Student Success Statement

“It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound good, and (to make) unpopular that is unsound (and not good).”

-Joseph Smith

Reflection: This statement means that we need to do what’s right 100% every day and never do bad things.

Ex: An example is we need to show people to come to school and make good choices so they can succeed.

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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 specialists agree on, it is that distributed study is better than massed, Last-night, last-ditch efforts known as cramming. You’ll learn more, and earn a higher grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exams than studying for four 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 again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever, huh?

When you cram, you are taking the shortcut, and shortcut never produces 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 seeds 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 watermelons 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.

Student Success Statement

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

Howard Cosell

Reflection: This statement means to always be yourself and don’t try to be someone else because everybody is doing the wrong thing.

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Successful Students

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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 a certain way that normally produces particular feelings. Act like you’re bored, and you’ll become bored. Act like you’re disinterested and you’ll become dis interested. 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 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 good 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 from short-term memory.

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5.   Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful students minimize classrooms 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 in active classroom because they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical 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 question now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps your learn more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have to learn later and the less time it will take because you wont 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.   

Student Success Statement

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

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reflection: This statement means that every time every day you can be a 100% CTR student and the right thing to do is to show others your skills.

Ex 1: Always be on time.

Ex 2: Never talk back to an adult 

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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 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 materials, the instructor takes some justifiable pride in teaching. Join forces with your instructor, they are not an enemy, and you share the same interests, the same goals- in short, and your teammates. Get to know your professor.

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

Reflection: This statement means when you do good you feel good.

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Successful students exhibit a combination of successful attitudes and behaviors as well as intellectual capacity. Successful student . . .

1.      . . Are responsible and active. Successful students get involved in their studies, accept responsibility for their own education, and are active participants in it! 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, you can actively listen, think, question, and take notes like someone in charge of their learning experience. Either option 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 latter goals and motivated by what they represent in terms of career aspirations and life’s desires.

2.      Ask yourself these questions: what am I doing here? Why have I chosen to be sitting here mean to me? Answers to these questions represented your “Hot Buttons” and are, without a doubt. If you’re educational goals are truly yours, not someone else’s, they will motivated a vital and positive academic attitude. If you are familiar with what these hot buttons represented 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! 

Student Success Statement

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

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

This statement means that Alfred has a strong heart and he won’t let himself or anyone down.

Study for Multiple Exams Part 3

Study for Multiple Exams

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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? Here are my finial 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!

Jackie McConnell

i think that video was awful and how can McConnell do this and some other people do as well the have no feelings they should do that to them selves.

Study for Multiple Exams Part 2

Study for Multiple Exams

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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 perfects 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 suppose to be doing. Have regular meetings and have each member show their work, not just give you or the group their word for it.

Study for Multiple Exams Part 1

Study for Multiple Exams

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How I study for 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 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 Saturday, 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 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 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 the class. I usually try to go over what I did wrong and sometime discuss with the teacher what I can do differently on the next exam or what they suggested I do for studying for the next exam.  

Student Success Statement

"There is no instinct like that of the heart."

-Byron

Reflection: The statement is saying that an instinct from the heart is something special and there is nothing that can give you a better one.

Sarah's Academic Success Story Part 2

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

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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 an addition 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 different color highlighters 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 use white-out frequently, I can see in bright yellow that if i have that project for finance due on Tuesday, i need to start working on it on [the preview] Wednesday so i can just get it done. My friends have always been amazed at hoew early i ge t things accomplished but that is really all I do.

Sarah’s Academic Success Story Part 1

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

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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 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 method according to 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. 

Student success statement

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

-Anon

Reflection: when you follow your heart you accomplish  your dreams

Work Together Part 3

Work Together

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 needed it. Its 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 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!   

Work Together Part 2

Work Together

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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 materials so much better because those subjects are not just memorizations 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.  

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 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+ on my college career. All my hard work paid off because I got the grade I deserved. I was really happy and proud of myself.

Student Success Statement

“Try a little harder to be a little better.”

Gordon B. Hinckley

Reflection: This statement is saying when you try your best you can achieve.

You Can Succeed Everyday Part 2

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: especially ones that I worked on in high school. However, when it is required to work in 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 that 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 ii know that things are going to get done on 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.

Tiger Woods

I think tiger woods doesn’t need that money if he is going to act like that he is selfish and wants to keep all his money to himself.  He can’t even give his family free tickets for his tournaments.i also wonder if he ever donated to charity?

You Can Succeed Every Day Part 1

You Can Succeed Every Day

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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 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 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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