If you want to set a goal of never missing a day of class in college...?

Question

and never being late and never procrastinating, handing in your homework completed and on time,

How would you set this goal?

Answer 1

That is great!!! I have had perfect attendance for 9 1/2 years (elem-h.school). Now I am in college and one semester has gone by and I have not missed one day!! I hate missing classes because I never know if I am going to miss something important. I don't really know how I set this goal but I do know that once I did it for a whole year, I had to keep going! Even when I get sick, I tell myself: I got sick from all the germy people at school, so why should I stay home, I should repay the people (yeah, yeah...I know, that's mean)!! As far as procrastinating goes, I tend to put things off til the last minute, but I always get things done on time.

Just keep going and try not to miss a day, once you get the hang of it, it won't be hard, it will come natural.

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

Well first I would have to say that it is an unrealistic goal. I had a few classes where I didn't learn much so I skipped them; I procrastinated a lot; and most college courses don't make you turn in your homework. And I graduated with highest honors.

How well you succeed depends on what type of classes you take. I was a biochemistry major, so I took a lot of science classes. There are lab reports due every week, but the vast majority of the grade is based on two midterms and one final exam. And you can't procrastinate your homework of hundreds of practice problems to do the night before the test.

I learned this my first quarter, when I took chemistry. Fortunately I still knew a lot of it from high school, but I recognized that I wouldn't go far this way. So I set up a schedule with time blocked off every day for studying and doing homework. This worked out well for me.

The other type of class is humanities and social sciences, which have papers as well as final exams. Whenever I had a paper, I could do the research in a timely manner, but I could not make myself do the actual writing until the night before. I told myself that I write better under pressure, but I probably would have written better papers if I didn't procrastinate.

Finally, here are the circumstances when I felt completely justified in missing class:

When I was too sick to go
When the class was so boring that I was just going to fall asleep anyway
When the professor spent the first half of class reviewing the previous lecture, so I only had to go every other day

But beside that, I always wanted to go to the main classes of my major. If you find yourself dreading your classes, you may want to consider a different major.

Answer 3

For me, being a procrastinator, it is hard. I just try to think of all the nights I worked and struggled to keep my eyes open at 5 am watching the sun come up and how I hadn't had any sleep yet. I get very cranky when I am tired and just try to ask myself if I want to go through that again, or get everything over and done with so I can relax. That helps. I also create a To Do list at the beginning of each week and put daily sticky notes on my computer of what things from that list I will accomplish each day before I can go on to more "fun" stuff.

As far as never missing a day, that is a great idea but can also be unrealistic. Emergencies happen (I had to have emergency back surgery one year and another time was hospitalized with an ulcer). Also, going to classes sick can make things worse by running you down even more. It is safest to find someone in your class that you can count on to get notes from on days you are out and that you can help as well if they need it. Having a group is even better and this can double as a study group to help you prepare for exams.

Make sure you check your professors attendence guidelines. Also check and see if your professor has any note-posting system. My college used Blackboard and some professors would post the notes for class a day or two ahead of the meeting date and require students to print off notes before class. This is also useful if you are absent.

Answer 4

That is a great goal to set for yourself because I have set the same goal. But unfortunately things that quarter did not go as I planned them. What I'm saying is even if you break your goal and miss a couple of days or procrastinate, don't despair and try not to make goals that are hard to keep. I hope this helps:)

Answer 5

By setting your priorities. A part time job right now is probably getting you fast cash, but it isn't worth anything to what you will be earning once you finish your degree. Moreover you paying a certain amount for every class. So think about the money you losing by not attending.

The college I go to, well the classes are three hours long. Thats another good reason for me NOT to miss!!

Answer 6

doing it; start early get and USE a planner... its not difficult but life happens and and in college there are always classes that you don't need to present for,be on time for, etc because some profs read from the book........depending on where you go, class and profs, homework is minimal but larger in length. most classes besides english have a few tests and a term paper or presentation....

Answer 7

Think of the reward (or prize). Maybe the reward will be entrance into law school, or landing a $100,000 year job, regardless think what you will accomplish if you succeed in fulfilling all of your goals.

Answer 8

By following it strictly