An Excellent Student Causal Analysis

Karalyssa Epidendio

Professor Kelly

English 120 11-12:25

11 November, 2012

My theme for the last few weeks on my blog has been politics and I thought since the elections are finally over I might change it up. For those of us in school, midterms just finished up and now we are focusing in on finals. We all want to pass our finals with A's. Organization and time management are the keys to success and in order to pass finals with A's you must know how to be organized and also know how to manage your time productively.

Organization is very important. If you are not organized in school, work, life in general, things could and probably will get messy. Organization does not necessarily mean knowing where paperwork and things are. It means knowing when things are due, turning them in on time, knowing what time you work, getting there on time, knowing when so and so's birthday is, etc.

Time management is also a big part of being a successful student. Everyone has different things going on in life. Some people have bills to pay so they need a job and having a job takes up some time. This is where time management comes in. When you are not at work or school, the best thing to do is homework. Catch up with school work so you can stay caught up. Some people have kids to care for and having children takes up time as well. There are a lot of things that people have going on that require them to manage their time. Everyone just needs to keep track of what needs to be done and do it at a reasonable time. Successful students do not do their homework last minute. They do it on their free time that they have over the weekend instead of watching TV and texting their friends.

I’m sure you all have heard the term, “Success isn’t given, it’s earned.” If you want to be a successful student you should live by this quote. It takes one to be successful by managing their time correctly and staying organized in life.