On a scale of one to ten, my personal organization level is a seven. I keep my papers in my binders. I carry a special folder, in which I store any papers I might need. Inside my binders, I have five sections: one for notes, one for homework, one for tests and quizzes, one for projects, and one for notebook paper. I always carry my pens and pencils in a pouch I have attached to my binder. I also carry a student planner, where I keep a record of my homework assignments and project due dates. As for my school books, I only take what I need, depending on the classes I'm going to, and then leave the rest in my locker. Even though I try to be organized, I still struggle with actually keeping my papers in order. I also don't write my homework down in my planner. I can remember what work I need to do, but not much. One thing I haven't taken accountability for is sorting out my papers. I keep all graded papers with the ones that haven't been or don't need to be graded. I also tend to put papers from one class in the binder I use for a different class.
The areas I need to improve are using my student planner and keeping my papers in order. When a teacher gives an assigment that is due a certain date, I need to write down what the assignment is and when it's due in my planner. I also need to sort through my papers to see which are graded and which aren't. I need to leave the ones that are graded at home and keep the ones that aren't graded in my planner until furthur notice. As for my binders, I need to keep my papers from one class seperate from the papers from another class. That way, I can have my binders organized with their appropriate class papers.
I will change today in two ways. First, I will write down my assigments in my planner, whether I am told to or not. Also, when I get home tonight, I will sort through my papers to see which ones need to be kept at home and which need to go back to school. These are just little ways I can improve my organizational skills. If I took one step at time in learning to organize my schoolwork, I could be able to work more efficiently.
