Student Success

Successful students

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 skill specialists agree on, it is that distributive study is better than massed, late-night, last-ditch efforts known as cramming. You’ll learn more and remember more and also earn a higher grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exam than studying on Thursday for four hours. 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 repeating it over and over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever, huh?

When you cram, you’re taking the short cut, and short cuts never really produce any real worthwhile results. Also, when you could have done better but you didn’t. Shortcuts cut you short. You can’t plant watermelon seeds and then harvest them the next day. It takes time. Cramming for a test or project and expecting to get a high score the next day is like planting a watermelon seed and planning to harvest and eat the fresh fruit the next day. Plus cramming for a test 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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S.S.S

Student Success Statement

"What's right isn't always popular. Whats popular isn't always right."

Howard Cosell

If you choose something that is popular it might not always be choosing the right. For example, using phones in class mostly everyone does it but it is choosing the wrong. Choosing the right isn't always popular but it always is choosing the right. For example doing you homework isn't popular but it always choosing the right.

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7. … understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know their personal behavior affect their feelings and emotions which in turn can affect learning.

If you act in certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will begin to experience those feelings. Act like you’re bored, and you you’ll become bored. Act like you’re disinterested, and you’ll become disinterested. So the next time you have trouble concentrating in the classroom, “act” like an interested person: lean forward, place your feet flat on the floor, maintain eye contact with the professor, nod occasionally, take notes, and ask questions. Not only will you benefit you directly from your actions, your classmates and professor may also get more excited and enthusiastic.

8. …talk about what they’re learning. Successful students get to know something well enough that they can put it into words. Talking about something, with friends or classmates, is not only a good thing for checking whether or not you know something, it’s a proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into words provides the most direct path for moving knowledge form short-term to long term memory. You really don’t “know” material until you can put it into words. So, next time you study, don’t do it silently. Talk about notes, problems readings, etc. with friends recite to a chair, organize an oral study group pretend you’re teaching ypur peers. “talk-learning” produces a whole host of memory traces that result in more learning.

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S.S.S

High School Graduation: Pleasure or Pain

When you graduate High School it can either be pain or pleasure. The reason why it would be a pain is because if you don't graduate you will have to be living with your parents for a while because you wont be able to go to a good college and support your self. A reason why it would be a pleasure is because you can become anything you want. A doctor, Astronaut, Technician, etc. You can move out and be able to support a family after you finish college and find a job. So you choose the route you want to take.... Pleasure or Pain?

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5. Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful students. Minimize classroom distraction that interferes

with learning.

Students want the best seat available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat for their educational dollars. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be their professor’s teammate (see no. 4). Why do they expose themselves to the temptation of inactive classroom experience and distractions of all the people between them and their instructor? Of course, we know they chose the back of the classroom because they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying not to be part of the class, then, are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons, is there something else you should be doing with your time?

6. . . . take good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often.Why put something into your notes you don’t understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later time. A short review with your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps you to learn more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have to learn later and the less time it will take because you won’t have to include some deciphering time, also. The more you use them the more they improve.

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"The time is always right to do whats right"

Martin Luther King, Jr.

What the great Martin Luther King is trying to say is always choose the right. It can be from 10:00 pm to 3:00 am. It is always time to choose the right. If there was no time to choose the right then this world would be chaos. This quote is very true it shows freedom and CTR

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3.… ask questions. Successful students ask questions to provide the quickest route between ignorance and knowledge. In addition to securing knowledge you seek, asking questions has at least two other extremely important benefit. The process helps you pay attention to your professor and helps your professor and helps your professor pay attention to you! Think about it. If you want something, go after it. Get the answer now, or fail a question later. There are no foolish questions, only foolish silence. It’s your choice.

4.... learn that a student and a professor make a team. Most instructors want exactly what you want: they would like for you to learn the material in their respective classes and earn a good grade.

Successful students reflect well on the efforts of any teacher; if you have learned your material, the instructor takes some justifiable pride teaching. Join forces with your instructor, they are not your enemy, you share the interests, the same goal-in short, you teammates. Get to know your professor. You’re the most valuable player on the same team. Your jobs are to work together for mutual success. Neither wishes to chalk up a losing season. Be a team player!

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Successful students 

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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 responsibilities for their own education, and are active participants in it! Responsibilities mean 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 participants improves in grades without in cress in study time. You can sit there, act board, day dream, or sleep. Or, you can actively listen, think, question, and take note like someone in charge of their learning experience. Ether potion 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 letter provides at one sitting. The choice is yours.

2.    2.   … Have educational goals. Successful students have legitimate goals and are 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 present here mean to me? Answer to these questions represent your “hot buttons” and are, without a doubt, the most important factor in your success as a college student. If you’re educational goals are truly yours, not someone else's, they will motivate a vital and positive academic attitude. If you are familiar with what these hot buttons represent and refer to them often, especially when you tired of being a student, nothing can stop you; if you aren't and don't, everything can and will!

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S.S.S

Student Success Statement

"My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure"

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred is making a very exquisite quote. He is saying that if you do wrong your heart gets weak. 

Study for Multiple Exams: Part 3

Study for Multiple Exams

Part 3

English, math, foreign language: 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 the 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 to get better grades in college: time management and organization are critical key factors to success in college. And never be afraid to go ask your teacher for help. They have office hours for a reason-use them!

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Poor Horses : (

Walking Horses

Jack McConnell is a horrible trainer. He is training animals with abuse instead of love. Winning millions of dollars by harming an animal is 100 times worse then losing  the competition for loving and taking care of the animal. If Jack would of played the game right he might not of have won all the competitions but those animals would of loved him and non what have gotten hurt

Summary

Jack McConnell was a famous walking horse trainer. He had won lots of competitions. Yet they were not all legal. Jack harmed these animals to win. He whooped them and put chemicals in there leg. Now this idea is widespread. Walking horses are being hurt for a competition.

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Study for Multiple Exams

Part 2

My strategies for written assignments: Everyone has their own writing styles. I general 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 any 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 always find grammatical errors or phrases and sentences I just want to rewrite.

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 Part 1

Study for Multiple exams

Part 1

How I study for multiple exams, 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 on Monday and 2 tests Tuesday then I will study for my Monday test on Thursday and Friday and I will study for my Tuesday test on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday I will review the for the Monday test since I have already study for it. Then once I’m done with my Monday test I can review for my Tuesday tests. My overall study method is that I try to break up the test in several days. I get bogged down if I pull an all-nighter. How I overcome an initial bad grade is by knowing that I probably didn't study properly for that class and sometimes I talk to the teacher one what I can do to bring up my bad grade. Then they suggest what I should do differently on the next test and how I can study on the next test to get a better grade.

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S.S.S

Student Success Statement

"Seek to do good and you will find that happiness will run after you".

James Freeman Clark

James Freeman Clark is making an excellent statement. he is saying that if you choose the right and do good you will find happiness. If you choose the wrong you will find sorrow and guilt. One example of choosing the right is doing all your work, attending all your classes, and attending in activity's after school. one example of choosing the wrong is ditching school, not doing any work, disrespecting the teacher, and fooling around in class.

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S.A.S.S Part 2

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

Part 2

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 any 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 questions on the concepts focused in 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, pink is personal, yellow is school, orange is work, blue is for appointments, and green is for my sorority. Although I use whit-out frequently, I can see in bright in bright yellow that if I have that project for finance due Tuesday, I need to start working on it on the previous Wednesday so I can just get it done. My friends have always been so amazed at how early I get things accomplished but that is really all I do.

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Gentle Giant Not So Gentle

Jermaine Jones Had so much talent wasted. He could of been making millions if he won American Idol. He has 4 warrants for his arrest. if he wouldn't of done all those things and choose the right he would of had a chance to win and become very famous,rich,wealthy etc. he got in a fight in a hotel. if he chosen the right and just talked to the guy this would of have never happen.

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S.A.S.S Part 1

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

Part 1

Time Management became a key factor in my study skills for college. 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 college. I made sure in college I was prepared in each class. Sometimes that meant writing out terms for the chapter we read (even if 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 p the notes after class. This help 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. But making sure I had enough time to study for each class – even if it meant carrying a planner with me at all times was a big part of my success.

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Follow Your Heart

"There is no set path, just follow your heart"

Anon

This is a simple statement yet it has so much meaning. In my words it is trying to say There is no path for you to follow, just following your heart will get you far. if you put your heart into everything you do you can achieve so many things.  So always follow your heart and always, Choose The Right.

Work Together Part 3

Work Together

Part 3

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 your time out so you are completing everything that needs to get done and leave time to double check. Write things down and have a good time management skills. Asking for help is probably the biggest thing I can say though. If you don’t understand, go to office hours or find a classmate that does 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 then I try 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 Part 2

Work Together

Part 2

English, math, foreign language tips: For math, all I can say is do the problems assigned. It’s the only way to practice and that’s really all it is for math. It’s the same for chemistry; if you do the practice problems you will understand the material so much better because those subjects are not just memorization like history, you need to be able to apply what you learned in practical is situations. As for English, I am no longer taking, but I would say to leave yourself plenty of time to write essays and papers. They take time to get all the information out of your head and onto your page, so don’t leave them until the last second.

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25 Long Years

Reflection

5 Men  were choosing the wrong and decided to join a gang. when they join the gang they are supposed to do gang related things. For example deal drugs, steal banks, people, stores etc. They made a bad choice in joining that gang. if they were not to join the gang then they would of have gotten those 25 years of their life back. 

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, but I will if I know that my grade will be harmed otherwise. My greatest academic success was in my 1^st semester when I had to write a 10-12 page research paper.it has been the longest paper I had ever been assigned and I was a little scared. Also, it was the 1^st paper where there were like, here you go, just write something. I had to argue in favor of or against something, but 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 later or so, I had received the 1^st 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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“Try a little harder to be a little better”

Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon is trying to tell us to always keep trying to always keep trying until you succeed.

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You Can Succeed Everyday             

Part 2

My strategies for written assignments: I try to outline before I write because otherwise I forgot what I am supposed to be talking about. I try not to leave them until the last minute because then I’ll just goof up the work. A lot of times I just write what I feel. Teachers like your opinion and if you can from the reading or research that relates specifically to your life, they like it even more because it allows taking your ownership of your work. I write things that I want others to read; not just things that I have to write because the teacher said so.

                                                        

How I succeed in team projects: personally, I do not like working on group projects, especially ones that I worked in high school. However, when its required to work in a group, usually I try to lead. I like taking the lead because then I know my grade will be a good one. I do well in school, I always have and I don’t plan on changing that anytime soon, so when I need to do work with people who maybe don’t care as much as I do, or they have more time to waste on things other than the project, I try to be In charge. That way know things are going to get done on time and I am going to get a good grade. If I am working with a group of people who all want to work, then it is a different story.

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Tiger Woods Summary 

Tiger Woods half brother was in need of help. Tiger Woods a billionaire. Tiger Woods was ignoring his brother who had multiple sclerosis. His brother said he hasn't heard from the billionaire golfer since 2006. Tiger Woods brother, Kevin, has had sclerosis since 2009 and has not been able to work and are i dear help of Tiger Woods.

Tiger Woods is a very wealthy man. His half brother Kevin is diagnosed with sclerosis witch has made him unable to work since 2009. Tiger Woods is choosing the wrong by not helping his brother. Tiger will be feeling very bad if something happens to Kevin so it is important for Tiger Woods to help him.

You Can Succeed Every Day

Part 3

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 later than normal before test. I know that if I take the test tired the next day I will not do as well 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 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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