Culture Shock In College

The W-Curve/Culture Shock: I've experienced new culture throughout my life, from going to grade school to going to middle school or going from middle school to going to high school, new culture always occur and with that new culture means new norms I will have to adapt to. The W-Curve will give me guidance and an explanation of how an average student will experience and how I can learn from The W-Curve in order to avoid these issues and prepare for college more efficiently and successfully without going through these issues.

Locus of Controls: I know I'm not perfect, but it doesn't mean I can't change who I am. With the internal mindset and the external mindset, I believe that I nowhere near the internal mindset, however, I'm also not exactly on the external mindset. I believe that I am in the middle between an internal mindset to an external mindset, however, I believe I am in the process of transitioning to an internal mindset, and getting closer to it every day. To understand that I am getting closer to an internal mindset, I must understand my mistakes and failure, and learn from these mistakes instead of having an external mindset and blaming it on others for my mistakes and failure. Locus of Control is significant because it allows me to understand that my mindset has an impact on my success in college. …show more content…
This behavior is very significant in attending college, because, I'm able to prepare for an exam that I took notes for in order to try my best to succeed in my college classes. However, since not everyone's perfect, I do have a flaw and that is Attitude. With this flaw, I hope to change my attitude towards school and be happy to come to school every day, for the reason to pursue my