Student success statement

“It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and (to make) unpopular that which is unsound (and not good).

Joseph Smith

Reflection: Marvelous quote by Mr. Smith. This means that we should make something that is significantly great even more popular. And to make something that has a horrible impact on us, make it unpopular and make it go away. An example can be students. Students always want to be the coolest or the best at everything. However, they will do anything to become popular, like ditching, doing drugs and alcohol, and failing their classes. That should be unpopular. We have to make this unpopular in today’s society. And great student who always do their work should get rewarded by being well known and making them an example of a perfect or close to perfect role model. 

Successful students

9

9 . . . . Don’t cram for exams. Successful students know that divided periods of study method are more effective than cram sessions, and they practice it.

          If there is one thing that study skills specialist agree on, it is that distributed study is better than massed, late-night, last-ditched efforts known as cramming. You’ll learn more remember more and earn higher grade by studying in four hours straight on Thursday night. Short, concentrated preparatory efforts are more efficient and rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last moment marathons. Yet, so many students fail to learn this lesson and end up repeating it over and over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever huh?

When you cram you are taking the shortcut, and shortcuts never produce any real worthwhile results. Also, when you take shortcuts, you feel rather rotten knowing that you could have done better but didn’t. Shortcuts cut you short. You can’t plant watermelon seeds and harvest fresh watermelons the next day. It takes time. Cramming for a test or a project and expecting to make it a high score the next day is like planting watermelons seed and expecting to harvest and eat fresh watermelon the next day. Plus cramming for a test and project doesn’t help you academically, so why even do it. Plan ahead, prepare ahead. Give yourself plenty of days and weeks to prepare for upcoming accountability opportunities.

Choose the Right!!!

 dropbox

Student success statement

“What’s right isn’t always popular. What’s popular isn’t always right”

Howard Cosell

Reflection: This is a great example to everyone and anyone who is judgmental and a bully. Another example is when students don’t choose to do their homework. Doing your homework is the right thing to do however it isn’t always the popular choice. By following everyone and trying to be cool, that isn’t right. This quote inspires me to always choose the right. This quote means that even though you might feel like an outcast, you are still doing the correct thing. And when you know you have done something bad just to fit in, now that is not the right thing. 

Successful Students

7-8

7. . . . understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know t their personal behavior affect their feelings and emotions which in turn can affect learning.

        If you act in a certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will begin to experience those feelings. Act like you’re bored and you’ll become bored. Act like you’re disinterested. So the next time you have trouble concentrating in the classroom, “act” like an interested person: lean forward, place your feet flat on the floor, maintain eye contact with the professor, nod occasionally, take notes, and ask questions. Not only will you benefit directly from your actions, your classmates and professor might also get excited and enthusiastic.

8. . . . talk about what they’re learning. Successful students get to know something well enough that they can put it into words. Talking about something with friends or classmates is not only good for checking whether or not you know something, it’s a proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into words provides the most direct path for moving knowledge from short term to long term memory. You really don’t “Know” the material until you can put it into words. So, next time you study, don’t do it silently. Talk about notes, problems, reading etc. with friends, recite to a chair, organize an oral study group, and pretend you’re teaching your peers. “Talk learning” produces a whole host of memory trace that result in more learning.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

dropbox

dropbox
Success students

5-6

5. Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful student’s minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning.

            Students want the best seat available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat for their educational dollars. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be their professors’ teammates (see no. 4). Why do they expose themselves to the temptations of inactive classroom experiences and distractions of the people between them and their instructor? Of course, we know they chose the back of the classroom because they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying not to be part of the class, why, then, are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons, is there something else you should be doing with your time?

6. . . . Take good notes. Successful students take good notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often.

            Why put something into your notes that you do not understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps you to learn more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have to learn later and the less time it will take because, you won’t have to include some deciphering time, also. The whole purpose of taking notes is to use them and to use them often. The more you use them, the more you improve.

Choose the right!!!

Student success statement

“The time is always right to do what is right”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reflection: When you know you have done something bad, you have guilt. However you can always tell the truth and choose the right. It is never too late. This quote can be a different definition to someone else. To me this quote by MLK means you should always do the right thing, if you don’t then you can always confess and still do the right thing. 

Successful students

 3-4

3 . . . . Ask questions. Successful students ask questions to provide the quickest route between ignorance and knowledge. In addition to securing knowledge you seek, asking questions has at least two other extremely important benefits. The process helps you pay attention to your professor and helps your professor pay attention to you! Think about it. If you want something, go after it. Get the answer now, or fail a question later. There are no foolish questions, only foolish silence. It’s your choice.

4 . . . . Learn that a student and a professor make a team. Most instructors want exactly what you want: they would like for you to learn the material in their respective classes and earn a good grade.

                        Successful students reflect well on the efforts of any teacher; if you have learned your material, the instructor takes some justifiable pride in teaching. Join forces with your instructor, they are not an enemy, you share the same interests, the same goals- in short, your teammates. Get to know your professor. You’re the most valuable player on the team. Your jobs are to work together for mutual success. Neither wishes to chalk up a losing season. Be a team player!

Choose the right!!!

dropbox

Student success statement

“I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after”

Ernest Hemingway

Pay attention to what is right and what’s wrong.

Reflection: what Hemingway means there is a feeling when you do good or bad. There is also an after feeling to that consequence. A good feeling is basically saying that you have a common sense, and a you have no moral when you do absolutely nothing. So always choose the right.!!!

Successful students

1-2

Successful students exhibit a combination of successful attitudes and behaviors as well as intellectual capacity. Successful students . . .

1)    . . . are responsible and active. Successful students get involved in their studies, accept responsibility for their own education, and are active participants in it! Responsibility means control. It’s the difference between leading and being led. Your own efforts control your grade you earn the glory and deserve the blame, you make the choice. Active classrooms participation improves grades without increasing study time. You can sit there, act bored, daydream, or sleep. Or, you can actively listen, think, question, and take notes like someone in charge of their learning experience. Either option costs one class period. However, the former method will require a larger degree of additional work outside of class to achieve the same degree of learning the latter proves at one sitting. The choice is yours.

2)    . . . have educational goals. Successful students have legitimate goals and are motivated by what they represent in terms of career aspirations and life’s desires.

Ask yourself these questions: What am I doing here? Why have I chosen to be sitting here now? Is there some better place I could be? What does my presence here mean to me? Answer these questions represent your “Hot Buttons” and are, without a doubt the most important factors in your success in college student. If your educational goals are truly yours, not someone else’s, they will motivate a vital and positive academic attitude. If you are familiar what these hot buttons represent and refer to them often, especially when  you tire of being a student, nothing can stop you; you aren’t and don’t, everything can and will!

Choose the right!!!dropbox

Student Success Statement

“My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure.”

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Reflection: What Alfred is trying to say is he is a good person with a good heart. However, that is why his heart is as pure as he is. A person can be soft yet still have a good conscience. This quote can make people realize that they should choose the right, then they will too feel good within themselves.

Study for Multiple Exams

Part 3

English, math, foreign language tips: Practice- - especially foreign language class if you are just showing and doing the work. But if you are in your room and look at objects and try to say them in the language you are learning it actually helps. Or if you send some simple text to a friend think about it, can you translate that to German or Spanish? These are the little things that will help.

 Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: Time management and organization are critical key factors to success in college. And never be afraid to go ask your teacher for help. They have office hours for a reason- use them!

Choose the Right!!!

 dropbox

reflection and summary 01-23-`3

summary: Jackie McConnell was a man who was well known to train horses. he would train them to do fabulous tricks. Those horses would probably win first place. However, many people don't know what Jackie McConnell actually did. He would beat the horses, he would burn them  hit them, poke them, and torture them just to get a first place ribbon.  

Reflection:  I didn't even know a person was capable to hurt such a lovely animal. The way you see McConnell in the video was so disturbing. He should be put in jail for animal cruelty. I have a girl dog and i would be so hurt if anything happened to her. This was just so disturbing to watch.

Study for multiple exams

Part 2

My strategies for written assignments: everyone has their own writing styles. I generally come up with an idea and do massive amounts of research before I ever think about writing. I then organize my research then sometimes prepare an outline before actual writing. I always print out the paper and come back to it the next day and reread it. That is the easiest way for me to catch my own mistakes. I have to give my eyes a break from it, and if I just wrote it I think it looks perfect. But if I look at it a day later I almost always find grammatical errors or phrases and sentences I just want to reword.

How I succeed in my team projects: Never assume someone is doing what they are supposed to be doing. Have regular meetings and have each member show their work, not just give you or the group their word for it.

Choose the Right!!!

dropbox

Study for multiple exams

Part 1

How I study for multiple exams, deal with multiple projects: really it is my time management that I explained above. If I see I have multiple things due or to study for all at the same time I spread out my time beforehand. For example, if I have a test on Monday and 2 tests Tuesday then I will study for my Monday text on Thursday and part of it on Friday. Start studying for my next test on the second half of Friday and part of Saturday, then my second test on Tuesday on Saturday as well as part of Sunday. Then Sunday night I can review for my Monday test because I already studied for it. When that test is over then I can star reviewing for the other tests.

My overall study method: I try to break it up over several days or at least two. I get bogged out if I try to pull an all nighter.

How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: if I received a low grade I probably knew it was coming because I didn’t prepare properly or I didn’t use the right study habit for that class. I usually try to go over what I did wrong and sometime discuss with the teacher what I can do differently on the next exam or what they suggest I do for studying for the next exam.

Choose The Right!!!

dropbox

Sarah’s Academic success Story

Part 2

My test study method: I have different strategies for different types of tests or subjects. For me, any type of math is exceptionally difficult so I had to spend extra time on that. I would go back through the homework problems focusing on the problems that I had extra difficulty on. Many times I would ask the teacher for any additional study materials they could provide. If it was a class that required memorization or applying concepts I would create a sort of study guide for myself many times focusing on what were key focal points in the class. If I knew there were going to be essays I would try to take terms and apply them to an example or create different questions on the concepts focused on throughout the semester.

My time management secret: I always always always carry a planner with me. I even use different color highlighters to show what each event on my calendar is for. For example, pink is personal, yellow is school, orange is work, blue is for appointments, and green is for my sorority. Although I use white out frequently, I can see in bright yellow that if I have that project for finance due on Tuesday, I need to start working on it the previous Wednesday so I can just get it done. My friends have always been amazed at how early I get things accomplished but that is really all I do.

Choose the Right!!!

drop box

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

Part 1

Time management became a key factor in my study skills for college. In high school, there were many times I was able to study for an hour or two the night before a test and get away with it. This was not the case in college.  I made sure in college I was prepared in each class. Sometimes that meant writing out the terms for the chapter we read (even if when it isn’t required) to better understand them. That way when the midterm or test comes around I was able to understand what I was studying. I started taking excellent notes in class in college. I may have done this in high school, but in college I started typing up the notes after class. This helped me remember what I just went over in class then when I had a test one week later I was more likely to remember then as well.

My overall study method: Structured. One thing I learned was I had to adapt or change my study method according to the class. I couldn’t study for a religion class the same way for a finance class. But making sure I had enough time to study for each class - - even if it meant carrying a planner with me at all times was a big part of my success.

Choose The Right!!!
dropbox

Choose the right!!!

Student success Statement

“There is no set path, just follow your heart”

ANON

Reflection: I know this quote is very inspirational. The way a person reads it can determine the way it means. To me this means that do not depend on your past, because you’re past was your past and it should stay there. No one can determine your future only you can. By doing so just follow your OWN heart. Your heart will lead you to where you are supposed to be. It’s a great significance of love. You won’t know who you will end up with in life. However, your heart can determine that. You will have to follow your heart not your head in order for you to find your true love.

Work Together

Part 3

Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: A big thing that not many will say is to ask for help if you need it. It’s not a bad thing to not understand, it’s a bad thing if you font do anything about it. Plan your time out so you are completing anything that needs to get done and leave time to double check. Write things down and have good management skills. Ask for help is probably the biggest thing can say though. If you don’t understand, go to office hours or find a classmate that does understand and is willing to help you. If you try hard, it will come to you. I find myself thinking that I would have to try harder to fail than I try to succeed. If that is not who you are, then hopefully things that I have done can show you that success is something that is amazing to find! Good luck!

Choose The Right!!

dropbox

Work Together

 Part 2

English, math, foreign language tips: For math, all I can say is do the problems assigned. It is the only way to practice and that’s really all it is for math. It’s the same for chemistry; if you do the practice problems you will understand the material so much better because those subjects are not just memorization like history, you need to be able to apply what you have learned in practical situations. As for English I am no longer taking it but I would say to leave yourself plenty of time to write essays and papers. They take time to get all the information out of your head and onto the page so don’t leave them until the last second.

Choose the right

dropbox

dropbox

Work Together

Part 1

I can and will work as part of the team as long as everyone in the team is willing to do his work. I don’t like having to pick up the slack but I will if I know that my grade will be harmed otherwise. My greatest academic success was in my first semester when I had to write a 10-12 page research paper. It was the longest paper I had ever been assigned and I was a little scared. Also, it was the first paper where they were like, here you go just write about something. I had to argue in favor of or against something, but it could be anything from the sky is blue to hypnotism. I wrote mine on hypnotism. I worked on this paper for weeks and weeks. Every night I would be doing research or writing. I put so much effort into this paper. It ended up being just under 12 pages but it was full on information. I turned it in and when I got it back a week later or so, I had received the first A+ of my college career. All my hard work paid off because I got the grade I deserved. I was really happy and proud of myself.

Choose The Right!

Choose the right!!!

Student success statement

“Try a little harder to be a little better”

Gordon B. Hinckley

Reflection:  This quote by Hinckley is very inspirational. If you are not good in sports… then try a little harder to be a little better. This is referring to if you don’t believe in yourself that much you must keep practicing before you call yourself good. Practice makes perfect, is basically the same thing as Hinckley’s quote. 

You can succeed everyday

Part 2

My strategies for written assignments: I try to outline before I write because otherwise I forget what I am supposed to be writing about. I try not to leave them until the last minute because then I will just goof up the work. A lot of times I just write what I feel. Teachers like your opinion and if you can find something from the reading or research that relates specifically to your life, they like it even more because it allows you to take ownership of your work. I write things that I want others to read; not things that I have to write because the teacher said so.

How I succeed in team projects: Personally, I do not like working on group projects, especially ones that I worked on in high school. However, when it is required to work on a group, usually I try to lead. I like taking the lead because then I know that my grade will be a good one. I do well in school, I always have and I don’t plan on changing that any time soon, so when I need to work with people who maybe don’t care as much as I do, or they have more time to waste on other than the project, I try to be in charge. That way I know that things are going to get done on time and that I am going to get a good grade. If I am working in a group of people who all want to work, then it is a different story.

Choose the Right

dropbox

student success statement 
"I shall pass through this life but once. any good therefore that i can do, or any kindness i can show, let me do it know. let me not defer or neglect it, for i shall never pass this way again." 
Etienne de Grellet 


reflection: I believe this is a quote everyone should take into consideration. what this quote means to me is that you only live once and while you are alive make sure to choose the right and to always make the best out of what is coming towards you. never should a person neglect helping others or just being kind to others. why because when you come to earth you only come once, however when you are about to leave earth, you will regret all the wrong you did and all the harm you caused  do what is right, because you only live once and you will never again be alive to change what you've done wrong.

EFFECTIVE STUDY METHODS

Part 3

How I deal with multiple project/tests: When I have more than one project or tests, I break up my studying. I will study for one test for 30 minutes or so and then switch to the other one. If there is some part of a project that I know will not take me very long, I will do it when I don’t have much time. If I am really in a crunch for time on a specific day, I will study for one test in the morning and the other in the afternoon or at night. By breaking up the studying into different sections, I feel like I get more done. Cram sessions do not work for me. I need to study something for a shorter period of time more often for it to sink in.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

dropbox

    Effective study methods   

Part 2

My time management secret: my secret is to use time wisely. I know that own certain days I do not have time to run errands or hang out with friends even. Each minute of each day is used for something. One thing that works really well for me is to right everything down. I mean everything. I write down if I am going to email people, write letters, or study. It works for me to have a planner that goes by the day and shows me what I am going to be doing every day. Knowing what I have to do every day helps me plan out my weeks and my days. If I know I don’t have time on Tuesday, I will try to get things done more on Monday or Sunday. I plan ahead, especially if I am going to be on the road for volleyball. When I am on the road I bring my books and read on the bus/bus/hotel room. Missing class is killer to make up from but if you are upfront with your professors, they are usually nice about having to turn in things late or not being in classes.

Choose The Right!!!

 dropbox

On the first week of my vacations I did plenty of Christmas shopping for everyone. The malls were packed with people but it was still fun.  I also slept for hours and did not wake up until the day was almost over. Why because I have been really stressed and not having much sleep due to my AP classes. Anyways, I also spent a lot of time with my dog Cleo. In the first week I also cleaned because we were going to spend Christmas at my house with all the family.

The second week of school was amazing! It was Christmas and we enjoyed our day with our loved ones. We danced, ate, and partied all night long (until we opened our presents). For Christmas I got money and clothes. My boyfriend and I didn’t get to spend Christmas Eve together; however we did spend Christmas Day.

The third week of vacations was the fun at the beginning but at the end it was not that good. It was new years and we celebrated it at my grandmas. The fun was partying at my grandmas. Hoewever the fun came to an end. I had to do all my homework. I was procrastinating, which I wished I didn’t. now I know to all my homework at the beginning of vacations and not wait til the end.

Effective study methods

Part 1

My test study method: when it comes time to study for the test, I usually start 2-3 days before the test. I go through my notes and make flashcards on what was important for those sections, paying special attention to what the teacher said would be on the test if there was a review session. Also, I go through the book and read the inset stories and add my flashcards. If there are practice problems or online assignments or old tests, I use those to study for the test as well. Once the test is over, I keep the flashcards so that I have them for the next test or the final. Flashcards are a marvelous learning tool. The key to remembering something is to repeat it numerous times- spaced rehearsal. If you forget something is because you haven’t repeated it enough times for an extended period of time. Repletion is a law of learning; therefore, to learn and remember, to recall, it is mandatory that you repeat over and over the things you desire to learn and remember. You may be thinking: Oh no, repeating something” you need to get used to it. For example, the more you practice a song on the piano, the better you become on playing that song. Learning and remembering is like playing the piano- the more you practice saying or doing it the better you can remember it. Look now at what you remember. You remember it because you have repeated it numerous times since first being exposed to it. So, practice rehearsing those thing you desire to remember, and they will stick with you.

Practice à Proficiency à Pleasure

The better you remember the more pleasure you obtain from studying and learning.

Choose the right
dropbox