Persisting

__Persisting:__

__My Understanding of this Habit:__ In simple terms, Persisting means keep trying, no matter how tedious a problem may be, it is of utmost importance to continue to work towards solving it.

__How I applied this Habit to Chemistry:__ When Ms. Knowles assigned, the  to test how much we truly understand about naming/writing the formula of various ionic compounds. At first, I thought my depth of understanding in this area was enough to achieve a hundred percent, but I overestimated myself. I forgot that the names of ionic compounds must be non capitalized, and wrote a numerals incorrectly. When I heard that in order to pass everyone had to receive a hundred percent, I thought it was unfair since I only made a couple of small mistakes, but on my second attempt I immediately recognized the areas in which I may perform a similar mistake. On the second attempt I scored far better and ionic compounds seemed much easier to write than before, as the information was basically branded into my head. [A good thing of course]. Only through continuous practice and persistence can we truly preserve knowledge.

My scores on both attempts are respectively 19/22 and 21/22. In the first quiz I missed points in capitalizing ionic compounds and forgetting to include the numeral in Copper (II) Oxide. On the second quiz, I made a careless mistakes in writing the name of an ionic compound.