Now What?

Learning Objectives

• What you found most helpful in this course;

• How you have been applying the techniques you have learned in this course in your everyday life;

• What you plan on doing now that you have completed this course.

“You’re in competition with one person only and that is the individual you know you can become.”

— Martha Graham, dancer and choreographer

You are now at the end of the course and this section is designed to help you reflect on yourself and what you have learned in this course and figure out how you will apply what you have learned in your everyday life. 

TAKE IT TO THE STREETS: APPLY WHAT YOU LEARNED

• You learned several strategies in this course: time management, critical thinking, note-taking, etc.;

• Which strategies did you find the most useful for you and why? 

• Did your confidence in that area improve? How? 

• What specifically about these strategies did you like? 

• What would you change about the Student Success Library? Why?

• Compare your skills in two areas covered in the library from when you started to now;

• Did your skills in these areas improve? How?  

• Do you feel more confident in this area? How and why?

• What will you use in your life going forward? 

• How will you be sure that the strategies are still working for you a year from now?

• What will you do if they are not? Be specific.

• If you were to choose one of these additional resources to read, which would you choose first? Even if you notice a topic we may have covered in the Student Success Library, the following articles are shorter and more action-oriented, so you might learn something new: 

• How Can I Set And Achieve My Goals?, 

• How Can I Learn About Money And Budgeting?

• How Do I Choose A Career That’s Right For Me?

• How Do I Talk To Professors When I Need Help?

• What Can I Do If I Have A Problem Dealing With Roommates?

• What Documents Do I Need To Have?

• How Do I Ask For A Recommendation Letter?

• How Do I Write A Professional Bio?

• How Can I Get Help With Intimate Partner Or Family Violence?

• How Do I Get Paid To Go To College

• How Do I Get Ready For A Job Interview?

• What’s a Resume and How Do I Make One?

• How Do I Get and Keep a Job?

• What Can I Do After High School Besides College?

Thank You

I truly hope you enjoyed this course and have found this book helpful and encouraging. 

I wish you continued success as you pursue your personal, academic and career goals beyond Santa Monica College. 

All of these resources are free of charge to all, and you may use and share as you wish under the Creative Commons license indicated below.

Please let me know if I can help you get the most out of school as a student, develop materials or skill sets as an educator, or lift up your community in any way. 

I’m Here for You And I Appreciate You.

If you’d like me to come and speak at your school, offer a teacher training, or help you develop your own customized student success curricula, please get in touch with me.

N.B.: The Student Success Library item was customized for Santa Monica College (SMC) in Santa Monica, CA. You may come across SMC-specific resources, links, or activities that do not apply to you. Search for your own school’s resources or google for similar tools that can help you where you live, study and work.

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This work, Now What?, is part of the Student Success Library, which is a derivative of Student Success, originally modified by Vanessa Bonilla, Dr. Tyffany Dowd, Jackeline Felix, Dyana Valentine, Olivia Vallejo and Daniella Washington from the original Student Success by Graciela Martinez, Anh Nguyen, and Liz Shaker under CC BY-SA 4.0. Student Success Library is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Dyana Valentine. Last edit date: July 2022.