Student Succes Statement

"Success is dependent on effort."

-Sophocles, Greel dramatist

The statement above is stating that success is only acheived through the hard work you put in. You can't expect to suceed if you dont put in the hard work for it because you wont deserve it. For example you wont get good grades if you dont work hard for them because you get what you work for. 

How to Take on College Studying

Part 2

Choose Where to Study

Where you should study depends on 2 factors: the environment in which you are able to concentrate and the type of work you are planning to do.

·       The best places to study have good light, a comfortable temperature and enough desk space – usually your dorm room, your apartment or the library.

·       For completing problem sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

·       When you are reading book chapters or working on a research paper, you are better off in a less social environment.

Improve Your Study Habit

Here are simple steps you could take to help you get a handle on studying:

·       Have a routine for where and when you study.

·       Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each study session.

·       Do things that are harder or require more intense thought at your most productive time of the day.

·       Take Breaks if you need them so you don’t waste time looking at material but not absorbing it.

·       Get to know students whom you respect and can study with or contact to ask questions.

·       Keep up with the work load and seek help when you need it.

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Jenna Huff

High School Student 

wins

Extreme "Sportsmanship" award

from U.S. Olyimpic Comittee

 Jenna Huff was in a cross country race with fellow competior Deb Guthman. They were both side by side but Guthman was slightly ahead. When they were racing when Deb stops after 3 miles of running because she was hurt. When Jenna sees Deb hurt she doesnt see it as advantage to win but more like a chance to help someone. Jenna stops to help Deb instead of thaking advantage. She helped Deb cross the finish line and still made her get in front to win the race. For that act of good sportsmanship she was rewarded with the "Extreme Sportsmanship Award" from the U.S. Olympic Comittee.

Reflection

I think Jenna did the right thing even though she could have passed Deb or crossed the finish line before Deb, She let  her go in fron of her to win. I Think that show good sportsmanship.

How to Take on College Studying

Part 1

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/961.html

Develop Good Study Habits

In college, you’ll need to build on the study skills that you learned in high school. The demands of a college class are probably more rigorous than you are used to.

You can succeed by knowing what to expect and how to handle it. Think of college as a full time job, in which you spend 40 hours doing homework.

Be organized and using your time well are essential. Learn more about time management and use the guidelines below to develop your study skills.

Decide When to Study

Work out about how many hours you need to study every day. Then make a schedule.

·         Figure out what blocks of time you have available throughout the day, in the evenings and on weekends.

·         Consider what time of day you are  most alert — there are morning people and night owls — and try to schedule your studying accordingly

·         Think about whether you do better studying for a few hours at a time or sitting down for marathon sessions.

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Student Success Statement

"Choosing the right is always the right thing to do"

Alex Linares

It is saying that choosing the right is always the right thing to do because its never ok to do wrong. If you choose the wrong you will be seen as a good person. But if you choose the wrong you will be seen as a terrible person. For example if you CTW by hanging around the bad crowd you will be seen as a bad person even if you dont do the same things as them. But if you hand around the people who CTR you will be infulenced to CTR and will be seen as a  great person.

10 Time Management Tips for Students

Tips 5-10

Tip 5. Review Your Notes Every Day.

Reviewing helps you reinforce what you’ve learned, so you need less time to study before a test. You’ll also be ready if you get called on in class or have to take a pop quiz.

Tip 6. Get a Good Night’s Sleep.

Your brain needs to rest to perform at its peak. Lack of sleep makes the day seem longer and your tasks seem more difficult.

Tip 7. Communicate Your Schedule to Others.

If phone calls or text messages are proving to be a distraction, tell your friends that you are only available at certain times of the day and not to expect a response at other times.

Tip 8. Become a Taskmaster.

Give yourself a time budget and plan your activities accordingly. Figure out how much free time you have each week you have each week before you add any commitments.

Tip 9. Don’t Waste Time Agonizing.

Instead of agonizing and procrastinating, just do it. Wasting an entire evening worrying about something that you’re supposed to be doing is not productive, and can increase your stress.

Tip 10. Determine Your Priorities.

You can’t do everything at once. Establish the importance of each item. Then set realistic goals that are attainable.

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Student Success Statemant

"It's better to be alone than to be in bad company."

ANON

I think its true because being around people that choose the wrong can get you into trouble when they get caught. If you hang around bad company you will be seen as part of the bad company.

10 Time Management Tip for Students

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/116.html

Organizing Your Life

Managing your time well is an important element of success — especially if you’re a student. If you set priorities that fit your needs and lifestyle, you’ll have a better chance of achieving your goals. Here are some tips for taking control of your time and organizing your life.

Tip 1. Make a To-Do List Every Day.

Put things that are most important at the top and do them first. And don’t forget to reward yourself for your accomplishments.

Tip 2. Use Spare Minutes Wisely.

When you’re commuting on the bus or train, use time to get some reading done.

Tip 3. It’s okay to say no.

If your friend asks you to go to a movie on a Thursday night and you have an exam the next morning realizes that it’s okay to say no. keep your short- and long term priorities in mind.

Tip 4. Find the right time.

You’ll work more effectively if you figure out when you do your best work. For example, if your brain handles math better in the afternoon don’t wait to do it late at night.

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Student Success Statement

"Improvement begins with I"

ANON

If you would like improvement for something dont wait for some one to speak up, speak up for your self. Its better for you to stand up for what you believe is right. Not every one has the same thoughts. For example if someone is doing something immoral but  no one does anything but you find it wrong you have to speak up for it.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7

Part 2

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

3)   Heart: Always do what is right so your heart, your conscience, will feel peaceful. When you do wrong, your conscience will prick you and create regretful sensations with in your heart. When you do what you honestly feel, you won’t have any regrets. Your heart is your internal compass- it gives you direction and discernment. Just like a magnetic compass gives you directions, even true north, your personal compass, your heart, will point you in the true north, the exact directions and paths you need trod.

4)   Soul: Study scriptures and other sacred literature daily. In other words, feed your spirit because your spirit needs spiritual food just like your physical body needs temporal food to survive. Pondering, meditating, and reflecting are excellent Soul-sharpening activities. Try writing your thoughts, feelings, aspirations, concerns, and decisions in a diary or journal. Writing helps you focus and make good decisions.

Get into the habit of daily improving your body (physical fitness), your mind, your heart, and your soul.

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Student Success Statement
"If you do what's right, you have no need to fear."
ANON

It means that if you do good stuff you wont feel the guilt of dong wrong & the feeling of fear of being caught. If you CTR you wont get in trouble for doing so but if you CTW you will get caught and in trouble.

 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7

Part 1

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Teens should never get too busy living to take time to renew themselves. When teens “sharpen the saw” they are keeping their personal self sharp so that they can better deal with life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four key dimensions of life – body, mind, heart, and soul

1)   Body. Eat wholesome foods, fruits, vegetables, legumes. Avoid illegal drugs, smoking, alcohol, tobacco products. Exercise regularly and effectively. Get plenty of rest at night. Get to bed early at night and get up early each morning. “Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

2)      Mind. Think Positively. Read. Study. Think. Analyze. Seek to read a good book each month. Then each week. Ask intelligent questions. Observe. Develop your mind through positive “self-talk.”

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

Helen Keller

It is true because when you work alone you get a little bit done but in groups it can lead to success. Working with others can help because your weakness in something can be a strength for another person you working with and the other way around. So its right 2 heads are better than one.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 6

Habit 6: Synergize

Synergy is achieved when two or more people work together to create something better than either could alone.  Through this habit teens learn it doesn’t have to be “your way” or “my way” but rather a better way, a higher way. Synergy allows teens to value differences and better appreciate others. Synergy is the reward, the delicious fruit you’ll taste as you get better at living the other habits, especially thinking Win-Win and seeking first to understand. Learning to synergize is like learning to form V formations with others instead of trying to fly solo in life. You’ll be amazed at how much faster and farther you will go. Synergy doesn’t just happen. It’s a process. You have to get there. And the foundation of getting there is this: Learn to celebrate differences.

A good band is a great example of synergy. It’s not just the drums or the guitar, or the sax, or the vocalist; it’s all of them together that make up the “sound”. Each band member brings his or her strengths to the table to create better than each could alone. No instrument is more important over another, Just different.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 5

5. Seek First to Understand, and then to be Understood

Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood? This habit will ensure your teen learns the most important communication skill there is: active learning. Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued for who they are-a unique, expose their soft middles unless they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they feel it, however, they will tell you more than you may want to hear. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Listen with your eyes, heart and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, of the tone and feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent). Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as much as we talk. Learn to listen and listen and learn. Listen, really listen, for understanding. Seek first to understand then to be understood—LISTEN.

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Student Success Statement

“So often, our quest to be more popular and to be part of the ‘in-group,’ we lose sight of things that are far more important” –Sean Covey

It’s saying that we choose popularity and acceptance over choosing the right. That means we could mistreat friends, family, loved ones and yourself to be part of people who unlike the people who you hurt like you for who you are. Some things could be like drinking, smoking, cussing and talking back to teachers and/or parents.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Students

Habit 5

4. Think Win-Win

Teens can learn to foster the belief that it is possible to create an atmosphere of Win-Win in every relationship. This habit encourages the idea that any given discussions or ideas of both parties can arrive at mutually beneficial solution. Your teen will learn to celebrate the accomplishments of others instead of being threatened by them. Win-Win is a belief that everyone wins/ it’s both nice and tough all at once I won’t step on you, but I won’t be your doormat either. You care about people and want them to succeed. But you also care about yourself, and you want to succeed as well. Win-Win is abundant. The belief is that there is plenty of success to go around. It’s not either me or you it’s the both of us. It’s an all you can eat buffet. Win- Win creates more. Perhaps the most surprising benefit of thinking Win-Win is the good feeling it brings on. The true test of whether or not you are thinking Win-Win or one of the alternatives is how you feel. Thinking Win-Lose and Lose-Win thinking will cloud your judgment and fill you with negative feelings. Win-Win will fill you heart with happy and serene thoughts. It will give you confidence. Even fill you up with light. Think Win-Win or no deal.

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Student Success Statement

"You cannot do wrong and feel right. Its impossible."
Ezra Taft Benson
  Doing wrong will give you the feeling of guilt and regret from doing such action. For example if you hurt someone you will later on regret that choice and you will feel guilty. If you do right you will feel a good feeling instead of guilt and regret.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 3

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Habit three is about will and will not power. This habit helps teens prioritize and manage their time so that they focus on and complete the most important things in their lives. Putting first things first also means learning to overcome fears and being strong during difficult times. Things first deals with things that are: Important or not important, urgent or not urgent. Let’s look at the four quadrants of time management.

Quadrant 1: Things that are important and Urgent

Quadrant 2: Things that are important but not urgent

Quadrant 3: Things that are not important but are Urgent

Quadrant 4: Things that are not important and not urgent

1. Important & Urgent	2. Important but not Urgent
3. Not Important but are Urgent	4. Not Important and Not Urgent

Quadrant 2 is the ideal place to spend our time, doing things that are important but not urgent. Here’s where priorities come into play. Results for living Quadrant 2 are:

1.       Control of your life

2.       Balance

3.       High Performance

So in what quadrant are you spending most of you time? The key is to shift as much time possible into Quadrant 2 and this is accomplished by planning. Spend more time planning and incorporating things first, things that matter most. Keep your eyes on the prize and reach for it.

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Define EXCEL arithmetic Operators
+ Addition
- Subtraction
* Multiplication
/ Division
^ Power or Exponent

Student Success Statement

"The only difference between those who failed and those who have succeded lies in the difference of there habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedith all others is- 'I will form good habits and become their slaves.' "

Og Mandino 

We should follow the rules no matter what. The rules are rules and they are ment to be followed. You have your right to disagree but you still need to follow them. If you choose the wrong you become a failure. If you choose the right you become a successful person.

7 habits of highly successful teens

Habits 2

Habit 2: being with the end in mind

if teens aren't clear about where they want to end up in life about their values goal and what they stand for they will wonder waste time and tossed to and fro by the opinions of others help your teen create a personal mission statement which will act as a road map and direct and guide his decision making process.

“Keep your eyes on the prize.” Determine your desire and don’t quit until you have realized the achievement of your prize. Then set another prize, another goal or desire that you would really like to achieve. Begin with the achievement of your prize in your mind. Visualize and then realize. Start by having a target in mind; know where you are going.

One prize or goal you defiantly need to establish for yourself is the prize of an honorable graduation from high school – that you will receive your diploma honestly and with integrity – that you earned it with perfect honesty.

Ten Tips for Student Success

St. Johns University

1.       Attend your classes. Remember in words of Woody Allen ‘Seventy percent of life is showing up’.

2.       Know your faculty. Make sure you know who your teachers are, when their office hours are and how to contact them.

3.       Make sure the faculty knows you. Sit in front of the classroom. Participate in class discussions. Consult with your teachers during office hours.

4.       Use a daily planner. Note the dates of exams, assignments, terms, papers, ect.

5.       Be organized. Prioritize your responsibilities. Manage your time. Remember everyone has the same 168 hours a week, only some of us use them better than others.

6.       Know your campus resources. Visit your academic’s dean office regularly. Become familiar with the services and programs offered by the Counseling Center, the Freshman center, the Career Center, the Campus ministry office and students life office.

7.       Take care of your health. Get enough sleep. Eat well-balanced meals. Exercise regularly. Make unformed and mature decsions about alcohol, sex and drugs.   

"Keep your eyes on the prize"

ANON

It means to never give up on accomplishing something because it seems too hard to accomplish because the prize at the end of the hard work is worth it. Never give up on anything because the success of accomplishing your goal is worth it. Some examples are education and Choosing the Right.

Student Success Statement

"You make you habits and you your habits make you"

ANON

Doing stuff repeatedly will make it become a habit and your habits define you as a person. If you do something wrongful and it becomes a habit it then make you a bad person in character. If you choose the right it becomes a habit and you will become a good person in character. 

7 Habits of Highly Successful Students

By Sean Covey

For teens, life is not a playground, it’s a jangle. And, being the parent of a teenager isn’t any walk in the park, either. In his book, the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey attempts to provide “a compass to help teens and their parents navigate the problems they encounter daily.”

How will they deal with the peer pressure? Mountain? Success or lack thereof? The life of a teenager is full of tough issues and life-changing decisions. As a parent, you are responsible to help them learn the principles and ethics that will help them reach their goals and live a successful life.

While it’s all well and good to tell kids how to live their lives, “teens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.” Covey says. So practice what you preach. Your example can be very influential. Covey himself has done well by following a parent’s example. His dad, Stephen covey, wrote the book 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, which sold 15 million copies. Sean’s a chip off the old block, and no slacker. His own book has rung in more than respectable 2 million copies sold. Here are his seven habits, and some ideas for helping your teen understand and apply them:

"Nothing is ever gained in doing what's wrong."

Wilford Woodruff

When you choose the wrong you lose your freedom and you sense of satisfaction that is obtained fro choosing the right. You will also loose the feeling of happiness  Choosing the wrong will lead you to feeling empty and guilty.

Profile of a Successful Student

 Part 3

… Owns or has easy access to a computer with Internet access and e-mail.

You don’t have to be a computer expert to be successful in online learning-but you must have access to a personal computer with reliable internet access, as well as a basic level of competency in using them. Owning a computer with internet access from your home is ideal but many students use the computer labs on campus or at their offices to complete their work.

… Has basic computer skills and is willing and open to learning new ones.

We said you don’t have to be a computer expert to be successful in inline learning. However, there are some basic technical skills you should have mastered prior to enrolling in an online course.

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Profile of a Successful Student

Part 2

Work Together. There are number of ways that you can ensure you get the most out of your education experience. First, participate fully. Engage regularly in the discussions and be willing to share your personal, professional, and educational experiences. You can get to know your classmates through the dialogue that is created in a course environment­---sometimes even better than in face-to-face class. And the same goes for your instructor. Be sure to contact your professor—especially if you are having problems. He/she is still your instructor and will be there to guide and assist you as needed.

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Student Success Statement

"Its no WHERE you live but HOW you live that counts. It's not WHERE you play the game but HOW you play that counts."

Mr. Haymore 

 The area you live in doesn't determine your success. Its how you live. if you choose the right you can live in the ghetto & still succeed if you do good. If you live in a good neighborhood & you choose the wrong you will fail.

Profile of a successful student

Part 1

Http://www. Plymouth.edu/office/online-education/online-learning/profile-of-a-successful-student

A successful student…

… takes responsibility for his/her own learning

Online learning can be a powerful, stimulant engaging experience for the student how can work and think independently. However, science most-if not all-of the learning takes place on your own time, you will not have the kind of direct supervision you would in a classroom. Online learning therefore requires a significantcommitment from you. All education come down to what you’re willing to invest in the experience- this is particularly true in the online environment. Commitment, self-discipline and self-motivation are all key qualities to ensuring success in online course!

…is comfortable and confident with written communication

Reading and writing are the basis of most online courses, so it’s critical that you feel comfortable with this form of communication. While some courses contain modules that include video or  other activities, all of them require significant amount of reading. And nearly all of your communication with your classmates and your instructor will be in writing. If these are weak areas for you, you will want to address those issues prior to enrolling or while enrolled in an online course. The psu writing center is available to assist you.

… is willing to be a member of an online community.

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"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."
Henry David Thoreau
If you invest you time in choosing the right you will never regret it because only good things come from choosing the right. If you invest time in choosing the wrong you will be given bad consequences like losing your freedom. You should always choose the right even if its not popular.

Successful Students

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10. Successful students are good time managers. Successful students do not procrastinate. They have learned that time control is life control and have consciously chosen to be in control of their life.

An elemental truth: you will either control time or be controlled by it! It’s your choice: you can lead or be led, establish control or relinquish control, steer your own course or follow others. Failure to take control of their own time is probably the no. 1 study skill problem for college students. It ultimately causes many students to become non-students! Procrastinators are good excuse makers. Don’t make academics harder on yourself than it has to be. Stop procrastinating. And don’t wait until tomorrow to do it!

The 10 items listed above are paraphrased from an article by Larry M Ludewig called Ten Commandments for Effective Study Skills which appeared in The Teaching Professor, December, 1992.

“Learning Technologies and Online Education”

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