Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“You will never regret doing what’s right.”

Anon

Reflection: This statement means is that choosing the right is something that will always make you feel good about yourself. You will never regret doing what is right because when you do something good you always feel good knowing that you are becoming a better person. It means that whenever you do something wrong eventually you begin to feel regret.

Academic Success Part 2

Academic Success

Part 2

Laura B’s Academic Success story

In high school I was one of the good students who didn’t really have to study to be a good student. The information that I took for notes in class usually sunk in 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 through out of 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. MT 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 note in class and actually attend every class that 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

Student Success Statement

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

Call/Haymore

Reflection: What this statement means is that you can’t feel happy but sad at the same time. One is always stronger than the other and that stronger one is the one how you really feel. If you feel more happy than sad than what you really feel is happiness. But if you feel more sad than happy than what you really feel is sadness and both at the same time. Choosing the right is light and happiness  but Choosing the Wrong is dark and sadness. You can't be a good person and a bad person at the same time. If you do something bad then you have become a bad person. But if you do good everyday then you have become a good person.

Academic Success Part 1

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 pieces 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 in the class. If you don’t remember everything or start drawing blanks, that you need to study more and review your notes. Note cards work very 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

Student Success Statement

"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience"

French proverb

Reflection: This statement means that nothing can make you feel better than knowing the fact that your conscience is clear and that you have nothing to worry about. It means that nothing not even a very sift pillow can calm you down than bot having to worry about because your conscience is clear of everything and of all the problems that don't matter anymore.

I Will Persist Until I Succeed Part 2

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 on the second exam and study harder. It’s hard when you have your 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 really 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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Student Success Statement

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 and approving conscience.”

Robert E. Lee

Reflection: This statement means that you always have the choice to choose the right and if you practice by starting will the small simple nice choices than eventually you will be able to do better things that can also help your conscience be wiser and smarter than the people who decide to to chose the wrong.

You Can Succeed in School if You Will Part 5

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 who she was destined 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 back 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 everyday and 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 invisible. "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 she 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 school a second time and began working as a certified nursing assistant. After yet another car accident, she felt unstable, hopeless, and didn't know what to do.

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT 

"There is no happiness in sin, and when we depart from the path of righteousness we begin to do those things which will inevitably lead us to unhappiness and misery and loss of freedom."

N. Eldon Tanner

Reflection: To me this statement means that every bad thing that you do will always make you feel bad and whenever you decide to do something wrong you will always feel misery and no freedom.

Student Success Story Part 5

Student Success Story

Part 5

Andrea Packer- Without the prestigious DCCC Presidential Scholarship she won in 2008, Andrea Packer, a 2010 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 me,” she said.

Since August 2010, Packer, 20, has been working toward her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from 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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Student Success Stories

Part 4

Porter said she was impressed at everything Noah accomplishes, including earning several professional certifications and still making time to tutor other students in her classes as well as others in the information technology area.

“Shane Noah helps other students troubleshoot software and hardware issues not only in networking classes but other information technology courses while maintaining a positive, professional attitude. He goes above and beyond the minimum requirements of an assignment while being a full time student”

Noah earned professional certifications in A+, NET+ and Security+ in 2010-2011 and will receive his CCNA certification in the summer. IN addition, he implemented the deployment of Windows 7 using server 2008 in the DCCC computer lab without the help of instructors. He also documented the procedure with step-by-step video and written instructions to help others get through the procedure.

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Summary

Summary

Reflection: I think that Kimani was a very bright and smart person because of his life accomplishments. He was able to be a great basketball player and graduate high school with really good grades. He is an inspiration to everyone who wants to follow on his lead and accomplish something great in life. I think that if he was able to graduate high school and be a good team player, anyone else who wants to be great can do it too.
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Student Success Stories Part 2

Student Success Stories

Part 2

Kimani Hunt, 19, a Dean’s List student a Davidson Country Community College, is a standout 6’5” player on the DCCC Storm basketball team who serves as a role model for other students both on and off court. With a 3.692 grade point average for the fall of 2010 semester and a cumulative basketball point total of 765 as of Feb. 18h, hunt’s academic excellence and athletic abilities attract attention. Recently, he caught the attention of recruiters from the University of Northwestern Ohio who offered him a full scholarship there to play basketball. Named to the 1st team All Freshmen in 2009-2010, hunt served on the 2009-2010 Region X and District H Championship teams, and he played with the storm in last year’s  2010 NJCAA National Championship tournament. “Kimani Hunt has been a leader for us the last few years both on and off the court,” said DCCC Storm Head Coach Matt Ridge. “His High standard of excellence has helped us win many games, but it’s also helped him achieve a lot of success in the classroom, and we are certainly proud of him.” Ken Kirk, DCCC’s director of athletics and wellness, agrees. “Kimani is a kind and considerate student athlete. He helps tutor others players who look up to him as an academic leader, he communicates well with other students as well as the Storm fans, and he represents DCCC so well wherever he goes.” Hunt graduate from Riverside High School in Durham before enrolling at DCCC. He hopes to pursue a career in sports management.

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