Dr. Heavers

“I think, therefore I am” (René Descartes). This quote was scratched into a desk I was sitting at during an assessment in Biology. Dr. Heavers had instructed us to write a quote at the top of our test so, without knowing the exact origin of this quote, I wrote it on my paper and proceeded to take the test. A few days later, when Dr. Heavers returned our tests, she mentioned to the class that this quote was written by René Descartes. Honestly, I did not know what to think of this quote at first but now, I realize that it ties in well with metacognition. My interpretation of this quote is that thinking is what defines humans and on the other hand, metacognition is thinking about your thinking. The way I tie these two together is that metacognition, the process of thinking about your thinking, is important in helping someone define who they are. Throughout this school year, I have grown in some areas while other aspects have not. I have grown in the way I take notes and I now understand which strategies work for me. In order to improve by thinking further, I need to clearly understand what helps my thinking and what hinders it.
In the first assessment on organic chemistry, I was not

After we finished the plant project, we wrote about the process and the presentation in our notes. Dr. Heavers mentioned in class how I should get more sleep because it is very important and I also specifically wrote, “I need more sleep” (June 8, 2018). This decline in amount of sleep showed in my grades. In the photosynthesis quiz, I got 10/23 mainly because I did not label a diagram. While this was only caused by mistake on the quiz, this mistake could have also be related the decrease in sleep during this time. This shows that I need enough sleep in order to succeed in class and improve my thinking, as it is evident in my assessment