Balancing High School and Part time work

Part 5

Additional tips

Although working and going to school is challenging, it can be a rewarding experience if you use some foresight. These tips cam help you handle the situation and make the most of your time:

·       Discuss your plans with your family. Balancing the demands of school and work is easier with their support.

·       Start slowly; don’t commit to working a lot of hours immediately.

·       Avoid time conflicts by planning your class and work schedules as far ahead of time as possible.

·       Use your time efficiently. You can use 10 minutes waiting in a line to go over a few pages of assigned reading. If your job has a lot of downtime and your boss has no objection, you can slow periods to do school work.

·       If you commute to your job on public transportation, bring your schoolwork along with you so you can work along the way.

·       Be flexible and willing to make sacrifices. You may have to cut down on some other things you’d like to do because of your school and work commitments.

·       If you have too much on your plate, admit it. Then cut back as needed.

·       Schedule relaxation time. Everyone needs some downtime to stay happy and healthy.

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Selecting your courses

Part 5

The arts

Research indicates that students who participate in the arts often do better in school and on standardized tests. The arts help you recognize patterns discern differences and similarities and exercise your mind in unique ways often outside a traditional classroom setting.

Many colleges require or recommended one or two semesters in the arts. Good choices include studio art, dance, music and drama. Many students have talents and extraordinary abilities in the arts. Students should look within their own repertoire of talents and identify their artistic abilities and take college classes to develop their talents.

Advanced Placement Program (AP)

To be sure you are ready to take on college level work, enroll in the most challenging courses you can in high school such as honors or AP courses. Research consistently shows that students who score a 3.0 or higher on an AP Exam typically experience greater academic success and college graduation rates than students who don’t take AP.

Work hard in your righteous pursuits, and you will reap the benefits of self-fulfillment and job satisfaction. Don’t take short cuts just to “get by” instead, take challenging and difficult roads (coursers) and reach higher mountain peaks of achievement.

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Student Success Story

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Andrea Packer- without the prestigious DCCC Presidential Scholarship she won in 2008, Andrea Packer, a 2012 DCCC honor graduate, says she doubts she would already be pursuing her baccalaureate degree from Catawba College. “I cannot say thank you enough to whomever paid for my education, and I am going to continue to do my best to make them happy that they invested in me,” she said.

Since August 2012, Packer, 20, has been working toward her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education form Catawba College, and she doesn’t have to leave DCCC’s Davidson Campus to do so. She said she likes the convenience of leaving her teaching assistant’s job in one DCCC building and walking only steps to her evening Catawba classes where she is taking history, statistics and education courses.

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How to Always Succeed in School

Part 5

Write. Writing is a way to express yourself; your ideas, opinions and knowledge. And you may do a lot of it in college and on the job.

·      Write a little every day. Try keeping a daily journal to make a habit of writing.

·      Read outside class to increase your vocabulary and understanding of grammar.

·      Break up long writing sessions into shorter periods with regular breaks.

·      Let your writing sit for a while and then come back to it.

·      Read your writing out loud or have someone read it to you.

·      Edit someone else’s writing and let that person edit yours.

·      Learn to write and write to learn

·      Write creatively. Writing on your personal web blog is a great way to put your words into writing and to journalize your writing day after day.

·      Write your life history

·      Write your life’s goals in a journal, review these goals often, revise the goals as needed. But, write them down.

·      “writing maketh an exact amth; therefore he that writeth little hath needed of a great memory” (ANON)

·      Write to remember

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