First opinion 8.1

n Groome

1 posts

Re:Module 8 DQ 1

My biggest challenge right now is that classes have started where I teach, and I am exhausted at the

end of the day.

Normally my college is on a 4 day work week which gives me M

-

Th to teach and grade

papers. This leaves Fri, Sat, & Sun to really focus on

my dissertation.

For the first two weeks of school,

we have mandatory meetings on Fridays.

Going from a 7 day weekend to a 2 day weekend has really

been stressful for me, and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed.

I think that starting next week, when I get

ba

ck onto a 4 day work week and a 3 day weekend, I will be less stressed.

One thing that I think will

be beneficial is that I am teaching a strategies for success class this semester.

As a class we identified

some of the challenges we will face this semest

er, and many of us said time management.

Hopefully,

by helping them, I will also help myself. Hoops & Artrip (2016) claim that student taking college

success courses do much better with their studies.

I am hoping that people who teach this class will

als

o benefit!

I

I am a bit confused about the approval for the prospectus being finished when this class is over.

The

last three assignments have been on the proposal

–

chapter 1, then chapter 2, and this last on chapter

1 & 2.

We haven’t really worked on

the prospectus since the first two assignments.

I have my D

-

10

form, but I don’t think I will be getting my D

-

20 form signed before this class ends, as I have not

worked on my prospectus since I started working on the proposal.

I guess I will probably ha

ve to go

back and refine the prospectus based on the re

-

writes of the proposal.

Maureen

Hoops, L. D., & Artrip, A. (2016). College student success course takers' perceptions of college student

effectiveness.

The Learning Assistance Review

, (2), 55. Retriev

ed from

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgao&

AN=edsgcl.468632184&site=eds

-

live&scope=site

n Groome

1 posts

Re:Module 8 DQ 1

My biggest challenge right now is that classes have started where I teach, and I am exhausted at the

end of the day. Normally my college is on a 4 day work week which gives me M-Th to teach and grade

papers. This leaves Fri, Sat, & Sun to really focus on my dissertation. For the first two weeks of school,

we have mandatory meetings on Fridays. Going from a 7 day weekend to a 2 day weekend has really

been stressful for me, and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. I think that starting next week, when I get

back onto a 4 day work week and a 3 day weekend, I will be less stressed. One thing that I think will

be beneficial is that I am teaching a strategies for success class this semester. As a class we identified

some of the challenges we will face this semester, and many of us said time management. Hopefully,

by helping them, I will also help myself. Hoops & Artrip (2016) claim that student taking college

success courses do much better with their studies. I am hoping that people who teach this class will

also benefit! I

I am a bit confused about the approval for the prospectus being finished when this class is over. The

last three assignments have been on the proposal – chapter 1, then chapter 2, and this last on chapter

1 & 2. We haven’t really worked on the prospectus since the first two assignments. I have my D-10

form, but I don’t think I will be getting my D-20 form signed before this class ends, as I have not

worked on my prospectus since I started working on the proposal. I guess I will probably have to go

back and refine the prospectus based on the re-writes of the proposal.

Maureen

Hoops, L. D., & Artrip, A. (2016). College student success course takers' perceptions of college student

effectiveness. The Learning Assistance Review, (2), 55. Retrieved from

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgao&

AN=edsgcl.468632184&site=eds-live&scope=site