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 recommend 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 then 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 shortcuts just to “get by,” instead, take challenging and difficult roads (courses) and reach higher mountain peaks of achievement.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

 

Student Success Statement

“What’s right isn’t always popular. What’s popular isn’t always right.”

-      Howard Cosell

This statement is saying that not everything you do that is right is popular. People might know about it but it’s not as popular that everyone knows. For example, graduating from high school is doing the right thing and your family is going to be very proud of that. You will be popular among them but not the rest of the people that are out there. Usually what’s popular is the wrong choices people make. For example, a guy that shot many innocent people at a theater became very popular and it wasn’t for someone to be proud of.

 

Reflection: All students that attend high school should graduate. They must do all their work to get good grades and walk the stage. Their parents will be proud and so are they. They will have a good career unlike those that didn’t graduate. A pain could be when all your friends and classmates are graduating while you’re in the audience looking at them. When you could been there too. But you decide to choose the wrong and not pass all your classes.