you write, and you don’t want to make it so boring that it’s almost impossible to get through reading your posts. You want people to be able to relate to what you came up with, so put your own personal flair into each passage you write.

I wasn't sure what type of photo to include in this post, so here's a very enjoyable picture of my dog, Chloe: