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Habits of Mind

Nhat Minh — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:19:15 +0000

16 Habits

Something I do everyday is applying past knowledge to new situations, and persisting. Every time I’m faced with new situations: meeting a new person, working with people outside your circle of friends, and even solving a difficult math problem. Whenever I meet a new person, I use my past experiences (ones filled with success and failure) to try to make them feel comfortable with me. In a group project, I use my past experience to guide our group to finish the project strong. When solving a difficult math problem, I apply the methods I previously learned to solve it. Persisting is always what I do. I never like to leave something started unfinished.

Semester 2 Goal

Nhat Minh — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:23:07 +0000

POSITIVE

Science: Demonstrates in-depth understanding of concepts

IMPROVEMENT

Chinese: Needs to contribute more orally in target language

Goal: By the end of the year, I want to score well in oral presentations and oral tests, scoring above A-. (Chinese class)

2nd Quarter Goals

Nhat Minh — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:07:18 +0000

I have a few goals I want to accomplish this quarter, but during the first quarter I managed to accomplish some of my first quarter goals. I did well on completing my homework, and not leaving it until the last day. This year, I also took better notes – especially in Science class. One of the activities which helped me was the Humanities activity for learning part of speech. It really helped me quickly organize the word, find patterns in sentences and state which part of speech the word was. I did well on Humanities this year, and science. Normally, my average grade for Humanities would be between 92-93%, but now my grade is 97%, which is an astounding A+. In Science, I did really well on all the quizzes and managed to complete homework. My swimming and health were great well, and I never had any problems with the courses. What I did worse that before was Algebra. I usually have an A+ for that course, but this year I have an average of 93 (A). This quarter, I needed help with…..nothing because I had trouble with being more active in class and asking the teacher for help when I have problems. I mainly need help with Algebra because I only got a 93% on my overall Algebra grade. Additionally, I needed help with Mandarin as I only got 94%. My goal for this quarter is to participate more in classes, for example Algebra and Chinese. To do that I’ll try to listen more intensively and ask more questions (if I have any). My goal this quarter is to keep my GPA above 3.85. To achieve that goal, I’ll study more and try harder to achieve higher marks for my courses.