How I Got My Groove Back: My tale of struggle and triumph
How I Got My Groove Back: My tale of struggle and triumph By Inaya Syed Last Semester was not it: I lost someone dear to me, which decreased my motivation to study and discouraged me from even trying to study. I lost my friends due to a misunderstanding between us and a lack of respect. My semester only got worse when I failed three classes: Physics, Calculus II, and statistics, where the problem was me this time. The professors tried their best to shake me out of the doomsday mood I was constantly in, but they had their jobs to attend to. Over the winter break, I did not want to fail anymore, so I studied physics, calculus, and statistics theorems to give myself a head start on my classes. I also bought a reusable notebook called Aeronote from Walmart, ($14.97 retail price) and started Notion pages to store the notes I wrote. The first thing on my agenda was to improve my studying habits. I tried everything in the book: letting...