Student Success Statement

“Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, and fearless in both actions and expressions. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.”

B.C. Forbes

This Statement means that honesty is always the right thing to choose and never lie to get yourself out of something.

Honesty

Honesty

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Honesty is always the best policy. Employers need to know that they can trust you with everything from company credit cards to trade secrets. How can you work at honesty? You demonstrate integrity every day that you do your own homework and resist the temptation to cheat on exams.

What is honesty?

·       Honesty is telling the truth.

·       Honesty is straightforward conduct.

·       Honesty is being sincere, truthful, trustworthy, honorable, fair, genius, and loyal with integrity.

You are being honest when you …

·       Do your homework

·       Tell a friend the truth

·       Explain the real reason you didn’t turn in your homework

·       Keep your eyes on your own paper

·       Clean up your room after making a promise

·       Give the cashier the extra money she gave you by mistake

·       Write a report in your own words instead of copying

·       Admit a friend’s secret

·       Turn in a wallet full of money that you found 

Student Success Statement

“Stop worrying about whether you’re going to win or lose and focus your full attention on what’s happening right this moment.”

Phil Jackson

11 World Championships

This statement means to not worry about the future worry about the moment you’re currently in and that’s how you'll make good progress on yourself and teammates.

Time Management

Time Management

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Master the moments and you may be a real pro when it comes to juggling the many activities –with some family help. College gives you an even bigger chance to sharpen your time management skills by doing it all on your time management skills by doing it all on your own. And that’s a good thing since most jobs require multitasking. You attracting new ones, respond to emails while working on a major presentation, or order tomorrow’s produce while planning next week’s menu.

Someone said, wherever you are, be there.

Focus on the present moment and give it all your attention. Don’t let your mind drift and wander here and there when you need to be thinking and concentrating on the moment at hand. You can’t go back and recapture this moment, so make the most of it while it NOW. Master the present and you will master the future. Work smart by mastering the present moment.

Student Success Statement

“Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.”

         Elizabeth Cady Stanton

This statement means that truth is always the right thing to do Never Lie, Never Steal, and Never Cheat.

Attention to Detail

Attention to Detail

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When you double check your calculations for a math problem or cite sources carefully in a research paper, you’re paying close attention to detail. That skill comes in handy in any workplace, whether you maintain a database attention to detail. That skill comes in handy in any workplace, whether you maintain a database, keep a log of the hours you spend with clients or write e-mails.

John wooden, UCLA’s former great basketball coach who led his team to ten consecutive national championships, was asked what he attributed his success to. Among a number of things, he mentioned that paying attention to details was one of the most important qualities for successful coaching and for high achievement in any worthwhile pursuit. He even paid attention to how his players would lace up and tie their shoes strings. If they didn't tie them correctly, he would teach them how.

Details may be small things, therefore, pay attention to details and you will experience substantial process in your overall educational attainment.

Student Success Statement

“Everyone is the architect of their own learning.”

Claudius

This statement means that everybody has their own goals to achieve so you build your own bridge to succeed.

Cool Under Pressure

Cool Under Pressure

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Very few students enjoy taking tests. Yet functioning well under pressure is crucial to your future success. Try thinking of the pressure of testing as practice for the work world’s own explosive situations. You could someday find yourself meeting tight deadlines, speaking with irate customers, wielding a scalpel or handling dangerous chemicals.

The best way to curtail pressure and to even eliminate it is prepare. Applying the motto “be prepared” holds true first time and every time. Prepare for that test, and you won’t worry about it. In fact, it will be your chance to shine, to reveal the hard work you have put into preparing for the test. You will be rewarded for the effort you have thrust into your studies. Preparation removes fear. When you are prepared, you will not fear. Preparation helps you maintain your cool under pressure. Preparation generates energy and enthusiasm; therefore, prepare and your coolness under pressure is sure to abound.

Student Success Statement

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”

Peter F. Drucker

This statement means to always do the right thing than being able to do it. So always choose the right and the right only and don’t do anything bad because you will not get something in return.

Initiative

Initiative

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Initiative is creativity, inventiveness, originality, ingenuity, imagination. Every time you respond in class, every time you choose your own research topic, every time you put together your own interpretation of a piece of literature, you take initiative. And future employers value can-do professionals who come up with new ideas and chart their own course through projects, employees who are self-reliant. Self-reliant people are self-starters who don’t procrastinate on getting the job done. They know what is required to do and do it. They don’t wait to be told many times. Succeeding in high school, college, and in the career world is taking the initiative.

Student Success Statement

“To be great—concentrate.”

       Orson Sweet Mardin

This statement means to be great you need to have good concentration and then will be successful. With good concentration you can achieve your biggest goals. 

Problem-Solving Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

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Problem solving goes far beyond your math textbook. Every assignment is an opportunity to weigh all possible solutions carefully and choose the one you think is best. As a working professional, you'll be solving problems regularly, whether its fixing a bug in a computer program or overcoming budget shortfalls. Problem solving situations occur extensively and frequently; therefore, be ready when then come.

When problems or challenges occur, some people look at them at negative experiences, as a crisis. These people are the ones who live day by day with gloom and negativism in their attitudes. But the really successful people, those who are cheerful and optimistic, are those who look at problems as opportunities to learn, grow, expand their horizons, and make new discoveries. They look on the bright side of things and live happy lives.

Student Success Statement

“Education is a marathon—not a sprint”

Anon

This statement means not to rush through your education it’s not a race you need to take your time and rest your mind.

Teamwork Skills

Teamwork Skills

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Every time your class breaks into groups to tackle a challenge, you build teamwork skills. In college, you'll continue to have these opportunities to practice voicing your opinions, listening and responding to others, and reaching compromises. By the time you leave college, you can be an expert in this important workplace.

Together 

Everyone

Achieves

More

Individually you can achieve so much, the same objectives; you can accomplish a tremendous amount more. You synergize you talents, knowledge, and skills with those whom you work. All members of the team are edified together, a type of edification you can’t obtain by working alone. 

Student Success Statement

“The man who has no imagination has no wings”

-Muhammad Ali

This statement means that if you don’t imagine you will not achieve your goals it takes heart to imagine your self being successful.

Speaking Skills

Speaking Skills

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When you’re assigned a class presentation, think twice before dismissing it as an unimportant part of your education. Employers look for speaking skills in job applicants, who may have to give presentations to clients or represent their organization in the field. It’s never too soon to practice good eye contact and other public speaking techniques.

According to the Book of List, the fear of public speaking ranks number one in the minds of the majority of people. Far above the fear of death and disease, comes the fear of standing in front of a crowd, Joel Wiener noted author and public speaker wants to help people overcome that fear.

“The biggest fear is public speaking, with 15 present of American experiencing a dramatic fear of it,” said Dr. Michael Telch of laboratory for the study of Anxiety Disorders (LSAD) in the department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. “People have had to turn down jobs, and certainly students have dropped classes because of it.”

Regardless of your occupation, your success depends of your occupation, your ability to communicate effectively! Whether you’re running a meeting, selling a product, making a presentation, motivation, co-working or just communicating one-on-one with others, you'll get far better results if you can speak persuasively, smoothly and intelligently.

Student Success Statement

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

-Calvin Coolidge, 30^th president of the United States

This statement means that nothing in the world can take a place even if they’re the ones with many talents.

 

Writing Skills

Writing Skills

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Communication is at the top of the skills that employers look for. And communication in the workplace often means writing.

Health professionals keep patient charts, researchers depend on the money they collect by writing grant applications, software engineers write technical specifications, and nearly everyone writes email to people inside and outside their organization. And before you even get the chance to interview for a job, you’ll need to present yourself in cover letters and resumes.

So, by taking writing serious and doing your best on every research paper, every lab report you write, every new post you write in your blog site, and every writing activity you engage in. you’re preparing yourself for a good career.

Student Success Statement

“Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.”

Herbert Kaufman

This statement means don’t give up on stuff you can’t succeed you need to keep on trying until you accomplish it and the answer on doing that is to not give up.



Student Success

Ten Ways College Prepares You for Career Success

Ten Ways College Prepares You for Career Success

Getting a college education doesn’t mean just absorbing facts and figures. It means building the skills and qualities you need to learn, think and create on your own –making you attractive to employers. You’ve already started learning these skills in high school, but college helps you fully developed them.

 The 10 Key Qualities

1.    Writing Skills

2.    Speaking Skills

3.    Teamwork Skills

4.    Problem-Solving Skills

5.    Initiative

6.    Cool under Pressure

7.    Attention to Detail

8.    Time Management

9.    Honesty

10.Love of Learning