Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement 

"Its 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 : Its our duty to choose the right. To do the right things. Not to choose the wrong & doing stuff that we'll regret .

Successful Students - 9 -

Successful Students

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

If there is one thing that study skills specialists agree on , it is that distributed study is better than massed, last-night, last-ditch efforts known as cramming. You’ll learn more, remember more, and earn a higher grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exam than studying for 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 reapeating 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 reults. 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 project and expecting to make high score the next day is like planting watermelon seeds and expecting to harvest and eat fresh watermelon the next day. Plus cramming for a test or 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.

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Student Success Statement

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 

Refection: If you do good you'll feel good. Do the right thing not the bad thing. Don't choose to be immoral.

Successful Student

Successful Student

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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 or deserve the blame, you make the choice.  Active classroom 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 cost one class period. However, the former method will require a large degree of additional work outside of class to achieve the same degree of learning the latter provides at one sitting. The choice is yours.

2. . . . Have educational goals. Successful students have legitimate goals and there 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 to these questions represent your “Hot Buttons” and are , without a doubt , the most important factors in your success as a 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 this hot buttons represent and refer to them often, especially when tire or being a student, nothing can stop you; if you aren’t and don’t everything can and will!

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement 
"My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure ."

- Alfred, Lord Tennyson .

Reflection:  this qoute means if you don't do bad stuff your heart will always be pure.

Study For Multiple Exams Part 3

Study For Multiple Exams

Part 3

English, math , foreign language tips: Practice – especially foreign language. It is hard to succeed in a 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 a 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 grade in collage :Time management and organization are critical key factors to success in collage. And never be afraid to go ask your teacher for help. They have office hours for a reason-use them.

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Jackie McConnell

 Jackie McConnell , 

The man who has beautiful horses. But treats them horible. Jakie McConnell had become such a problem in the TWH Communtity . Dr. Stephen Mullins , found a video disgusting: "I don't condone that at all." Jackie said. Jackie has been mistreating his horses over years . Just to win Horse shows. Over the 52 horses that he had. All 52 horses had foreign substances on the legs. Mr. McConnell now does not have no more hores's.

Study For Multiple Exams Part 2

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. 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 actually 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 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.

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Study for Multiple exams

 Study for Multiple exams 

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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 Monday, and 2 test Tuesday then I will study for my Monday test Thursday and part of Friday. Start studying for my next test on the second half of Friday and part of Saturday, then my second Tuesday test on Saturday as well and part of Sunday. Then Sunday night I can review for my Monday test because I already studied for it. When that test is over I can begin reviewing for the others tests.  My overall study method: I try to break it up over several days or at least two. I get bogged down if I try to pull an all nighter. How I’ve overcome an intimal bad grade: If  I received a low grade I probably knew it was coming because I didn’t preapear properly or I didn’t use the right study habit for that class. I usually try to go over what I did wrong and sometimes discuss with the teacher what I can do differtly on the next exam or what they suggest I do for studying for the next exam.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement 

"There is no instinct like that of the heart. "

- Byron 

Reflection: the qoute "there is no instinct like that of the heart " by Byron is trying to mean your heart is one of a kind. In other words, your heart knows what to do.

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

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 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 an 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 the terms and apply them to an example or create different question 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 on [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.

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Sarah’s Academic Success Story

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

Part 1

Time management became a key factor in my study skills for collage. In high school, there were 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 collage. I made sure in collage I was prepared for 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 I studied for a Finance class – even if it’s meant carrying a planner with me at all times was a big part of my success.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement
"There is no set path, just follow your heart ."

-Anon

Reflection : Follow your heart , don't depend in other people. Set your own goals & dreams. And follow it , go for it . Never give up 

Work Together

Work Together

Part 1

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 needed it .It’s not a bad thing to not understand, it’s a bad thing if you don’t do anything about it. Plan you time out so you are completing everything that needs to get done and leave time to double check. Write things down and have good time management skills. Ask for help is probably the biggest thing I can say though. If you don’t 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. It is something that is within me 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!

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WORK TOGETHER

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 or so later, 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.

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Choose the right .

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Student Success Statement

"Try a little harder to be a little better ."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

 

 

Refliction: I f you dont give up & you keep on trying you could achieve or do what ever you want. But if you give up , you cant. If you try a little harder to be a little better.

You Can Succeed Every Day

You Can Succeed Every Day

Part 1

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My overall study method: I break up studying over several days and over the course of the evening and day. Cramming never works for me so I try not to do it. I will have longer sessions on nights before big tests, but I never stay up much later than normal before tests. I know that if I take the test tired the next day I will not do as well as if I was rested.

How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: I usually look over the test or paper to see what I did that the teacher did not want. Basically, I do not stress out about grades that much because for me they are not worth getting really upset about. I do well because I know that I know the material. However, if I do get a bad grade, or one lower than I expected, I make sure that the next time a test is coming I study even more so that I won’t be surprised by the questions.

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Tiger Woods ignores his needy brother ?

- Tiger Woods ignores his needy brother ?

Refliction : Tiger woods does not want to help his brother that is almost going to lose his house. Before tiger even won the lottery him and his family were a loving and caring family. But once tiger won the lottery he start getting in fights with his family . They would all fight for the money. But why dosnt tiger want to help his brother ?

Student Succes Statement

Student Succes 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 now . Let me not defer or neglect it, for i shall never pass this way again. "

- Etienne de Grellet.

Effective Study Methods Part 2

Effective Study Methods

Part 2

My time management secret: My secret is to use time wisely. I know that on 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 write 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 week and my days. If I know that I don’t have time on Tuesday, I will to get more things done 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/plane/hotel room. Missing Class professors, they are usually nice about having to turn things in late or not being in classes.

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My vacations ! :)

During my 3 week vacations . I was usaullay spending christmas in Las Vegas. We were in vegas for a week.For new years i was spending it with my family. It seem like it was a long vacation but it was only 3 weeks.The good thing is i didnt have homework.  I really enjoy my vacations. I CANT WAIT FOR SUMMER VACATIONS.

Effective Study Methods Part 1

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, payi ng 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 inset stories add to my flashcards. If there are practice problems or online assignments or old test, I use those to help me 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 for final. Flashcards are marvelous learning tool. The key to remembering something is to repeat it numerous times-spaced rehearsal. I you forget something, it is because you haven’t repeated it enough times for an extended period of time . Repetition 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,  “Ohh , no , repeating something. “ You need to get used to it. For example, the more you practice saying or doing it the better you can remember it. Look now at what you remember. You reamer it because you have repeated it numerous times since first being exposed to it . So, practice researching those things you desire to remember, and they will stick with you .

Practice --àProficiency-àPleasure

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

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