For this week's Tech assignment, I decided to apply Academic Fears and Exploring Rewards to my Intro to Theatre class. In this class, we have a lot of reading to do (sometimes two plays a week, AND we write papers on every play we read), and it can get overwhelming. When I get overwhelmed, it's very easy for me to just throw in the towel and say I won't do it. These strategies will help me to get rid of that unhelpful attitude, and motivate me to be the most efficient student I can be.
This is the chart I made for my Academic Fears strategy! As you all know by now, I find writing things out by hand much more helpful (Kinesthetic Learner), so I wrote mine out, using fun colors.
Intro to Theatre is a required course for all freshman drama students, including actors, MTs, stage managers and design/tech students. It's a really important class to the major, and if I fail it (which I am not in danger of doing, but it's still a scary prospect), it will probably harm my chances of being able to study abroad in London at the Globe Theater the first semester of my junior year, which is really important to me. This strategy was great for laying out all of my fears about the course, and looking at it made the course seem easier, because I know what I can do to avoid my Worst Outcome coming true!Next, I used the Exploring Rewards strategy, also in my Intro to Theatre Class. Again, I wrote it out in pen and crayon because it helps me to actually physically write things out, as opposed to typing them. Here's my chart for my Exploring Rewards!
I feel like my rewards I set for myself are motivating, and they will give me the extra push I need to succeed in my class!The strategies for this week were great, and very useful! I feel more motivated already :) See you girls tomorrow!
You do have huge pressure on your drama class, if I were you,it is highly possible that I would drop this class. However, I remember you said you had already have your goal-- to be a successful actress. So I believe that no matter how hard your drama courses are, you will always try you best.
ReplyDeleteLike your colors in the tables and handwriting idea! As a kinesthetic, maybe I should try to do the same thing as you did! I believe you can achieve more with those rewards and good luck with your class!:D
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