Who Knew?First Day Thoughts about College Math

Project: Time Capsule

College Math will be:

• Exciting

• Enhancing

• Hard

College Math…

• OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG! Ahhhhhh!

• I’m super excited

• I want an A!

I am…

• Excited

• A little scared

• Ready to get started

1st thoughts of college math…

• Oo…crap

• Nervous, but, yay, I will be done!

• I got this!!!! Hopefully…..

College Math…

• Hard

• A lot of work

• Yay! College hours!

My first thoughts of class:

• I’m gonna die.

• My head’s gonna explode.

• I’m really bad at focusing on math.

• I hope I do good this year.

Thoughts…

• Crazy

• Intimidating

• Growing up

Thoughts…

• Scared

• Hard

• Fun

Feeling…

• Nervous

• Focused

• Challenged

I am..

• Excited

• Nervous

• Happy

Thoughts…

• Challenging

• Exciting

• Ready to get it done

• I wonder if this will be hard

• I am happy I won’t have to take this in college

• I have to make sure I stay focused

College Math…

• Excited

• Gonna ace it

• Stay focused

Thinking…

• Difficult

• Getting it over with

• Not fun

College Math…

• Excited

• It’s gonna be hard.

• It’s probably worth all the hard work.

Feeling…

• Challenge

• Confident

• Excited

College Math…

I never knew students felt this way on the first

day of the class.

I am so glad I asked :)