"Getting My Act Together"

I am going to write about my need to get serious about school again (particularly my chemistry class). I really need to get more focused in my chemistry class. I do not know what is going on with me this semester. I am doing pretty well in my other classes with A’s and B’s. I really do not know what is wrong with me. Well actually I do. I have been too focused on girls and playing basketball. I need too dedicate that devotion to chemistry. Two semesters ago, in the first part to this chemistry course that I am currently taking, I received a B in that class. I am struggling right now in this second part of the class. I do not know if it is because this second part to this class is more difficult than the first part of this class. It could also be because I have a different and possibly a stricter professor. I think that my struggle is a combination of them both. In the first part of this chemistry class, I got by (making a B) by studying the night before or an hour or two before the exam or quiz. I have taken this same approach with the second part of this chemistry class that I am currently in and it is obviously not working up to this point. Right now, I think that I have a low C in this chemistry class. If the lab grade for this class (which is twenty-five percent) is put into the class grade, then I will probably have an overall grade of a B in this class. However, I do not want to rely on the possibility of my lab grade in this class bringing up my overall grade in this class to a B. I need to have a B without putting in the lab grade so that I can make an A in this chemistry class. I am trying to make all A’s this semester, but I have not been giving my classes that one hundred percent effort that I should be giving to them. I need to start studying each day for my chemistry class (and other classes) and not wait until the day before or the day of the class to study for the classes test or quiz. Sometimes, I have even been going without studying for a quiz. Sometimes I get lucky and make an A or B. Other times, I do not get so lucky, and I make a C or lower on the quiz (or test). I have to make a plan for my classes and abide by that plan so that I can get my grades up in all of my classes. I need to stop paying so much attention to girls and basketball and start paying more attention to my classes and studying. I know that it is going to be hard for me to start studying, but I have to do it. The hardest part of studying (for me) is actually getting started to study. Once I get started studying, I can continue on for about forty-five minutes to an hour (when I am not forced to study the day before the test). This may not seem like much time, but it is a lot better than me not studying, and I am sure that it will make a big difference when it comes to my performance on quizzes and test. That is what I need to do to “get my act together” in school this semester.