Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Success is dependent on effort.”

-Sophocles, Greek Dramatist

Reflection: I agree with what Sophocles has quoted. Without effort everything that you want to happen will slowly melt away into a big ball of FAILURE.  For instance if you put effort into studying for an upcoming test, all the hard work will pay off. You will finish off that test with an A or A+. It can be hard to put effort into something but if you try good enough you can succeed I life more than any other person could.

How to Take on College Studying Part 2

How to Take on College Studying

Part 2

Choose where to study

 Where you should study depends on the two factors: the environment in which you are best able to concentrate and the types of work you are planning to do.

·      The best places to study have good light, a comfortable temperature and enough desk space-usually your dorm room, your apartment or the library.

·       For completing problems sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

·       When you are reading book chapters or research paper, you are probably better off in a less social environment.

Improve your study habits

Here are simple steps you can take to help you get a handle on studying:

. Have a routine for where and when you study.

·       Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for teach study session.

·       Do things that are harder and require more intense thought at your most productive time of the day.

·       Take breaks if you need them so you don’t waste time looking a material but not absorbing it.

·       Get to know students whom you respect and you can study with or contact to ask questions.

·       Keep up with the workload and seek help when you need it.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

Jenna Huff wins the extreme “Sportsmanship” award from the U.S. Olympic Committee.

In this story Jenna Huff is a high school student that runs in her cross country team and she was able to run for her team in the race to the state champion. As Jenna was running she said that she always kept an eye out for her opponent Deb. Jenna was always just a little behind Deb, there was on three miles and when it was the last mile Jenna was thinking of just sprinting the last mile so she could lead her team to the state nationals. When Jenna was running she was looking at her opponent deb and saw her fall in front of her in the last 100 yards and when she did Jenna was right there to help her get up from her fall. When she did Jenna walked Deb to the finish line and let her finish first because Jenna said that Deb was always going to be in front of her even without the hip fall.

Reflection: The fact that Jenna gave up her spot to win is one of the very best acts of random kindness that I have ever heard of. what Jenna did there was a really good act of "Good Sportsmanship". Jenna knew that helping Deb finish was good sportsmanship and something very loyal to her. Even if Deb didn't win by herself she can still be a winner of Good Sportsmanship. Jenna’s act of helping deb was very inspiring and outstanding. Everyone should have good sportsmanship and be as kind as Jenna was when she helped Deb.

How to Take on College Studying Part 1

How to Take on College Studying

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/collge-success/961.html

Part 1

Develop good study habits.

In college, you’ll need to build on the study skills that you learned in high school. The demands of a college class are probably more rigorous than those you are used to.

Yu can succeed by knowing what to expect in college and how to handle it. Think of college as a full time job, in which you spend 40 hours a week on class, labs, study groups and doing homework.

Be organized and using your time well are essential. Learn more about time management, and use the guidelines below to develop your study skills.

Decide when to study

Work out about how many hours you need to study every day. Then make a schedule.

·        Figure out what blocks of time you have available through-out the day, in the evenings and on weekends.

·       Consider what time of day you are most alert – there are mornings people and night owls – and try to schedule you’re studying accordingly.

·        Think about whether you do better studying for a few hours at a time or sitting down for a marathon session.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Choosing the right is always the right thing to do.”

Alex Linares

Reflection:  I agree with what Alex Linares is saying in this quote.  There is no doubt that choosing the right is good. You can’t choose the wrong and feel happy like when you choose the right. Sometimes choosing the right can be difficult and can hurt others but if you what’s right you will be rewarded in the end. Even sometimes doing something wrong can seem easier and fun but your bad decisions always catch up with you even when you think you got away with something. Karma is always waiting around the corner to give you what you deserve. But you can always avoid trouble just by simply choosing the right.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“It is better to be alone than to be in bad company.”

ANON

Reflection: What Anon is trying to say is that it would be better to be by yourself that to be around bad people that make you feel like a lower person. being around bad people can cause me to have bad negative consequences that I wouldn't like in my life. Just because you are alone doesn't really mean that you are a Loner but that you would rather listen to your thoughts than to listen to those that MAKE you FEEL alone. For me being by myself would be better than to be around a group that makes me feel alone or unwanted.

10 Time Management Tips for Students Tips 1-4

10 Time Management Tips for Students

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/116.html

Tips 1-4

Organizing your life

Managing your time well is an important element of success—especially if you’re a student. If you set priorities that fit your needs and life style, you’ll have a better chance of achieving your goals. Here are some tips for taking control of your time and organizing your life.

Tip 1. Make a to-do-list every day.

Put things that are most important at the top and do them first. And don’t forget to reward yourself for your accomplishments.  

Tip 2. Use spare minutes wisely.

When you are commuting on a bus or train, use you time to get some reading done.

Tip 3. It’s ok to say no.

If your friends ask you to go to a movie on a Thursday night and you have an exam the next morning, realize that it’s ok to say no. keep your short-and long term priorities in mind.

Tip 4. Find the right time.

You’ll work more efficiently if you figure out when you do your best work. For example, if your brain handles math better in the afternoon, don’t wait to do it until late at night.

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student success statement

Students Success Statement

“Improvement begins with I”

Anon

Reflection: This statement means that improvement starts with you. If you want something improved that no one else is able to do then you should make that improvement. There is always time for improvement and there is always something that needs to change. Starting and improvement yourself can influence others to make good changes too.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 7 Part 2

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7

Part 2

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Heart: Always do what is right so your Heart, your conscience, will feel peaceful. When you do wrong your conscience will prick you and create regretful sensations within your heart. When you do what you honestly feel, you won’t have any regrets. Your heart is your internal compass- it gives you direction and discernment. Just like a magnetic compass, gives directions, your personal compass, your heart will point you in the true north, the exact directions and paths you need to trod.

 4) Soul: Study scriptures and other sacred literature daily. In other words, feed you spirit because your spirit needs spiritual food just like your physical body needs temporal food to survive. Pondering, meditating, and reflecting are excellent Soul-sharpening activities. Try writing your thoughts, feelings, aspirations, concerns, and decisions in a diary or journal. Writing helps you focus and make good decisions.

Get into the habit of daily improving your body (physical fitness), your mind, your heart, and your soul.

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"Loyalty"

"Loyalty"
Mallory and Liz: Western Oregon
Sarah: Central Washington
Reflection: This story to me is very inspiring because of how the girls helped her to finish her home run. This story shows a good example of Loyalty and sportsmanship. When Sarah got injured I thought that they might not count her home run but when the umpire said her friends can help her finish it was very inspiring.  IT shows how everyone should be as loyal so everyone can live with respect and happiness.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Alone we can do so little: together we can do so much.”

-Helen Keller

Reflection: Individual people can create little success but with others that help, you can create more success that you've ever thought of. Even if you are alone you can still succeed but it might not be as much as you wanted. But if you work with a group you succeed a lot more than just you. If one person can create great change in the world than imagine all the change that a group of people can create if they all worked together to succeed.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 6

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 6

Habit 6: Synergize

Synergize is achieved when two or more people work together to create something better than either could alone. Through this habit, teens learn it doesn't have to be “your way” or “my way” but rather a better way, a higher way. Synergy allows teens to value differences and better appreciate others. Synergize is the reward, the delicious fruit you’ll taste as you get better at living the other habits, especially at thinking Win-Win and seeking first to understand. Learning to synergize is like learning to form V formations with others instead of trying to fly through life solo. You’ll be amazed at how much faster and farther you’ll go. Synergize doesn't just happed. It’s a process. You have to get there. And the foundation of getting there is: Learning to celebrate differences.

A good back is a greater example of synergy. It’s not just the drums, or the guitar, or the sax, or the vocalist, its all of the together that makes up the “sound”.  Each brand member brings his or her strength to the table to create something better than each could alone. No instrument is more important than another, just different.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 4

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 4

4. Think Win-Win

Teens can learn to foster the belief that it is possible to create an atmosphere of Win-Win in every relationship. This habit encourage the idea that in any given discussion or situation both parties can arrive at a mutually beneficial solution. Your teen will learn to celebrate the accomplishment of others instead of being threatened by them. Win-Win is a belief that everyone can win. It’s both nice and thought all at once. I won’t step on you, but I won’t be your doormat either. You care about other people and you want them to succeed. But you also care about yourself, and you want to succeed as well. Win-Win is abundant. It is the belief that there’s plenty of success to go around. It’s not either you or me. It’s both of us. It’s not a matter of who gets the biggest piece of the pie. Theirs more than enough food for everyone. It’s an all you can eat buffet. Win-win always creates more. Perhaps the most surprising benefits of thinking Win-Win is good feelings it brings on. The true test to whether you are thinking Win-Win or one of the alternatives how you feel. Win-lose and Loss-Win thinking will cloud your judgment and feel you with negative feeling.

Win-Win will fill your heart with happy and serene thought. It will give you confidence. Even fill you with light. Think Win-Win or no deal.

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student success statement

Student Success Statement

“You cannot do wrong and feel right. It’s impossible.”

Ezra T. Benson

Reflection: This statement is true because whenever you do something wrong there is always that feeling that makes you feel regret or makes you feel really bad. You might get what you want from doing wrong but you know that eventually you will feel bad for the bad consequences you have caused for yourself and others. If you choose to cheat on a test you will get and you will feel that regret that everyone else does. It is always better to do right so you can feel good about yourself everyday.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 3

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 3

Habit 3:Put First things First

Habit three is about Will and Will Not power. This habit helps teens prioritize and manage their time so that they focus on and complete the most important things in their lives. Putting first things first also means learning to overcome fears and being strong during difficult times. It’s living life according to what matters most. Putting first things first is dealing with things that are:

Important or not important, urgent or not urgent. Let’s look at the four quadrants of time management.

Quadrant 1: things that are important or urgent

Quadrant 2: things that are important but not urgent

Quadrant 3: things that are not important but are urgent

Quadrant 4: things that are not important and not urgent.

1.Important & urgent	2.Important but not urgent
3.Not important but are urgent	4.NOT important and NOT urgent

Quadrant 2: is the ideal place to spend your time, doing things that are important but not urgent. Here’s where priorities come into play. The results for living quadrant 2 are:

1.   Control your life

2.   Balance

3.   High performance

So in what quadrant are you spending most of your time? The key is to shift as much time as possible into quadrant 2 and this is accomplished by planning. Spend more time planning and incorporating the most important things first, things that matter most. Keep your eye on the prize and reach for it.

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Student success statement

Student success statement

“The only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is-‘form good habits and become their slaves.’ ”

Og Mandino

Reflection: This statement is true because your good habits lead you to good paths in life. Your good habits are always respected by others but your bad habits won’t be because they can affect other people too. Your good habits can clear paths for you in the future that can help you have a better life. Having positive and good habits is always the right way to go.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 2

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 2

Habit 2: begin with the End in Mind

 If teens aren’t clear about where they want to end up in life, about their values, goals, and what they stand for, they will wander, waste time, and be tossed to and fro by the opinions of others. Help your teen create a personal mission statement which will act as a road map and direct and guide his decision-making process.

“Keep your eye on the prize.” Determine your desired prize and don’t quit until you have realized that achievements for your prize. Then set another prize, another goal or desire that you would really like to achieve. Begin with the achievement of your prize in mind.  Visualize and then realize. Start by having a target in mind; know where you are going.

One prize one goal you definitely need to establish for yourself is the prize of an honorable graduation from high school-That you will receive your diploma honestly and with integrity-that you earned it with perfect honestly.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force.”

Elaine Maxwell

Reflection: This statement means that whether you fail or not it is yourself that made it happen. You can blame others for you r failed attempt of success but it will always be your fault. You made wrong decisions that lead to nothing good. But you can also take credit for succeeding if you make the right choices. every ending doesn't need to be bad because you make yourself succeed if you just try harder. If you succeed in life it’s because you mad the right choices that lead to success.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 1 Habit 1: Be proactive.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 1

Habit 1: Be proactive.

Being proactive is the key to unlocking other habits. Help your teen take responsibility for her life. Proactive people understand that they are responsible for their own happiness or unhappiness. They don’t blame others for their own actions or feelings. Proactive people realize that the ball is in their court, that they are the captain of their own ship that they are in control, control of their decisions, thoughts, choices, goals, actions, and priorities. Proactive people are self-starters; they don’t wait to be told what to do, they press forward with enthusiasm toward the achievement of their assignment, their duties, their responsibilities, their obligations. Choosing to do what is right is a proactive decision. Obey the rules. Obey the law. Obey the coach. Obey the school policies. Obey your parents. Obey with exactness, and graet things will come to you. be proactive and take the initiative.

Student success statement

Student success statement

“Keep your eye on the prize.”

ANON

Reflection: This statement means that you never forget about your goals and keep on trying to accomplish them. The “prize” is what you are trying to get or what you want to get in life. If you want to succeed in life, go for it and don’t let anyone or anything get in the way of that. The prize is what you get for being and doing the good things that no one else would do.

10 tips for student success

10 Tips for Student Success

1.   Attend your classes. Remember in the words of woody Allen ‘Seventy percent of success in life is showing up’.

2.   Know your faculty. Make sure you know who your teachers are, when their office hours are and how to contact them.  

3.   Make sure the faculty knows you. Sit in the front of the classroom participate in class discussions. Consult with your teacher during office hours.

4.   Use daily planner. Note of the dates of exams, assignments, term papers, etc.

5.   Be organized. Prioritize your responsibilities. Manage your time. Remember everyone has the same 168 hours a week, only some of us use them better than others.

6.   Know your campus resources. Visit your academics dean office regularly. Become familiar with the service and programs offered by the counseling center, the freshman center, the career center, the campus ministry office and the student life office.

7.   Take care of your health. Get enough sleep. Eat well-balanced meals. Exercise regularly. Make informed and mature decisions about alcohol, sex, and drugs. Visit the health office as needed.

8.   Work only as necessary.  Try not exceed 20 hours during a school week. If possible, work on campus. Apply for financial aid and loans if you need them. Manage your expenses very carefully.

 9.  Get involved in campus activities. It will help you learn valuable skills, expand your social network and enhanced your self-confidence. Seek out opportunities to apply what you learn in the classroom.

10.  Keep your eye on the prize. Clarify your goals. Know why you are in college in the first place. Visualize your success on a daily basis.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“You make your habits and your habits make you.”

Anon

Reflection:  This statement is true because whenever you start doing something and you don’t stop it becomes a habit. If you don’t stop doing it you get used to it and becomes a daily thing. If you can’t stop doing a habit everyone will recognize you as the one with the big habit. Sometimes an habit can be good but sometimes they can be bad. So it would always be better to make a good habit that everyone respects instead of creating one that everyone doesn’t like.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Students

7 Habits of Highly Successful Students

By Sean Covey

For teens, life in not a playground, it’s a jungle. And, being the parent of a teenager isn’t any walk at the park, either. In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens , author Sean Covey attempts to provide “a compass to help teens and their parents navigate the problems they encounter Daily.”

How will they deal with peer pressure? Motivation? Success or lack thereof? The Life the life of a teenager is full of tough issues and life-changing decisions. As a parent. You are responsible to help them reach their goals and live a successful life.

While it’s all well and good to tell kids how to live their lives, “teens watch what you do more that they listen to what you say, ‘Covey says. So practice what you preach. Your example can be very influential.

Covey himself has done well by following his parent’s example. His dad, Stephen Covey, wrote the book The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, which sold over 15 million copies. Sean’s a chip off the old block, and no slacker. His own book has rung in a more respectable 2 million copies sold. Here are his seven habits, and some ideas for helping your teen understand and apply them:

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Profile of a Successful Student Part 3

Profile of a Successful Student

Part 3

… owns or has easy access to a computer with internet access and e-mail

You don’t have to be a computer expert to be successful online learning- but you must have access to a personal computer with reliable internet access, as well as a basic level of competency in using them. Owing a computer with internet access from your home is ideal but many students use the computer lab on campus or at their offices to complete their work.

…has basic computer skills and is willing and open to learning new ones

We said you don’t have to be a computer expert to be successful in online learning. However, there are some basic technical skills you should have mastered prior to enrolling online in an online course.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“It’s not WHERE you live but HOW you live that counts. It’s not where you play the game but HOW you play the game that counts.”

Mr. Haymore

Reflection: This is true because even if you live somewhere big and fancy none of that matters because what is more important is how you live in that place. You can live rich and be a bad person but you can also be better. Or you can live somewhere poor but be a good person or bad but it’s more important to be good and live in a way that everyone respects. It also doesn't matter where you play a big game but to play it well and follow all the rules to win a game without cheating and to show the audience what a real team player is.

Profile of a Successful Student Part 1

                     

   Profile of a Successful Student

Part 1

http://www.plymouth.edu/office/online-learning/profile-of-a-successful-student/

A successful student…

… takes responsibility for his/her own learning

Online learning can be a powerful, stimulating, engaging experience for the student who can work and think independently. However, since most-if not all- of the learning  takes place on your own time, you will not have the kind of direct supervision you would in a classroom. Online learning therefore requires a significant commitment from you. All education come down to what you’re willing to invest in the experience- this is particularly true in the online environment. Commitment, self-discipline and self-motivation are all key qualities to ensuring success in online course!

 …is comfortable and confident with written communication

Reading and writing are the basis of most online courses, so it’s critical that you feel comfortable with this form of communication. While some courses contain modules that include video or other activities, all of them require significant amount of reading. And nearly all of your communication with your classmates and your instructor will be in writing. If these are weak areas for you, you will want to address those issues prior to enrolling or while enrolled in an online course. The PSU Writing Center is available to assist you.

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Students Success Statement

Students Success Statement

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."

Henry David Thoreau

Reflection: This statement means that goodness will never fail on a person. Goodness will never fail because where there is good things can change in a better way little by little. I agree with this statement because you can invest in anything like a house but at some point that can end up failing you but investing in goodness never stops and never fails anyone.