Student success statement

Student success statement

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

-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

When going about life one must realize that truth is one of the most important things someone could ever give to another. Truth is the platform that will lead you to a much higher one that will transcend all else. To step on the platform of truth is to now what it is you are doing.

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Attention to detail

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When you double check your calculations for math problems or cite source carefully in a research paper, you’re paying close attention to detail. That skill comes in handy in any work place, whether you’re maintaining a database, keep a log of the hours you spend with clients or write email.         

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 purist.  He even paid attention to how his player would lace up and tie their shoe strings. If they didn’t tie them correctly, he would teach them how.

  Detail may be small things, but form small things to details come great things; therefore, pay attention to details and you will experience substantial progress in your overall educational attainment.

Student success statement

Student success statement

“Everyone is the architect of their own learning.”

-Claudius

This is true on a level that most cannot begin to even grasp. Everyone one must be responsible for their own learning as it is up to you to learn what needs to be learned. Ones education is not important; education merely interferes with your learning. Education today is based on teaching you things that have no meaning they thrive on teaching you the lesser points of something. It is up to you to learn on your own, to gain experience.

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Cool Under Pressure

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Very few students enjoy taking test. 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 to even eliminate it is to prepare. Apply 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 coolness under pressure is sure to abound.

Student success statement

Student success statement“start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”

-Peter F. Drucker

When one is going about doing things one must always begin with what is right never start with what may be right for some. It is being able to do this that shows how wise someone is. To start off with what is right is to start off with wisdom and elegance as it is always the best choice anyone can choose.

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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-relentless. Self-relentless people are self-starters who don’t procrastinate on getting the job done. They know what is required 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

Student success statement

“To be great—concentrate.”

-Orson Swett Marden

If one want s to be great in life concentration is what is needed in high quantity as it is what will get you to achieve what it is you want. If one does not concentrate then he is doomed to not learn what it is one must do to achieve that which he so wishes to achieve. Concentration in school is what allows you to learn material with an ease one would not have by just simply not listening to what it is that, that person is hearing.

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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 it’s 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 attitude. But the really successful people, those who are cheerful and optimistic, are those who look at problems as opportunities, opportunities to learn, grow, expand their horizons, and make new discoveries. They look on the Brightside of things and live happy lives.

Student success statement

Student success statement

“Education is a marathon—not a sprint”

-ANON

I believe that the educational system is flawed in so many ways on purpose. The education that one has in this lifetime is just horrid. Today’s educational system is nothing more than mere indoctrination. The schools throughout want you to have an education because they know it will keep you down and zombified with false information. It is in today’s educational system that children are made into the mindless sheep that they are. Albert Einstein once said “The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”

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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 you opinion, listening and responding to others, and reaching compromises. By the time you leave college, you can be an expert in this important workspace skill.

Together

Everyone

Achieves

More

Individually you can achieve so much, but when you work with others for a common cause, he same objective, 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 education you can’t obtain by working alone.  

Student success statement

Student success statement

“The man who has no imagination has no wings”

-Muhammad Ali

In life one of the key aspects of the human mind is imagination. If one lacks imagination then he is nothing more than a prisoner in his own mind. To be able to imagine that is freedom, wings signify freedom as there is nothing more free than a bird flying high up in the sky with not a care in the world. Men must have an imagination for without it we would nothing more than mindless objects.

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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.

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According to The Book of Lists, the fear of public speaking ranks number one in the minds of the majority 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 percent of American experiencing a dramatic fear of it,” said Dr. Michael Telch of the 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 a great deal upon your ability to communicate effectively! Whether you’re running a meeting, selling a product, making a presentation, motivating co-workers, or just communicating one-one with others. You’ll get far better results if you can speak persuasively, smoothly and intelligently 

Student success statement

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

Persistence is the key to attaining anything that you want. There is absolutely nothing that will get you so far into life than persistence. It is this that will get you through life and will also get you what you want. To be able to go on and get what you want that is the ultimate power that man could ever weild.

Writing skills

Writing skills

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

Health professionals keep patents charts, researchers depend on the money they collect by writing grant applications, software engineers write technical specification, and nearly everyone writes e-mail 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 post you write on your blog site, and every writing activity you engage in, you’re preparing yourself for a good career. 

Exam Day: Survival Tips

Exam Day: Survival Tips

Test—Taking

Part 3

Identify key words.

This helps you focus on the main idea of challenging questions

Rephrase difficult questions

To understand questions better, rewrite them in your own words. Be careful not to change the meaning.

Organize your thoughts before you write.

Take time to organize your response to short-answer and essay questions. You’ll reduce the time you need to revise.

Write neatly.

Be sure you don’t lose points on answers the teacher can’t read

Use all the time you’re given. If you finish early, don’t leave. Use the extra time to proofread and review your answers  

Student success statement

Student success statement

“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.”

-           Confucius

Not doing that which is right means that you lack courage. Courage that you lack will always keep you from doing what is right because you are afraid that someone might not think it’s “cool” or “hip.” Doing what is right should apply on your courage not your inability to disappoint your friends. Always do what is right as that is where you will find the courage that you need.

Student success statement

Student success statement

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

-Matt Biondi

When once you fail something if you’re persistent enough you will be able to overcome that which made you fail and rid yourself of it like it were never there. Persistence is the key for anyone to fully complete anything should you so fail it would not matter as you could easily fix that. If you fail but then persevere than you could make that lose into a win as it comes back around.

Exam Day: Survival tips

Exam Day: Survival tips

Test—Taking

Part 2

During the test Read the directions

It’s important that you follow the instructions exactly. For example, some questions may have more than one correct answer.

Answer each question first.

Doing this can jog your memory about useful facts. You may also come across information that can help you with other questions.

Answer every question

Unless there is a penalty for wrong answers, try to answer every question, you may be able to get partial credit for those you begin but don’t complete correctly.

Ask questions

If a question isn't clear, talk to your teacher. If that’s not possible, explain your answer in the margin.

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Student success statement

Student success statement

“Improve your performance by improving your attitude.”

ANON

Attitude is one of the most important keys to going about your life with happiness. Your attitude towards something will determine how you do in that certain objective. Ones attitude will always determine how things play out throughout your life. If you have a bad attitude then how are you to succeed if you do like it? If you have a good one then you will fly by it with ease.

Exam Day: Survival Tips Test—Taking Part 1

Exam Day: Survival Tips

Test—Taking

Part 1

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Essential Test-Taking advice

Tryout these strategies while you’re still in high school, and by the time you go to college, you’ll be a test-taking expert

Before the test eat well.

Studies show that you need good nutrition to concentrate and perform your best.

Bring the right supplies

Bring your pencils, erasers, pen, rulers, compasses, calculators or whatever else you need on the test day.

 Review the whole test before you start.

See how many sections and what type of questions are on the test. Determine how much time to allow for completing each section.

Student success statement

“Always do right.”

-mark twain

Always choose to do good in life as it will make you a wonderful person. Doing what is right will get you far in life as it is doing what is right that people like the most. When one chooses the right he chooses a life of ease and free of worry. As Voltaire once said “a man is always guilty of the good he did not do.”