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Date Posted: 19:47:58 04/18/07 Wed
Author: Evelyn Moore
Subject: Obstacles to Achievement - Chapter 12

Chapter 12 higlights three obstacles to academic achievement procrastination, anxiety and protecting self worth by avoiding failure. I understand that the major number one obstacle is PROCRASTINATION. Yes I am a procrastinator. The text clearly describes my actions or prior actions of not setting goals, not planning how to reach my goals and not monitoring my prograss toward reaching my goals. There were key programs that helped me Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and using a planner helped. But like a drug addict you have to be very careful not to fall off the wagon again.

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[> Re: Obstacles to Achievement - Chapter 12 -- Julie Falvey, 20:29:42 04/18/07 Wed

I think planning and time management skills should be incorporated into the curriculum at every grade level, and special emphasis should be placed on long-term goal setting in middle and high school. Being organized and carving out structured time to think about the future can help students recognize the value of their education while they are in school, rather than in retrospect, and how their performance in school is directly related to attaining their future goals.

>Chapter 12 higlights three obstacles to academic
>achievement procrastination, anxiety and protecting
>self worth by avoiding failure. I understand that the
>major number one obstacle is PROCRASTINATION. Yes I am
>a procrastinator. The text clearly describes my
>actions or prior actions of not setting goals, not
>planning how to reach my goals and not monitoring my
>prograss toward reaching my goals. There were key
>programs that helped me Covey's 7 Habits of Highly
>Effective People and using a planner helped. But like
>a drug addict you have to be very careful not to fall
>off the wagon again.

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[> [> Re: Obstacles to Achievement - Chapter 12 -- Kelly Folsom, 20:48:57 04/18/07 Wed

Julie makes a great point. Many of my students lack any type of structure with regards to time management or deadline setting. My school doesn't help either, we have a very loose tardy policy and students are essentially given as much time as they need to complete old assignments. I am all for giving students more chances to master difficult and challenging material, but it often feels like we are doing them a disservice when we allow them to hand in missed work weeks and months after the deadline. They never really have any urgency or dedication to completing a task. Several of the seniors seem to have missed college application and scholarship deadlines because of this mentality. I often try and reinforce the importance of deadlines, goals, and urgency, but many of my student are seniors who only have a month left of school. I agree with Julie, the mantra and accountability should have started at a much earlier age.

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[> Re: Obstacles to Achievement - Chapter 12 -- Ethel McKinney (happy), 21:48:37 04/18/07 Wed

>My name is Ethel and I procrastinate. It stems mostly from too many irons in the fire. I know most of my students suffer the same fate. They feel the need to be involved with as much as possible, and yet there is not enough hours in a day to complete it all, so things get put off. I was supposed to input my grades last week on Friday by 3:00. The grading period ended on Thursday the 12th. I had a night class at Carrier center on Friday that could not be missed. And the MCS SMS service does not allow teachers access to the reports at home. Again, not enough hours in a day. I understand the pressures of life a lot of my students face. Most don't even have home environments conducive to study, but they are held to the same standard as everyone else. By example we as teachers must be better organized with everything. Leading by example goes a long way.

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