Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Study Journal

maybe some of you wonder what academics is like at calvin.  so i tracked my studies during the pre-final crunch, which can be the toughest two weeks of the semester.  it’s a crunch because a lot of final essays and projects are due within the same week, and final exams are just around the corner.  so here goes!

November 18
it’s 9:20pm on Sunday night, and I’m feeling the temptation to slack off.  I just spent some time getting Leopard up to speed, and the new features are awesome.  Preview now incorporates features previously available exclusively on Acrobat Professional, such as Notes, so I can download full-text articles from JSTOR, which already have OCR, and I can highlight text and add notes.  I can also pull out snippets for quotes or anything along those lines.  Leopard’s streamlined features are useful for research.  I also have my study schedule mapped out on iCal until the end of Thanksgiving, and I’ll eventually have everything mapped out until the end of the semester.  That way, I’ll plan out my free time so I don’t just burn out, and I won’t always feel like I need to do something.  Mapping out free time is important!

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