Student Success Statement

“You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.”

-     Robert E. Lee

This statement is saying that if you always choose the right things would go easier. Every time you are in a situation you will know what the right thing is to do because you always choose the right. And you won’t have anything to regret because your conscience would be clear. For example, if you decided to steal something from the store your conscience would feel guilty. The right thing to do is to take the item you back to the store and pay for it.

 

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.

 

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, paying special attention to what the teacher said would be on the test if there was a review session. Also, go through the book and read the inset stories and add to my flashcards. If there are practice problems or online assignments or old tests, 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 the final. Flashcards are a marvelous learning tool. The key to remembering something is to repeat it numerous times-spaced rehearsal. If 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, “Oh, no, repeating something.” You need to get used to it. For example, the more you practice a song on the piano, the better you become at playing that song. Learning and remembering is like playing the piano-the more you practice saying or doing it better you can remember it because you have repeated it numerous times since first being exposed to it. So, Practice rehearsing 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.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!