Welp, finals just ended last night, and I'm not sure about the rest of you, but my self esteem feels pretty shattered. I feel like you work all semester long and then the last two weeks with everything due and all the tests can slaughter all your previous efforts. I tried to keep caught up and study really hard this semester, but all these tests just had so much information, and I ended up studied the wrong information for most of them, and after realizing that I didn't do so hot, well I just felt...disappointed. I know I can be a better student, and I know I'm smarter than my grades show. Therefore, there has been some serious self introspection and goal making being done in my head and heart last night and today. I know it's a great opportunity to go to college, and I need to take advantage of it. It's an investment, and I don't want all the tuition dollars to go to pot. It's part of building Kellie Wentz, not just a GPA. I forget sometimes that education is just that...learning and educating myself. It's what I put into it, and I want to put more into it. I am free of classes until fall semester, but I have been making my list of ideas for better studying, note taking, reading, all of that stuff that can make me be the kind of student I want to be. I know deep down I love education, I want to be a teacher for pete's sake! I want to spend my life in a classroom! So I guess I best start mastering the craft of being the student, before I think about becoming the teacher. Alright, that is my decree, I will not let finals and grades get me down, but I will promise (and all y'all better hold me to it) that I will only get better at it. I want to be a good student, I want to learn better, and not just strive for A's, but for
education.
