student success statement 10-31-12

STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

"Take care of yourself and everything else will fall into palce"

Coach David Diamont

reflection:I believe that this quote is a good example of  people choosing the right. Why because, he states that taking care of yourself will help you in life. What he means is if you tell the truth and choose the right everything else will be much more calmer and peaceful, you won't have to worry about anything. However if you choose the wrong and tell lies eberything will crumble and make you look like the pathetic person you are. Therefore always choose the right. Some ways to take care of yourself would be always choosing the right, telling the truth, do what you are told, and be respectful.
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ten tips for being more truthful

Ten Tips for Being More Truthful

By: Barbara A. Lewis

1.  Make a commitment to tell the truth

2.  Tell someone about your commitment

3.  Think before you give a dishonest answer, explanation or reason.

4.  Be careful of when and how you use exaggeration, sarcasm, or irony.

5.  Be careful not twist the truth or leave out part of it.

6.  Don’t indulge in little white lies or cover-ups.

7.  Watch out for silent lies.

8.  When you catch yourself lying, throw your mouth into reverse

9.  Talk to yourself (ask yourself, “How do I really feel about this? What’s the best thing to do? How can I keep my commitment to myself?”)

10.                    Treat yourself when you tell the truth even when it’s hard to do.

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dropbox linkAcquiring the habits of Highly Successful Students

Part 13

If you feel you do not naturally have all those characteristics, then do not despair. Each of them can be accomplished by your own application. You can use meditation and visualize techniques to initiate your vision, and they can certainly be learned both for that purpose and for each step you take to reach your goals. Simply visualize your desired goals, that of being a star student, a champion of doing what is right, and see yourself working hard to become outstanding, and your dreams and vision will materialize as you pursue these objectives. Setting goals and objectives can be personal or business technique that can be learnt. You can develop inner strength to succeed if you apply yourself to doing just that; that will enable you to recover from setbacks more easily.

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acquiring the habits of highly successful students part 12

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Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

                                  Part 12

What is important to you is that you, as you start to reach milestones in your ambitious, you appreciate your own achievements. It is a boost, of course, if others appreciate what you have done too, but appreciating yourself will strengthen your self – belief, and reinforce your determination to succeed. Some of the key characteristics you will find in those who are successful are perseverance, prepared to research, plan and work hard, practice a lot even when things do not seem to be going well, and an ability to recover and learn from setbacks. At the outset of whatever it is you are trying to succeed in,  a strong vision of your future, planning, and setting yourself achievable targets can all play an important role.

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be wise never use alcohol or drugs

“Be Wise- Never use Drugs or Alcohol”

Parents have taught me to stay in school and pay attention to my studies. They told me often since I am in high school that people will try to pressure me into things. They said if I didn’t want to do them, that that was fine. They also told me to never do them because people who use drugs and alcohol are a waste of space. They will not be successful or bright. I’ve always wanted to try it but I know that if I do I might get addicted to it so that always stops me. I am wise and I know that drugs and alcohol abuse can kill you or even leave you to that point of almost dying. It is important to know what the risks are if you do consume any drugs or alcohol. My older sister goes to UC Irvine, she is my role model. She doesn’t drink or does drugs. She is wise because she is in college and just wants to focus on school. Someone who has been consuming alcohol and drugs for a very long time should get the help that they need to stop. When I was a young child my grandpa used to drink every single day nonstop. Until this day when he got really sick, he decided to stop. That was wise of him because he chose the right after a long period of time. Teenagers think they are cool because they drink and get High. I just think that when they are making their lives a waste of time I am focusing on school and knowing I am going to be successful. The importance of never drinking or consuming alcohol and drugs is you will live a healthier life than others. Lastly if you don’t do any of these you have chosen the right, which makes you feel better as a person.

acquiring the habits of highly successful students part 11

Acquiring the habits of Highly Successful Students

Part 11

Whether studying or in general life, planning is an imperative skill. Here, we must strictly set the hours for studying, and should promote regularity in doing so. Don’t put off your studies to the last moment (just before the test), because in that moment you will be feeling stress and pressure, and both factors will prove disturbing for your learning; that’s the high price of procrastination. During the exam, it’s important to forget about panic and stress. And if you are planning for your thesis, you may find this post useful. Other planning tip I frequently give is that, when you are assigned a home work, try to solve it as quickly as possible, several days before the required date, but don’t try to complete it perfectly and don’t submit it immediately. I always recommend doing homework early, but deliver it at the last possible day.

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acuiring the habits of highly successful students part 10

ACQUIRING THE HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

PART  10

·     They prefer tasks with some degree of difficulty and novelty, which stimulate their learning skills

·     They don’t apply the simple criteria of success- fail to their learning. Remember, they are focused into the learning process.

·     They know how to handle groups.

·     Finally they work with passion.

Other chief habit is that of asking questions. We have to establish hypothesis and set concrete, realistic goals. After reading any text we have to ask several different questions related to its content, in order to verify if we have completely understood the text. It’s also important to try to relate such text and other areas of our knowledge. Again, linking ideas and concepts is a habit of highly successful students. So, link.

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ACQUIRING THE HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

PART 9

·      THEY CONCENTRATE ON THE PROCESS OF SOLVING THE TASK AND UNDERSTANDING THE INVOLVED IDEAS. OF COURSE WE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING GOOD RESULTS, BUT THE PROCESS IS MORE IMPORTANT. A RESULT IS A VERY BRIEF MOMENT OF LIFE, WHILE LEARNING TO DEVELOP PROCESSES IS A SKILL THAT WILL LAST FOR THE WHOLE LIFE.

·      THEY INTERPRET AND ANALYZE ERRORS AS A WAY OF INCREASING THEIR LEARNING, I.E., THEY TRY TO LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES. THIS WAY, THEY SEE ERRORS AND FAILURES AS OPPERTUNITIES.

·      THEY LOOK FOR THE REQUIRED INFORMATION IN SEVERAL CHANNELS (books, journals, newspaper, excerpts, internet, and so on.)

·      They consult excerpts and teachers frequently. This action provides a new perspective about the studied topics.

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acquiring the habits of highly succesful students part 7

Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

Part 7

v Everyone wants to be successful in life, but where are the keys to success? Do we have to go out and search for those keys, or do we have those potentials already within ourselves? When we begin to examine life, we can see that it is divided into two – aspects – life within and life without; internal life and external life – and we can see that these aspects are of equal importance. Even if we renounced the world, gone far away from civilization, and live in the wilderness doing nothing but meditation, we cannot ignore external life. we still have to see that we eat, do our ablutions, and perform ouor practices on time. So life in the external world is as important as the life in the internal world.

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Acquiring the habits of highly successful STUDENTS PART 6

Acquiring the habits of highly successful  students

Part 6

If you prefer to play videogames, then remember that making any games requires to prepare a detailed script including history, characters, goals and relations. Therefore, you could start writing the script for your “dream” game. On the other side, you can imagine how the novel you are reading could be transformed into a videogame (start out by thinking which gaming genre fits the novel better: role playing adventure action and so on.) the basic idea is to find match point and links between our affections and our chores. And such links there always exist. Remember to link ideas and concepts is the most important habit for successful students.

Successful students also exhibit other particular traits we should internalize:

·       They are always trying to discover better approaches in order to accomplish their tasks (adequate studying place, availability of resources etc.) you may find my post on Pristine Home with Feng Shui useful for improving your studying environment.

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The Importance of Taking Personal Responsibility

The Importance of Taking Personal Responsibility

Choosing the right	Choosing the wrong
Taking responsibility	Blaming others for your mistake
Being mature	Being immature
Always making right choices	Always making the wrong decisions

 

Those are examples of choosing the right and wrong. Taking responsibility for your own actions is choosing the right. It just doesn’t make you feel good but it is also a great example to others. People who choose the wrong are people who blame others for their mistakes. If YOU make a mistake make sure YOU take responsibility that will show others that you are a responsible young person. If you don’t take responsibility you will never know how it feels to be a responsible, young and mature person. The benefits of taking responsibility are the following:

·      A good feeling inside

·      The process of becoming mature

·      Knowing that you’ve chosen the right

·      Showing immatures that you’ve grown up

·      Parents might reward you

 

Knowing that anyone can trust a responsible person just like yourself.

If those are the rewards of the importance of taking responsibility than why shouldn’t we all choose the right and make ourselves feel good? The most important reward for me and I think should be for others is knowing that anyone can trust a responsible young person with anything. A responsible person never tells secrets of others they keep to themselves.

CTR FEELING inside	Out of a 100%
Being responsible         Being mature             Knowing that anyone can count on you	100%       100%                     100%