Student Success Statement

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

This statement to me means that popular doesn't mean being mean it means being good. Furthermore, when you do something good it will make you popular. Also, well being popular doesn't mean to you have to be fake and say that you’re good it means being good from the heart. An example of being popular is helping others and giving them advice. In conclusion, it is always right to do good in life and it doesn't matter if you’re not popular.

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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 effort known as cramming. You’ll learn more, remember more and earn a higher grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night session for Friday’s exam than studying for four hours straight on Thursday night. Short, concentrated preparatory efforts are more effective and rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last moment marathons. Yet, so many students fall to learn this session and end up repeating it all over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever, ? When you cram, you are taking a short cut, and short cuts never produce any real worthwhile results. Also, when you take shortcuts, you fell rather rotten knowing that you could have done better but didn't  Shortcut cut you short. You can’t plant watermelons seeds and harvest fresh watermelons the next day. It takes time. Cramming for a test or project and expecting to make high scores the next day is like planning watermelon seeds and expecting them to harvest 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

Student Success Statement

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

Howard Cosell

This statement clearly says that we as human beings should always go by what is right and not by what is wrong. Yes there might be some people that feel left out and want to become popular to be known but then when becoming popular it makes you choose the wrong and the only thing you think about is being popular. So it’s better to not be popular but just you knowing that even if you are not the most popular person you know the difference between right and wrong. The only people you should be doing well are for God your-self and your family. It doesn't matter what other people say or think because they are always going to try and bring you down no matter what like for example if you are going the right path they might want to bring you down the wrong path with them. So it doesn't matter if you’re popular or not what matter is what you do and that counts because if you’re doing the right things it will get you far but not being popular!Student Success Statement

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

Howard Cosell

This statement clearly says that we as human beings should always go by what is right and not by what is wrong. Yes there might be some people that feel left out and want to become popular to be known but then when becoming popular it makes you choose the wrong and the only thing you think about is being popular. So it’s better to not be popular but just you knowing that even if you are not the most popular person you know the difference between right and wrong. The only people you should be doing well are for God your-self and your family. It doesn’t matter what other people say or think because they are always going to try and bring you down no matter what like for example if you are going the right path they might want to bring you down the wrong path with them. So it doesn’t matter if you’re popular or not what matter is what you do and that counts because if you’re doing the right things it will get you far but not being popular!

Successful Students 7-8

Successful Students

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7. .. Understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know their personal behavior feelings 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 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 directly from your actions, your classmates and professor may also get more excited and enthusiastic.

8. … talk about they’re learning. Successful students get to know something well enough that they 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 a proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into words that provide 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 an oral study group, and pretend your peers. “Talk-learning”

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

This statement means that no matter where you are or what you’re doing just do what you know is right no matter what. It is also referring to always choose the right wherever you are and what you’re doing because whatever you do is going to take you to the write path but it depends on what you’re doing. Also, it means that it is never too late do something you know is right. It just matters that knowing what you do is the correct way.

Successful Students 3-4

Successful Students

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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 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. Join forces with your instructor, they are not an enemy, you share the same interests, the same goals- in short, and your teammates. Get to know your professor. You’re the most valuable players 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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Student Success Statement

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

This statement is saying that is when you either do something bad or wrong but you still feel good after doing what you just did. It also means that when you do something immoral you do it because it’s wrong. Either way if you know what you’re doing is wrong then that is called immoral. That is why you should always do what is right and not what is wrong. The thing that is right is what’s going to take you to go the right path in the future. So you should always do what is good so you can feel go after. If you do what is wrong and still feel good well that is just evil. Always choose the right path.

Successful Students 1-2

Successful Students

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1… are responsible and active. Successful students… 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 less 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 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: 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 tire of being a student, nothing can stop you; if you aren't and don’t everything can, and will!

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure.”

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

This quote mean in my opinion that he is saying the number ten is a big number well many people use that number as saying one big number so in this quote Alfred means that his strength is a pure meaning clean and natural as a ten . Which is very good because he has a pure heart meaning a kind hear ted person? If someone doesn't have much strength then they are going to be weak like emotionally and not confident to have a pure heart. So this quote is expressing how when one has strength they also have a pure heart and are confident about them. Also, that we should all be confident and strong.

Study For Multiple Exams Part 3

Study for Multiple Exams

Part 3

English, math, foreign 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 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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Tennessee Walking Horse Trainers

Tennessee walking horse Trainers

Summary: This story talks about horses being tortured into the games. Also, how they treat these poor horses into winning well actually for the people to win. They were talking about how cruel they are treating these poor horses. There is even footage caught in tape where they are abusing these animals and making them suffer in such a horrible way. Furthermore, they talk about how they train these horses into just winning a golden ribbon and they make them go through so much. Making them trying to be good at shows to entertain people but don’t know what they are doing to these poor horses.

Reflection: After watching the footage about the horses it made me sick to my stomach! I just couldn't believe how horrible, cruel, and mean they are treating these animals. It is just wrong and not to mention that the people well contestants are even cheating just to win a blue ribbon that isn't even worth much to me in my opinion. Animals should never be treated in such nasty  way it’s just sad to look at these animals being treated like this and no one is there to defend them what kind of world are we living in. People like that shouldn't even be forgiven that is just plain mean and not to mention but selfish. In my opinion I do not like at all how these animals are being treated they have feelings like us humans for crying out loud God even made these animals and not so they can be tortured but so they can be free. These people don’t deserve forgiveness it is just sad just sad.

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. 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 reward.

How I succeed in team projects: Never assume someone is doing. Have regular meetings and have each member show their work, not just give you or the group their word of it.

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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 STUDY FOR ALL AT THE SAME TIME I SPREAD OUT MY TIME BEFOREHAND. FOR EXAMPLE IF I HAVE A  TEST  MONDAY TEST THURSDAY AND 2 TEST  TUESDAY THEN I WILL STUDY FOR MY  MONDAY TEST THURSDAY AND PART OF FRIDAY AND PART OF SATURDAY , THEN  MY SECOND TUESDAY TEST ON SATURDAY AS WELL AND PART OF SUNDAY . THEN SIN-DAY NIGHT I CAN REVIEW FOR MY MONDAY TEST BECAUSE I ALREADY STUDIED FOR IT. WHEN THAT TEST IS OVER I CAN BEGIN REVIEWNG FOR THE 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 RECIEVED 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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Summary/Reflection "American Idol"

Summary/Reflection “American Idol”

My opinion of what happened with Jermaine was shocking. The reason it shocked me was who could’ve known that a famous person on t.v did all those things. Obviously he chose the wrong because he was charged with two crimes so that means the first time he did not learn his lesson and decided to mess up again. You should always be honest no matter what even if you do wrong you should talk about it and say it was a mistake but instead he did worse. Therefore I believe that you should always learn your mistakes and not do them again but at the same time you should always stick by choosing the right and with this you’ll always be a great and honest person no matter what !

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Sarah's Argument Success Story Part 1

Sarah’s Argument 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 for each class. Sometimes, that meant writing out the terms for the chapter we read (even if when 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 up the notes after class. This helped me remember what I just went over in class 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 tie s was a big part of my success.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“There is no set of path, just follow your heart.”

Anon

In my opinion this quote means that well really fate doesn’t really take you to find for example your future or your career and other things in life. The thing that you must follow is your heart because your heart is always going to be honest with you and make you do the right thing even if you think it’s not helping you when really it is. When you make your own set of choices that will get you through life it’s how you feel about it and think about it. We should always follow our hearts no matter what because whatever you do in life is what makes it count .

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 you 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 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 to fail than succeed. If that is not who you are then hopefully things that I have done can show you that’s 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 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 yourself plenty of time to write essays and 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

Part 1

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 wrote mine on hypnotism. I worked on this paper for Cwriting. 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 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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Summary/Reflection Tiger Woods

Summary/Reflection Tiger Woods

My opinion on this story was sad. The reason I think this way is because how are you going to ignore your own brother your blood. That is just mean and selfish like if he was a brother just calling for money well that’s something different but the man is sick and Tiger Woods can’t even pick up a phone call to see how he is doing. Things like this is what’s wrong with this world own family members just ignoring each other it even makes me sad. Furthermore, family is always first but I’m guessing Tiger does not have any feelings. In conclusion, if he was my brother I’d sure help him out in whatever kind of way even if I didn't have money I would find a way to get the money to help out my family. So you should always have feelings maybe he isn't even happy with his own life that’s why he is acting like that but that is no reason to ignore a family member in such a hurtful way!

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 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 much later than normal before tests. 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 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

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 I shall never pass this way again.”

Etienne de Grellet

I believe this quote is true because many people go through this. Its meaning is that you only live once in a lifetime so never regret what you know is right well really what you are doing is right. If you want to be nice to someone go for it you are not doing wrong you’re doing something right. So never think wrong if your doing something good. You can relate to this quote because you only have one chance in life to make something great big!

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 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 in.

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My winter break

My Winter Break

During my winter break I enjoyed myself and relaxed. Furthermore, during my break I traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada that is where I have family so I went to go spend Christmas and New Year’s, I had a great time spending it the holidays with my loved ones which was the best I also had so much fun talking to my cousins and us gals hanging out. We went to Circus Circus which was fun and we walked down Las Vegas Blvd. I also ate a lot like tamales and pizza and chicken I think that was the best part of my winter break was eating I love eating . Getting up late was the best part and staying up late watching movies and eating popcorn. The presents were the best part about Christmas which is when you get your presents and I got lots of them too. I really can say that I enjoyed my winter break no more stressing out about school. In conclusion, I had an awesome time being with my family and just hanging out and making each other laugh that’d what the holidays are all about being with your loved ones and which I enjoyed.

Effective Study Methods Part 1

                 Effective Study Methods

                                  Part 1

My test study method: When it comes 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 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 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 eh better you can remember it. Loom now at what you remember. You 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.

PracticeàProficiency à Pleasure    

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

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