1) Tenaciousness is a competency. What are the behaviors that you have used (or developed) to keep up with the requirements of this course?
Tenaciousness is defined by persistence and relentlessness; I would say that persistence has been something I have struggled with throughout this course. The assignment schedule for the class is needlessly confusing, due dates at 12 pm on Mondays and Fridays just aren’t good times to have things due with, in my opinion, a poor rationalization of “pretend the due date is Thursday night then”. I had to start setting alarms and reminders to remember to work on the assignments for this class. At this point, I am somewhat used to the deadline, but I still wish the deadline would be pushed to 11:59 pm.
2) Tenaciousness is also about attitude. Talk about a moment or two when you felt like "giving up." What pulled you through? Do you feel like you've developed a tenacious attitude during the past two months? What experience or experiences most contributed to this?
I have felt like giving up a few times in this course. Most of the time it was because I did not have time to complete an assignment. I am taking 15 credits this summer with one of them being summer A statistics and another being summer C Physics 2, both of which have an absurd workload. Finding time to complete work for this class tends to get pushed back to the last priority. Trying to schedule a time for this class has helped with this some but it still takes a lot out of me when so many of the assignments do not feel worthwhile.
3) Three tips. What are three tips you would offer next semester's student about (1) fostering the skills that support tenacity and (2) developing the 'tenacious mindset'?
1. To be tenacious you need to learn what is entailed in your goal, read syllabi, look at assignments early, and stay a bit ahead.
2. I think the ‘tenacious mindset’ is developed through experience and perseverance, keep at your work and you will become more tenacious naturally.
3. Focus is important, remove distractions when working on assignments in order to be more efficient.
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