IS 198 (College Success)

Journal #1 (Self-Assessment) see SL substitute on syllabus
After completing the self-assessment questionaire (Downing, pp.8-12), explore your thoughts and feelings about your high and low scores.

Journal #2 (Inheritance) worth 20 points
Write about your family. How has your family shaped who you are? What do you want future generations to remember about you?

Journal #3 (Humility)
Write about someone you know who has accomplished something and is ha‘aha‘a (humble, modest). What have you learned from watching this person?

Journal #4 (Responsibility) worth 20 points
Now that you've learned about Victim vs. Creator language, share an example in your own life when you've recently become aware of yourself using victim language and/or creator language.

Journal #5 (Learning Styles) see SL substitute on syllabus
Recall your favorite teacher or subject. With what you know about learning styles, why do you think you liked this teacher or subject so much?

Journal #6 (Support Network)
If life is like a voyage, what people or things have been your "paddles, sails, and wind" that have brought you where you are today?

Journal #7 (Four Quadrants)
Follow the guidelines for Journal Entry 11 in "On Course" (pp. 80-81).

Journal #8 (Visualization) see SL substitute on syllabus
If life is like a voyage, what destinations would you like to reach in five years? In ten years?

Journal #9 (Life Plan) worth 20 points
Follow the guidelines for Journal Entry 9 in "On Course" (pg. 62).

Journal #10 (Perseverance) worth 20 points
Write about a time in your life when you persevered to reach a goal of great importance to you. What motivated you to stick with it? How did you feel when you reached your goal? How could you apply that life experience to your college journey?

Journal #11 (Good Signs) see SL substitute on syllabus
What are the "Good Signs" in your life?

Journal #12 (Wisdom)
Recall a mistake from which you have gained wisdom and recount how the experience has changed you.

Journal #13 (Role Models)
What person or persons seem to have reached the destination you want to reach? How did these people reach their destinations? What can you apply from their experience to your life's journey?

Journal #14 (Emotional Intelligence)
Describe an incident when you observed someone behaving irrationally based on their emotions. What type of thinking, on the part of both parties, would have better served the incident? Explain

Journal #15 (Re-assessing Yourself) worth 20 points see SL substitute on syllabus
Re-take the self-assessment questionaire (Downing, pp. 228-232). Compare the results with the first assessment you did early in the semester. What has changed? What will you do with these results?