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Student success statement

“You will never regret doing what’s right”

Anon

Reflection: yes this is so true. Obviously it shouldn’t hurt you to be a good person. If anything it should help you in life. Once you do something right like help a person in need, or help the environment, or choose the right, or tell the WHOLE truth, then life will become easier and it will feel good doing all those things. You will not regret it for one second. 

Academic Success

Part 2

Laura B.’s Academic success Story

In high school I was one of the good students who really didn’t have to study to be a good student. The information that I took for notes in class usually sunk enough for me to be able to get by on the tests by simply reviewing the material just before the class began. It wasn’t that I didn’t try, I had a 4.0 all throughout high school, but I never really had to put forth much of an effort to get the results that I wanted to see. In college however, that changed. Not only did I start studying and reading the book, but I began to understand that the little tiny facts were just as important as the general concepts.

My overall study method: I do the reading that is required for the classes, and I try to keep up. If I do fall behind, I usually use the reading that I did not get to as an additional study aid. I take good notes in class and actually attend each class I can. Sometimes, with volleyball, it’s tough because we are on the road a lot, but if I do miss class because of volleyball I make sure that I get the notes from another student in the class. Also, for a subject such as chemistry, I do practice problems to help me understand what the material means.

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student success statement 12-10-12

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“Light and darkness can’t occupy the same space at the same time. CTR is light-CTW is darkness.”

Call/Haymore

Reflection: I believe this quote is very straight forward. It is truthful. Why because you can’t be choosing the right when you’re choosing the wrong. Just like light can’t be where darkness is. Therefore you should always choose the right.

 

Academic Success

Part 1

My great academic success: in my principles of marketing class, we had to come up with a new product and sell it. My group ended up with a couple supposedly bad students according to our teacher since they were the last ones picked. In the end, they helped out more than needed since I was team leader I assigned them certain piece of the project that became solely their responsibility. Delegating work always helps since it allows a group member individual work without separating the group.

English, math, foreign language tips: math basically just takes practice. I always tell students to take a blank piece of paper and write everything you know about what you’ve learned or what you’re studying for the class. If you don’t remember everything or start drawing blanks, then you need to study more and review your notes. Note cards work really well for foreign language. Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: go to class, make friends with people in class just in case you’re absent, and remember that you should want to learn.

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Student Success Statement 12-07-12

Student Success Statement

“There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience”

French Proverb

Reflection: I believe this means that the only way you can actually relax and live life joyfully is when you have done nothing wrong. To me a person cannot live or sleep with a mind full of guilt. Therefore, your conscience, your conscience must be clear in order for you to relax and have a goodnight sleep.

I Will Persist Until I Succeed

Part 2

How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: when receiving a bad grade, I just try to do better in the second exam and study harder. It’s hard when you have first test in a class and have no idea what to expect. The second one is usually easier since you know what to expect from your teachers.

My strategies for written assignments: Start early and make sure that you have it proofread. Also, with written assignments, having a timeline planned out can help like by setting a certain number of pages done by a certain day before the paper is due.

How I succeed in team projects: COMMUNICATION!!! Despite your group synergy, communication is crucial. I remember I ran out of cell phone minutes constantly when working on a group project for my marketing research class. It’s very important that everyone is on the same page and getting the same emails. The worst is when two people are working on the same portion of the project and don’t even realize it.

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I Will Persist Until I Succeed

Part 1

Heather A.’s Academic Success story

In high school, I didn’t study as much in groups as I do in college. I feel I learn better when I can teach other people information and we can exchange notes taken in class because sometimes other students pick up on more important information than others.

My overall study method: I prefer to study in small groups and practice problems where I can work out the methods verbally with others.

My test study method: I have very different techniques. For financial tests, I try to work on the problems given in class as well as problems form power points and homework. When it comes to marketing classes, I review my notes and try to make diagrams to describe different processes.

My time management secret: One of my biggest secrets is to look over the information that you just learned when class is over. After reviewing the information, it sticks a little bit better than waiting until the night before the test.

How I deal with multiple projects/tests: I try to work on whatever has the shortest deadline and work form there. My overall study method: I tend to do massive studying blocks of about an hour or so in order to really learn the material.

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Student Success Statement

“You have only always to do what is right.it will become easier by practice, and enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.”

Robert E. Lee

Reflection: I believe this quote is trying to say that choosing the right often and everyday can help you learn that choosing the right is a great choice. Also, that once you start choosing the right you should continue choosing the right because it will become easier for you to do. 

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        You Can Succeed in School if You Will

Part 5

After some serious soul- searching, Kennedy decided she was made for a purpose: to be successful and to fulfill to what she was designed to be. She returned to DCCC “With determination and a mindset that I would not fail with god leading me.”

She says her first semester was difficult. “I knew I could find refuge in the student success program,” Kennedy said. “To my benefit, Ms. Gravely accepted me back. Because of my struggles and hard times, I seek a new beginning every day and I don’t allow the past to cripple my future. I have learned to have self- value.”

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You Can Succeed in School if You Will

Part 4

As Kennedy lay crumpled in her hospital bed following the accident, she realized that many of her wounds were visible. “After the car accident, I suffered from low self-esteem and depression,” she said. “For years, I allowed someone I loved to physically, mentally, and emotionally abuse me.”

She had previously tried taking a few DCCC classes, but said she was immature and not ready for academic challenge. She dropped out. After, the accident she returned to DCCC to take cosmetology classes. She left a school a second time and began working as a certified nursing assistant. After yet another car accident, she felt unstable, and didn’t know what to do.

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You can succeed in school if you will

Part 3

As Quansheeba Kennedy reviews her DCCC transcript in preparation to transfer to Salem College, she can hardly believe she has a 3.3 grade point average and that she was accepted into the prestigious private college with a selective admissions policy.

 

It took two false starts before the 22- year old Thomasville resident found her true calling, elementary education, and more importantly, before she found and reaffirmed the value of herself. She thought back to when she was 18 years of old but felt “Overwhelmed by life.” She had just graduate from high school when she was in a serous car accident.

 

“I almost killed myself, not by drinking and driving, not by partying, but because I was living a life that was overwhelming,” she said. One must work hard, but not waste time. Goofing off during school is a killer. It kills your achievement and your chances for outstanding success now and later.

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