Winter Break Reflection

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The value of my education has been an important priority since I started UC Davis as a freshman. As classes got harder my stress and mental health also suffered due to academic and personal reasons. This quarter I was hit with the news of DACA being rescinded which brought a lot of stress and worry into my life. I gained fear of losing any potential career opportunities after college. Due to this I knew i needed to save more money therefore I started tutoring on the side, started focusing on summer internships and working harder at my current job which led me to not scheduling my academics as best. Unfortunately, I took on two math courses and one of the hardest computer science courses in the department. The weight of these courses caught …show more content…

I strongly believe that the three weeks of winter break will be enough for me to get a break and actively work on my mental health, review coursework and prepare for winter quarter. Although my performance wasn’t the best this quarter and given the fact that I withdrew a week from finals weeks, I still retained a lot of knowledge, got full exposure to my courses’ material, and have access to all coursework needed to come back strong this winter quarter. I believe that taking winter quarter quarter off and readmitting spring quarter will weaken my academic focus and studying abilities due to the fact that I will be constantly working for three months instead of using the knowledge that I acquired this quarter. The three weeks will give me enough time to come up with a system that I can utilize winter quarter to help me succeed. In this system I would be further improving my time management skills by setting weekly and daily goals and objectives. Additionally, I would improve on my time management by meal prepping and limiting my outside activities such as working

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