Week 3 - Study Skills

The two skills that I need to improve the most upon are taking better notes and be prepared. I always start off writing good notes but after a while they will get shorter and shorter. Also I tend to not be all that prepared sometimes. I'll forget a pen or paper, or to get something signed that I needed to get signed. Those are my two biggest weaknesses.

A: 5 Things I Can Do To Take Better Notes
1. Have several pens and pencils as well as your notebook.
2. Write quickly so that you can include all the important information in your notes.
3. Listen for “signal statements” that tell you that what your teacher is about to say is important to write in your notes.
4. Place a ? next to information you write in your notes, but about whose meaning you are not sure.
5. Check with other students to be sure you did not leave out important information.

B: 5 Things To Do About Procrastination
1. Prioritize my task
2. Work in study groups
3. Work on worst task first
4. Take breaks during task
5. Find a good place to work on task.

I've learned from working at Buffalo's that most resteraunts don't raise there price on food that much. What I mean is that retail stores charge three too four times the value that they pay for the product. In the food industry its harded to do that, especially in a resteraunt setting. Also I think I am a very quick learned and i've learned how to be a pretty decent server fairly fast. Thats about all thats new for me this week at work.