My interaction with Andre was great. The amount of attention towards a task can depend on his interest in the task. When he finds something that is interesting he would put in the effort. He also had the pressure of not failing and he has accepted that it can happen. He also tries to maintain a good grade in each class, but it may seem hard for him because of him having to maintain a job. His desire to maintain his grades is because of him trying to make his parents proud. Andre also wants to be a mechanical engineer by completing the 4 years required. After that, he has planned to work for a firm. He has also identified from the video the most important aspect of studying. This has helped him in keeping good grades and fixing his schedule. The three words that he used in his academic self have been accurate with what we have talked about. For one of the words, he put disinterested in certain topics and being adaptive. He can also be inattentive and thinks about the future a lot. For example, Andre chose GSU because of the cost and has already planned out where he is going to go next after GSU.
When it comes to motivation he has to find the motivation to do certain stuff. He also is trying to improve on getting his adult life more flexible. He feels as if he has no time throughout the day to do things that he loves. Right now his goal is to keep his grades up and to try to deal with the fact that he is now an adult. He is also not that sociable before covid and right now it is harder for him to talk to people because of the virus. Andre has tried to improve on socializing with others. During our talk, he did have a lot on his mind and was very open about his personal life.
Andre is fresh out of high school and has to do things differently from high school. He has a hard time adapting to the news of still going to college while a virus is still out there. It has become more of a problem to him because of how different he did stuff in high school. He likes the fact that college is more flexible. Andre is a great student but, need to chase something to get him going.