ENDSTATE

FYCE Students at Wallace Community College

The Army uses the term “ENDSTATE” to describe the outcome of several occurring events to bring a specific result.  As students, you engage in multiple events as relating to a particular subject like English, math, science, psychology, etc.  Your instructor plans particular key lesson points that he/she must cover for you to obtain mastery. However, each of you are different. Each of you comes to class with a different set of values, different experiences, different views, and you even learn differently. Yet, your teacher can only produce one set of plans toward mastery. So each of you must develop an ENDSTATE when you enter the classroom specifically designed to achieve your intended results.

First, understand your instructor’s approach to each lesson by reviewing the key lesson points prior to class to ensure your different view, coupled with your learning style, becomes compatible with obtaining what the instructor intended. Remember, failure occurs because of the lack of preparation.  If you channel your focus toward preparation prior to every class, you will foster a different mindset. This mindset will enable you to master the materials quicker than waiting for the instructor to spoon-feed you.  Remember, time likens the differences of high school and college. For instance, college requires tremendous amount of time for independent learning whereas high school requires you to spend hours of time within the classroom during dependent learning.   In college, you spend few hours in class (12-16 hours per week); however, in high school your daily schedule equals to 8-10 hours per day. 

Therefore, your college professor expects you to master his/her course so you must do whatever deem necessary.   Completing assigned homework only begins the charted courses toward mastery. Thus, reading the course syllabus with the stated lesson outcomes for each course while creating your ENDSTATE will enable you to recognize when you master the professor’s intent. By investing time to create your ENDSTATE for each course during your preparation time, you will maintain your grades and reduce the stress during final exams. Your ENDSTATE will leave toward success in your courses.