Avid Reflective Essay

Avid is an important tool to help a student achieve their greatest success throughout high school. I believe this to be true because of the work ethic that I have today. During difficult times, I am able to incorporate what I have learned in Avid and become readily prepared to encounter any academic challenge that comes my way. This encourages me to strive towards the ultimate level of success and manage my time wisely in order to ensure these achievements. Avid has helped me overcome my academic challenges by increasing my ability to comprehend, organize properly, and be able to develop effective test taking skills. In the beginning, my comprehension level was poor and it was difficult for me to understand the text that I would read in class. After only a few months of avid, the repetition of reading academic stories and taking Cornell notes on them has helped me tremendously with comprehension. Before, it seemed that no matter how hard I tried I could never remember the key points of a story. Nevertheless, I joined Avid hoping I could improve these skills when taking exams. I learned how to really interpret the text and annotate the key points of what I was reading. I noticed an improvement when I received my English tests and for the first time my
I learned that during the test it is important to temporarily skip the problems we don’t understand, evaluate the questions methodically, and use process of elimination. I can’t express how important it is to be readily prepared for a test and its effect on your grades. Avid has taught us an important time management process in order to study effectively. This effective process had not only helped me from getting distracted but helped me truly gain the knowledge that I was obtaining. Instead of memorizing, I will continue to take the time to really comprehend every piece of knowledge that I