Student Success Statement

“Success is dependent on effort.”

-     Sophocles, Greek dramatist

I agree this statement, if your successful in the future then that means you put a lot of effort. If you wanted to be successful and you’re not it’s probably because you didn’t put enough effort. If you put effort in to something then you will succeed.

 

How to Take on College Studying

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Choose Where to Study

Where you should study depends on two factors: the environment in which you are best able to concentrate and the type 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 problem 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 working on a research paper, you are probably better off in a less social environment.

Improve Your Study Habits

·        Have a routine for where and when you study.

·        Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each studying session.

·        Do things that are harder or 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 at material but not absorbing it.

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

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

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Summary: The story was about two young women named Jenna and Deb. They were competing in an important race. They were both tied for first place. When the race began, Deb was winning and out of the sudden she stopped. She stopped because her growth plate snapped off. She wasn’t able to walk. Since Jenna was behind Deb she decided to help her. Jenna makes sure that Deb touched the finish line before she did. Jenna received an extreme “Sportsmanship” award from U.S Olympic Committee.

Reflection: This was a nice action done by Jenna. Not many people wouldn’t of done what she did. It’s nice to hear that there is people that help others when they are in a competition.  

How to Take on College Studying

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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.

You can succeed by knowing what you expect 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.

Being 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 throughout the day, in the evenings and on weekends.

·        Consider what time of day you are most alert—there are morning people and night owls—and try to schedule your studying accordingly.

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

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Student Success Statement

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

-         Alex Linares

Choosing the right is not only the right thing to do but it’s very important. When you do the right things you feel good and won’t hold any regrets. Your conscience will also be clear. For example, if you had to choose between going out or doing your homework. The right thing to do is to stay home and do your obligations.

10 Time Management Tips for Students

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Tip 5. Review Your Notes Every Day.

Reviewing helps you reinforce what you’ve learned, so you need less time to study before a test. You’ll also be ready if you get called on in class or have to take a pop quiz.

Tip 6. Get a Good Night’s Sleep.

Your brain needs rest to perform at its peak. Lack of sleep makes the day seem longer and your tasks seem difficult.

Tip 7. Communicate Your Schedule to Others.

If phone calls or text messages are proving to be a distraction, tell your friends that you are only available at certain times of the day and not to expect a response at other times.

Tip 8.  Become a Taskmaster.

Give yourself a time budget and plan your activities accordingly. Figure out how much free time you have each week before you add any commitments.

Tip 9. Don’t Waste Time Agonizing.

Instead of agonizing and procrastinating, just do it. Wasting an entire evening worrying about something that you’re supposed to be doing is not productive, and can increase your stress.

Tip 10. Determine Your Priorities.

You can’t do everything at once. Establish the importance of each item. Then set realistic goals that are attainable.

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Student Success Statement

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

-         Anon  

This statement is saying that if you’re going to be around with people that are always choosing the wrong then it’s better to be alone. When you’re by yourself you make good decision. You don’t have people that pressure you to do something you don’t want to. You should always be around people that choose the right and that have a positive attitude. For example, if you hang out with people that do drugs then you need to get away from them. You would find other people that choose the right or it doesn’t matter if you’re alone because you’re not doing anything wrong.

10 Time Management Tips for Students

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Organizing Your Life

Managing your time well is an important element t of success—especially if you’re a student. If you set priorities that fit your needs and lifestyle, 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’re commuting on the bus or train, use the time to get some reading done.

Tip 3. It’s Okay to Say No.

If your friend asks you to go to a movie on a Thursday night and you have an exam the next morning, realize that it’s okay 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

“Improvement begins with I.”

-ANON

This statement means that if you want to be successful it all starts with you and nobody else. Ignore all the negative people tell you and do what you believe because after it’s your life. An example is that if you know you’re not doing well in school and you want to change that. The first step to make an improvement is by realizing that you need to do better.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7

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Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

3) Heart: Always do what is right so your heart, your conscience, will feed 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 you directions, even true north, your personal compass, your heat, will point you in the true north, the exact direction and path you need to trod.

4) Soul: Study scriptures and others sacred literature dairy. In other words, feed your 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 dairy or journal. Writing helps you focus and make good decision.

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

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Summary: This story was about a girl named Sarah that loved to play softball. Never in her career had she made a home run and that was her goal to hit a home run. Her dream came true but when she hit a home run by the time she got to first base she dropped to the ground because she had knee pain. Neither of her teammates was able to help her make the run. Two girls from the opposite team named Mallory and Liz carried her and took her to every base so that she can make the home run.

Reflection: This story was very emotional because the time that Sarah’s dream/goal was coming true she had a horrible injury. It was very thoughtful for the opposite team to help her make the home run even though they knew they were going to lose.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7

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Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Teens should never get too busy living to take time to renew themselves. When teens “sharpen the saw” they are keeping their personal self sharp so that they can better deal with life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four key dimensions of life –body, mind, heart, and soul

1)    Body. Eat wholesome foods, fruits, vegetables, legumes. Avoid illegal drugs, smoking, alcohol, tobacco products, tattooing. Exercise regularly and effectively. Get to bed early at night and get up early each morning. “Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

2)     Mind. Think positively. Read. Study. Think. Analyze. Seek to read a good book each month. Then each week. Ask intelligent questions. Observe. Develop your mind through positive “self-talk.”

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Student Success Statement

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

-         Helen Keller

This statement means that when you work alone you don’t do as much things as when you work together. When you work together you get more ideas and finish the work faster. When you do something individually it takes longer to accomplish what you’re doing.

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” but rather a better way, a higher way. Synergize 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 rather you’ll go. Synergize doesn’t just happen. It’s a process. You have to get there. And the foundation of getting is this: Learn to celebrate differences.

A good band is a great example of synergize. It’s not just the drums, or the guitar, or the sax, or the vocalist, it’s all of them together that make up the “sound.”  Each band member brings his or her strengths to the table to create something better than each could alone. No instrument is more important than another, just different.

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Student Success Statement

“So often, in our quest to be more popular and to be part of the “in-group,” we lose sight of things that are far more important.”

-      Sean Covey

This statement means that most often people do many things just to be popular. Some people enjoy getting attention from people so they stop being themselves and become someone they are not. They try to do many things that are wrong; they might not know is wrong because all they can think of is becoming famous/popular. For example, people begin to do drugs and getting into gangs.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 5

5. Seek First to Understand, and then to be Understood

Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood. This habit will ensure your teen learns the most important communication skill there is: active listening.

Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued foe who they are—a unique, one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-cloned individual. People won’t expose their soft middles unless they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they feel it, however, they will tell you more than you may want to hear. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone and feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent).

Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than listen. We have one mouth and tow ears. This means we should listen twice as much as we talk. Learn to listen and listen to learn.

Listen, really listen, for understanding.

Seek first to understand then to be understood—LISTEN.

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7 Habits of Highly Effective 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 encourages 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 accomplishments of others instead of being threatened by them. Win-Win is a belief that everyone can win. It’s both nice and tough 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. There’s more than enough food for everyone. It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Win-Win always creates more. Perhaps the most surprising benefit of thinking Win-Win is the good feelings it brings on. The true test of whether or not you are thinking Win-Win or one of the alternatives is how you feel. Win-Lose and Lose-Win thinking will cloud your judgment and fill you with negative feelings.

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

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Student Success Statement

“You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is Impossible.”

-Ezra T. Benson

   This statement means that it’s impossible for someone to feel good after doing something that was wrong. When you do something bad you usually feel bad and you keep thinking about what you did, you don’t have a clear conscience.

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 deals 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 and Urgent

Quadrant 2: Things that are Important but not Urgent

Quadrant 3: Things that are Not Important but are Urgent

Quadrant4: 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 our 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 of 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 eyes on the prize and reach for it.

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