Zack Van Zante
Ms. Keener
AP United States History
30 March 2016
Quarter 3 Goal Analysis
My Quarter 3 Goal was to raise my essay scores and get my AP United States History notes done in a reasonable time before they are due. This was attempted by taking time in writing the essays slowly and thinking them out. Also by finding time to do the notes over time and not all at once. Some of the notable events that occurred was that I was sick on one of the days we did an in class essay, another was that I did not do the AP United States History notes when there was time to do them over times of little homework. Lastly, over break, instead of doing the homework, spent time with my girlfriend and family.
When I was sick the class had the in class essay where we used a notecard to study. The trouble with this was that I was sick when writing an essay. Making concentration, among other things, harder to do while writing. Though the stillness of the house was a great comfort while formulating thoughts and making words out of them. Though I had time to do some of the AP United States History notes, I chose not to because I did not feel like working on them. I had more fun things to be doing, like spending time with family and such.
Overall I think I was successful in achieving my goal, being that my essays were given full credit and I am not in a mad dash to finish the notes. I can still build upon when a reasonable time is, and shift it back from the due date more. As for a new goal, why not have keeping the essay grades up but start studying for the big test more. This will hopefully happen by taking time for the essays and using the resources to study for the test.