Neville's Academic Progress Blog

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2006-02-15T07:45:00.000-08:00

Just Another Manic Monday

2005-03-07T17:08:00.000-08:00

Test on Wednesday in Asian Politics class and test on Thursday in Political Parties class. You also have a Spanish assignment over a movie due on Wednesday.

Make good use of your time at work today. So far this Monday has been busy but very nice and relaxing, don't ruin the rest of the week by procrastinating today!

7:00 - Do whatever. Add some products to site, update blog, send HOR emails.
8:00 - Make a study guide for Asian Politics class.
9:00 - Make a study guide for Political Parties class.
10:00 - Study and read Asian Politics
11:00 - Study and read Political Parties
12:00 - Go to the gym and get ripped. Today: 15 min intense run, followed by 45 min of chest, bicepts & tricepts

WEDNESDAY

2005-03-02T15:56:00.000-08:00

To do list for This wednesday @ work:

6:00 - Do whatever. Finish off all business emails and send email to Lexxicon telling them order system is acting up. Update Financial blog w/ Robert Sek
7:00 - Continue writing Politcal Parties paper
8:00 - Continue writing Politcal Parties paper
9:00 - Review Int'l Asia class and create a review
10:00 - Continue writing Politcal Parties paper
11:00 - Print out Political Parties paper and use the remainder of time to study for your INT'L ASIA TEST TOMMORROW!!

Oye! You better not waste ANY TIME!

2005-03-01T19:51:00.000-08:00

It's 9:50pm on Tuesday right now. You have to accomplish the following within the next two days:

Tuesday Night (now)
-Have at least a single-spaced page and a half of the political parties paper done before work ends.
-Work out. You are starting to see great results, now maintain them! BRISK running.
-Somehow study for the Spanish quiz tommorrow morning.
-Get in a quick overview of Int'l Relations tonight. This way it isn't new material on Wednesday.

-Wednesday:
-Spanish quiz. You MUST do well because you failed the last test.
-Study Int'l relations with Kim from 12:00pm till 1:00 pm during your break.
-Pickup Cyra from airport?
-Completely finish Political Parties Paper.

-Thursday:
-Political Parties take home exam due today.
-Int'l Relations test in the morning!
-Once you're done with those, start working on Business Ettiquette article.

Test and Test and Test Oh mY!

2005-02-23T15:57:00.001-08:00

Ok, Nev. You've got 3 tests:

Spanish on Friday
Marketing on Monday
Politcal Parties take-home test due next Thursday.

You've got 6 hours at work, use it wisely:

6:00 - Do whatever. Prepare materials for studying

7:00 - Study Spanish Vocab and Grammar. Prepare a study sheet. Test in TWO DAYS!

8:00 - Study marketing and make a study sheet

9:00 - Pick which prompt to use for Political Parties and read the relevant chapter.

10:00 - Begin writing the basic elements of the Political Parties paper

11:00 - Study Spanish till closing time. Know all that vocab, do-over the practice test!

12:00 - Drink that Red Bull and hit up the gym till it closes.

Test and Test and Test Oh mY!

2005-02-23T15:57:00.000-08:00

Ok, Nev. You've got 3 tests:

Spanish on Friday
Marketing on Monday
Politcal Parties take-home test due next Thursday.

You've got 6 hours at work, use it wisely:

6:00 - Do whatever. Prepare materials for studying

7:00 - Study Spanish Vocab and Grammar. Prepare a study sheet. Test in TWO DAYS!

8:00 - Study marketing and make a study sheet

9:00 - Pick which prompt to use for Political Parties and read the relevant chapter.

10:00 - Begin writing the basic elements of the Political Parties paper

11:00 - Study Spanish till closing time. Know all that vocab, do-over the practice test!

12:00 - Drink that Red Bull and hit up the gym till it closes.

Wednesday

2005-02-16T16:41:00.000-08:00

Agenda for the Day:
6:00 - Do whatever.
7:00 - Read Political Parties chapters.
8:00 - Study for Spanish, do homework and new material. Write Subunctive in notebook.
9:00 - Put together personal resume and update Neville1
10:00 - Review both Marketing and Int'l Asia
11:00 - Post TimberTrace on Ebay and email Fred
12:00 - Go to the gym. 20 min run, 20 min upper body.

Thursday Night

2005-02-10T18:32:00.000-08:00

8:00pm - Whatever
9:00pm - Do Spanish vocab & review for tommorrow's class
10:00pm - update resume & Neville1.com
11:00pm - Work on article
12:00om - Gym

Wednesday

2005-02-09T20:25:00.000-08:00

Ok, everything was finished today! I just need to keep writing my business articles!

Wednesday the 9th

2005-02-09T16:24:00.000-08:00

Neville, you know how crazy things will get at the end of the semester, so please start studying hard now.

Today I have 6 hours of work, I need to spend it on:

Hour 1 : Doing whatever I want (I'm doing this right now).

Hour 2 : Spanish work. Make vocab. 2 chart + re-write all the basic grammar on the first two pages of notebook.

Hour 3 : Read for 1 hour SE Asia politics books on Pakistan & India & notes.

Hour 4 : Read for 1 hour Political Parties books & notes.

Hour 5 : Review Pacific Asia & Marketing classes. Better organize notes.

Hour 6 : Start writing a new story for Daily Texan. Be assertive and GET your article published, don't wait. Email professor about b-school photography issue.

Preperation Begins

2005-01-04T17:49:00.000-08:00

I have 14 more days till school starts. While I am working on side projects, I need to start doing research on my upcoming classes and preparing for an all A and B semester.

Finals Update

2004-12-10T19:15:00.000-08:00

Only one more exam!
So far all the finals have gone VERY WELL except for statistics, which I'm not sure about yet. I have one last final exam on Monday morning, then I am done!
I must make sure I study over the weekend, because the class is easy, but has a lot of content.

To-Do List for a Rainy Monday

2004-12-06T10:42:00.000-08:00

ONE MORE DAY after today to study. Today I need to get the following done in this order, NO EXCUSES:
-Become fully prepared for 357M test on Wednesday.
-Do stats chapters and practice test (first without answers).
-Review all Spanish and take practice test.

Today's Goals

2004-12-05T09:26:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I finished all my Spanish and 357M work, now I need to concentrate on some stats and 335M today.

I must:
-Create a chart listing all difference/similarities between Rousseau, Hobbes & Locke.
-Get all stats chapters written down and studied.
-Quickly study all Spanish notes and take the practice test.
-Take stats practice test.

On the Agenda

2004-12-04T14:40:00.000-08:00

OK. It's 4:40pm on Saturday and so far I have been very unproductive. By 2:00am tonight I must finish the following:

-Review and write down major points of all 357 Cases.
-Make a Rousseau, Hobbes & Locke comparison chart for 335.
-Finish vocabulary and grammar study sheet for Spanish.

If I have time: Finish two more chapters of stats.

I MUST FINISH ALL THIS BEFORE I GO TO BED. SO START STUDYING.

Finished With Stats Homeworks

2004-12-02T17:45:00.000-08:00

After we got to re-do all of our Statistics homework, a friend and I did them for 8 hours on Wednesday, and a group got together this afternoon for another 2 or 3 hours. By 5:00pm we had to turn them in. After lots of calculating and SPSS, we finally turned all the homeworks in.

Now it is time to start studying for my Spanish oral exam tommorrow afternoon. It is important I also make time for studying my other classes. I have to make myself stay up till 2:00am tonight then wake up at 8:00am. Hopefully this "finals-day-simulation" will help. Adios!

Crunch Time

2004-12-02T11:23:00.000-08:00

I've always enjoyed being busy, but this week will put that thinking to the test. With finals coming up and the semester winding down I have been extremely busy. I also work till 2:00am everyday of the finals except for the last. The greatest enemy I will have during finals is exhaustion. To combat this, I plan on sleeping everyday at around 2:00am and waking up at 8:00am. This will set the pace for my routine in the week ahead. I will also start eating on a very regular schedule.

Here is a quick breakdown of finals:

Wed 8th - 357M 9am till noon - Somewhat easy. Lots of writting.
Thur 9th - Statistics 9am till noon - Very difficult. Needs most studying.
Thur 9th - Spanish7pm till 10pm - Difficult. Needs good amount of studying and lots of practice.
Fri 10th - 335M 9am till noon - Relatively easy. Must review and refresh authors.
Mon 13th - Geology 9am til noon - Easiest. Still needs lots of revision.

Stats

2004-12-01T21:35:00.000-08:00

Stats is taking over. Me and a friend spent the last 8 hours working on all 7 of the previous stats homeworks which can be re-done for a grade. We got through 3, I already have 2 of them done and we need to still do the last two.

I also think I have the golf bug now.

Today's Progress

2004-12-01T14:16:00.000-08:00

I completed and understood two chapters of spanish out of 4 chapters I need to cover. This was grammar and not vocabulary which is almost as important. So far today I have not got ANY STATS DONE. It is important to get all this done because TOMMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO TURN IN HOMEWORK. I should probably call someone in my class to work on it with.

To Do List for Wednesday

2004-11-30T23:01:00.000-08:00

-Re-finish every Stats homework so I can fix them in office hours tommorrow morning.
-Fill HouseOfRave orders in morning and add a product.
-After Geology class, study Spanish and make final grammar review sheet.

Did I Finish My Work?

2004-11-30T22:55:00.000-08:00

No.
I finished getting a new ID card, adding a product to houseofrave, filling houseofrave orders, chapters 1-3 of statistics, making some content for Timber Trace website.

I didn't re-finish all my old stats homeworks or get any Spanish done. I spent the last half hour driving golf balls in front of our apartment with our neighbor and my roommate.

I need to concentrate and work harder. I also need to spend more time on campus where I am more productive.

A New Day, A New Start

2004-11-30T06:14:00.000-08:00

Today is a perfect day to get things done. I have only two classes and 5 hours of study time at work, let's see how much of my studying I can get done. If all goes right, today I will have accomplished:
-Find broken links in HOR video section
-Get new ID card
-Write out all Spanish grammar topics
-Write out all Spanish vocabulary
-Re-finish all old statistics homeworks
-Make content aspect of Timber Trace Website

The Spanish and statistics work will be the hardest so I must concentrate on them more. I have very little time left to improve, make the most of it.

Purpose Of This Blog

2004-11-29T21:15:00.000-08:00

I would like to keep a clearcut record of my academic progress over these last few months of my college career. It is currently the Monday after Thanksgiving break, and only 1 week of class is left. I am doing fine in all of my classes except Statistics and Spanish.

I need to realize there is a severe time restriction in place to improve my grades in these two classes, so I must utilize my spare time to its full capacity. This blog will help me track my progress, improve on weaknesses and motivate me to work harded.