Student Success Statement

"It 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

 

 

I agree witht his statement because if we can all work together to make the world choose the right then it will become popular and everybody will do it. The less you commit what is wrong the less will people actually try to do what is right! I think this is so true! If everyone practices this, life would and will be so much better!!!!

 

 

 

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 specialist agree on, it is that distributed study is better than massed, late 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 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 repeating 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 results. 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 and harvest fresh watermelons the next day. It takes time. Cramming for a test or project and expecting to make a 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

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

Howard Cosell

 

 I agree with this statement because even if everyone thinks something is right, the possibility that it may be wrong is high. Same thing if you think something is wrong, you should think about it and maybe it ain't so bad. For example just because everyone "drinks" and they think it's alright, in reality it is not. It is wrong. Just because people think it's a popular thing to do, it does not mean that it is what is right.

Successful Students

Successful   Students

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

     If you act in a certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will begin to experience those feelings. Act like you’re bored, and 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 and interested person: Lean forward, place your feet flat on the floor, maintain eye contact with the professor, nod occasionjally, take notes, and ask questions. Not only will you benefit directly from your actions, youre classmates and professor may also get more exited 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 good for checking whether or not you know something, it’s proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into words provides the most direct path for moving knowledge from 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 and oral study group, pretend you’re teaching your peers. “Talk-learning” produces a whole host of memory traces that result in more learning.

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Highschool Graduation Pleasure or Pain~

       When people graduate from high school; that of course causes pleasure to many. It causes pleasure to the person graduating and the family of that certain someone. Even the people that love that person. However it can also bring pain when you are not the one graduating. This can make you feel bad for the rest of your life. Yet, at the end it is all life choices. you Choose Wether you want to feel pleasure or pain.

 

Successful Students 5-6

Successful Students

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5. Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful students minimize classroom distractions that interfere 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 temptations of inactive classroom experiences 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, why, 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 of your notes while the material is still fresg 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 whole purpose of taking notes is to use them, and use them often. The more you use them, the more they improve.

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Student Success Statement

"The time is always right to do what is right."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I agree with this statement because you can always choose the right at any time. For example say you cheated on a test and you get a 100%. how ever later on you start feeling bad about it so you always have the time to choose the right and tell the truth. Never settle for less. Everyone has a second chance in life.

Successful Students 3-4

Successful Students

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3. … ask questions. Successful students ask question 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 benefits. The process helps you pay attention to 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 in teaching. Joining forces with your instruction, they are not an enemy; you share the same interests, the same goals – in short, your teammates. Get to know your professor. You’re the most valuable players on the 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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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
Pay attention to what's right and what's wrong.

I agree with this statement. It is just saying how when you choose the wrong, you feel bad afterwards but when you choose the right, you feel incredibly awesome after.

Successful Students

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 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, and 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 costs 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 education 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 presence here mean to me? Answers 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 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 bad doesn’t, everything can and will!

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Student Success Statement

"My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I agree with this staement because good always beats evil. If you have a lot of goodness in your heart it is anough to make a huge change in the world. If you have evil in your heart all you will bring is unhappiness. Choose the Right and you will feel strong for a thousand ages.

Study for Multiple Exams

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 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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Summary/Refelction

Tennessee is well known for its horses. They always have those famous dervys. However, the trainers do some horrible things to the horses. They mistreat them to a point where they can stand still. Sometimes they suffer so much they can't even stand up or anything. The man who would do all this things was McConnell Jackie. That man was finally caught and will never do this horrible things to animals again.

I believe this is so harsh and really stupid. Why would someone mistreat an animal just to win a dumb trophy or ribbon. It is not worth it at all. I personally would sen that man to jail and never let him out. Animals are precious and should not be hurt. !!!!!

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 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

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 times I spread out my time beforehand. For example, if I have a test Monday, and 2 tests 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 Sunday, 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 other 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 initial bad grade: If I received a low grade I probably knew it was coming because I didn’t prepare 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 differently on the next exam or what they suggest I do for studying for the next exam.

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Student Success Statement

"Seek to do good and you will find that happiness will run after you" 
James Freeman Clark

I agree with this statement. I agree because when you do what is right, you always feel happy. In another way, if you do what is wrong, sadness will follow you. For example if you help out the needy, everyone will see you as a great person, and that will bring peace and happiness to your life. When you choose the wrong, people see you with rage eyes and think the worst of you. That clearly does not bring happiness to anyone's life.

Sarah’s Academic Success Story Part 2 My test study method: I have different strategies for different types of test subjects. For me any time 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 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 on throughout the semester. My time management secret: I always always always carry a planner with me. I even use the different color highlights 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 used white out frequently, I can see in bright yellow what 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 I do. CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

Part 2

My test study method: I have different strategies for different types of test subjects. For me any time 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 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 on throughout the semester.

My time management secret: I always always always carry a planner with me. I even use the different color highlights 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 used white out frequently, I can see in bright yellow what 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 I do.
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Jermaine Jones

Jermaine Jones had two warrants and was arrested many times. he has even lied to the police so many times. He pretended to be someone that in reality is not.
I think this is really digusting of him. All the things he did was because he chose the wrong. It was obvious his mind was goodfing off. He should learn how to choose the Right in my opinion. People like he deserve the worst

Sarah’s Academic Success Story Part 1

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

Part 1

Time management became a key factor in my study skill 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 for each class. Sometimes that meant writing out the terms for the chapter we read. (Even when it if 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 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 meant carrying a planner with me at all times was a big part of my success

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Define Excel Arthmetic Operators

+ Addition
- Subtraction
* Multiplication
/ Division
^ Power of Exponent

Student Success Statement

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

Anon

 

I agree with this quote because you are the only author of your path. You get to choose how you want to live.

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 good time management skills. Ask 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 understanding 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 2

English, math, foreign language tips: For Math, all I can say is do the problems assigned. It is 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 have learned in practical situations.  As for English I am no longer taking it, but I would say to leave your self plenty of time to write essays or papers. They take time to get all the information out of your head and onto the page, so don’t leave them until the last second.

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Work Together Part 1

Work Together

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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 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 fewer than 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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Student Success Statement

"Try a little harder to be a little better."
Gordon B. Hinckley

I agree with this quote because, usually people who always choose the right strike for the best. They try to go for what is better than good. To excellenece.Things are done with practice, no one is perfect to begin with. but if you keep trying you will achieve to what is BEST.  

You can Succeed Everyday

You can Succeed Everyday

Part 2

My strategies for written assignments: I try to outline before I write because otherwise I forget what I am supposed to be talking about. I try not to leave them until the last minute because then I will just goof up the work. A lot of times I just write what I feel. Teachers like your opinion and if you can find something from the reading or research that relates specifically to your life, they like it even more because it allows you to take ownership of your work. I write things that I want others to read; not 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 on in high school. However, when it is required to work in a group, usually I try to lead. I like taking the lead because then I know that my grade will be a good one. I do well in school, I always have and I don’t plan on changing anytime soon, so when I need to 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 I know that things are going to get done in time and that I am going to get a good grade. If I am working in a group of people who all want to work, then it is a different story.

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Report: Tyler woods Reflection

I believe Tiger woods is a disgusting creature. Why would he be so rude with his brothers. People like him always choose the wrong and that makes them horrible human beings. He has so much money, to him supporting his brothers won't be nothing so why is he being inhuman. People should not be like him at all. He may have fame and ATL but deep inside he is the worst person ever.

You can Succeed Every Day part 1

You can Succeed Every Day

Part 1

My overall study method: I break up studying over several days and over the course of the evening day. Cramming never works for me so I try to do it. I will have longer session on nights before big tests, but I never stay up much later than normal before test. 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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Student Success 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 shall never pass this way again" 

Entienne de Grellete 

What this quote means  is that you live your life only once. until you die. So that time you have here in this world you must  do as much good as possible to make a great change. Choose the right all the time because there's going to be a moment where you are not going to be alive anymore and you do not want people to remember you for something bad that you have done. CHOOSE THE RIGHT ALWAYS♥

Effective Study Methods Part 3

Effective Study Methods

Part 3

How I deal with multiple projects/tests: When I have more than one test or project, I break up my studying. I will study for one test for 30 minutes or so and then switch to the other one. If there is some part of a project that I know will not take me very long, I will do it when I don’t have much time. If I am really in a crunch for time on a specific day, I will study for one test in the morning and the other in the afternoon or at night. By breaking up the studying into different sections, I feel like I get much more done. Cram sessions do not work for me. I need to study something for a shorter period of time more often for it to sink.

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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 things 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 try 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 is killer to make up from, but if you are upfront with your professors, they are usually nice about having to turn things in late or not being in classes.

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What I did in Vacations.

In my vacations i really didn't do much but go out and do sports. With my friends I went to the park to play basketball. Basketball is my favorite sport of all sports out their. I'm not really good at it. Yet I plan to work better on it. I also went bike riding with my friends. It was very fun because after we went to go eat pizza.

for christmas I really did not do much yet in New years i spent it with my family and we sure ate a lot. We ate turkey, ham, Flan, and so much more. I was in paradise.

One of the best parts of my vacation was that I got to see The Hobbit. It is such an amazing movie, i would watching over and over again with out getting tired.

Finally on the last day I did all my homework and I didn't even sleep. I should have done my hw earlier.

Effective Study Methods

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, I go through the book and read the inset stories and add to my flashcard. 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 or final. Flashcards are a marvelous learning tool. The key to remembering something is to repeat it numerous times-spaced rehearsals, 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 playing a song in the piano the better you become at playing the song. Learning and remembering is like playing the piano the more you practice saying or doing it the better you can remember it, Look now at what you remember. You remember because you have repeated it numerous of times since first being exposed to it. So, practice rehearsing those things you desire to remember, and they will stick with you.

Practice---à Proficiency-à-Pleasure

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

 

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