Graduating with a first class degree is the utmost priority
of all student, most especially the New students popularly known as
“freshers”.
All Students at one point in time,
made a promise to
themselves that no matter what, come rain come sun, the dream of graduating
with a first class most be actualized.
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But due to lack of proper motivation and inspiration, a lot of students get discouraged in the long wrong run, and eventually settle for less.
This leads us to today’s article on planning to graduate with a first class
degree as a New student.
The essence of planning cannot be overemphasized, that is
why when you “fail to plan you practically plan to fail” so therefore, if you
are really interested in graduating with a first class degree, you have to
start planning now.
What kind of plans do I need to make?
This a question you might want to ask, as there are various
kind of academic planning technique in the world today. But before I go into the kind of
plan you need to make in order for you to achieve this goal, I will like us to
take a closer look at the word “planning”.
According to Wikipedia "Planning (also
called forethought) is the process of thinking about and organizing
the activities required to achieve a desired goal.
It involves the creation and
maintenance of a plan, such
as psychological aspects that require conceptual skills. There are even a
couple of tests to measure someone’s capability of planning well.
As such,
planning is a fundamental property of intelligent behavior.
Also, planning has a specific process and is necessary for
multiple occupations (particularly in fields such as management, business,
etc.).
In each field there are different types of plans that help companies or individuals achieve efficiency and effectiveness. An important, albeit often ignored aspect
of planning, is the relationship it holds to forecasting.
Forecasting can be described as predicting what the future will look like,
whereas planning predicts what the future should look like for multiple
scenarios.
Planning combines forecasting with preparation of scenarios and
how to react to them.
Planning is one of the most important project management and
time management techniques. Planning is preparing a sequence of action steps to
achieve some specific goal. If a person does it effectively, they can reduce
much the necessary time and effort of achieving the goal.
A plan is like a map. When following a plan, a person can
see how much they have progressed towards their project goal and how far they
are from their destination".
Now that you have gotten a proper definition of planning from Wikipedia,
I believe you now have a proper understanding of what planning is and the major
importance of planning.
We can now proceed to the various planning technique
required to graduate with a first class as a new Student.
Making each Day count Academically
A wise man once said
that you will never be able to change your life until you change the things you
do daily, as we all already know that success does not just occur suddenly without
Work, There must be a process or task required.
To attain success, a lot of effort and work has to be put in
place DAILY in whatever area you desire to succeed.
Logically we all have two main decisions to make in lives as
youths, the first decision is to; “play now and work later” while the other decision is to; “Work now and play later”.
This is simply because whatever you decide to do today will
determine what you will become tomorrow. The way and manner you live your life
today is what will determine how your tomorrow will look like.
Deciding to play now and work later (which is common with
our youths this days) simply means you have decided to be lazy and catch all
the possible fun you can, simply because you believe that you still have enough
time.
The end of people who make such decisions cannot be
difficult to predict, as they often end up way behind in life and some often
suffer from it till death.
So therefore you whole life is determined by the decisions you make daily, and as such, you have to start grooming yourself daily to
make each day count academically which will prepare you for a successful
tomorrow.
You may want to ask; “How do I make each day count
academically?”
If this is your question I am glad to let you know that from
experience I have be able to acquire a perfect solution for you.
Just sit back, get a paper
and pen if possible and try to be as attentive as possible, as I will be
listing some few points that can guide you in making each day count academically.
How to make each day Count Academically
In order to make each of your day count academically, you have to
put some daily tips in order. They are simply your Academic decisions and
self-discipline.
Your Academic decisions and self-discipline works hand in
hand in making each day count academically and they are like the both side of a
coin.
According to John C. Maxwell in his book ‘MAKE TODAY COUNT’
(Readers are leaders, so I highly recommend you get this book) he stated that
you could also call your decisions and self-discipline “goal setting” and goal
getting”.
But the thing is, whatever Academic decisions you decide to
make are useless and worthless without self-discipline, this is simply because
without having self-discipline, you won’t be able to carry out the
decisions you have made.
But if the both of them are properly placed in order,
graduating with a first class will be the least thing you can achieve.
Academic decisions
As serious as it sounds when pronounced, you outrightly
cannot succeed academically neither can you achieve your desire of graduating
with a first class if you do not decide to make some academic decisions.
Some of this academic decisions you may need to make
include:
- Creating a reading timetable for all courses
- Attending all lectures on school days
- Having equal regard and passion for all courses
- Quick elimination of any threat of distraction (opposite sex, social, sport, or political activities)
- Love, respect and regard for all lecturers (no matter how mean they seem)
- Locating a conducive reading spot (this could be in your home, church or any other safe location in your school)
- Asking questions when you don’t proper understanding in class
- Acquiring all necessary materials (go for the compulsories’ when you are not financially stable)
- Joining a serious Reading group (optional)
- Creating summary notes and question solution banks (highly recommended)
- Teaching others what you've learned
- And finally, deciding to be discipline.
Most of the tips listed above are decisions you can actually
make just once, and you begin to build on them daily. But this can only be
achieved when you have self-discipline.
This takes us to another part
of today’s article on “Planning a first class Degree as a new student”.
Self-discipline
A lot of meaning can be drawn from this word self-discipline,
but we are going to streamline ourselves to how it affects us academically.
I won’t be wrong if I say self-discipline as regards our
academic life, is as important as us deciding to school and be a graduate.
In the university, if you Plan graduating with a first class
Degree as a New student, there are some key things you must be discipline
about, some of which include:
- All academic decisions made
- Time consciousness (very important)
- Dressing sense
- Finance
- Attitude and manners
- Assignments, test, term-papers and examination
- And finally your spiritual life with God (utmost priority)
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When all of the tips listed above are properly checked in
order, you will definitely have a reasons to smile, because you will feel that
personal conviction that you are on track,
and your dream of graduating with a
first class Degree is very visible and as such you can begin to walk in-line.
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