Since
the beginning of this year I have changed tremendously. Not only as a student
but as a person in general. Yes, the challenges and experiences I’ve had this
year have helped me evolve into the person I am today, but also the lectures
and strategies that have been taught to me by Dr. Preston this year have really
developed my thinking process and helped me make smarter choices. A year with
Dr. Preston has also helped me become organized and taught me how to manage my
time properly. Learning how to manage my time properly has been very effective
in showing me how to complete my homework and chores, and still have some free
time to spare. This was a very important strategy/tool for me to learn
especially because I like to keep myself busy so that I would stay out of
trouble and also because there’s so many things that I want/love to do. The
only way I can continue doing all these things that I love too much to let go is
by managing my time properly. My reading and writing skills have also improved.
I began noticing an improvement in my reading while I was reading a book for my
third literature analysis last semester. My reading skills are still increasing
every day exponentially. As for my writing skills, they have also been getting
better and better every day not only because writing is almost involved in
everything we do now a days, but also because Dr. Preston used to prepare vocabulary
quizzes every week with new vocabulary words each week. I honestly think that
we did deserve to be treated as colleagues because we are now considered as
young adults and we aren’t little kids anymore. Also it helps strengthen the relationship
between the student and the teacher almost as if they were friends, except the
difference is that the student still has respect for the teacher. We did not
earn this write to be treated as colleagues. Dr. Preston just decided to take
this teaching process and tried to change it so that it can benefit both the
student and teacher in their own ways.