Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Improve your performance by improving your attitude.”

ANON

This statement is conveying that if you want to be successful in life you have to improve your performance, and by performance they mean your attitude. When you are force to do something your reaction is not going to be the best, therefore try and change your attitude about it; you will make your working area little bit more interesting not only for yourself but for the people that surround you. An example would be in school if you don’t like a certain class try to change your attitude towards it because who knows you might end up liking it. Change your attitude towards thing: there are things beyond what we normally look at. 

Online learning part 1

Online learning

Part 1

Read between the Lines

Make a judgment about the sites reliability based on your own analysis of the site and the information it contains. Here are some ways to do this:

·      Look for facts you know or can check with a trusted source. If the site gets those facts right, it’s more likely that the other facts on the satiric also accurate.

·      Study the language used. Is it angry, satiric or overly impassioned? This may indicate that the site is biased.

·      Consider whether the argument are logical and backed up by evidence, and whether the site presents only one point of view.

·      Check the links to the sources that the author acknowledges, Scholarly writing. Whether in print or online, should include a bibliography.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“The Three Nevers”

Never Lie

Never Cheat

Never Steal

John Wooden

This statement by John Wooden conveys how never lying, never stealing and never cheating can make your life much better. These three “never” makes you choose the right at all times. Once one start to cheat or to lie or steal something it becomes a habit and one see it as an easy way than to actually be honest to yourself. One example would be cheating during an exam, it’s always better when you study and you’re ready to portray the thing you’ve learned than cheating and getting a grade foe something you didn’t do. Stay true yourself and never do something that will embarrassed you later on, choose the right at all times and you’ll see the difference it makes. You know the way of your path, make it right. 

Take Control Of Homework

Take Control of Homework

So it Doesn’t Control You

Part 2

Keep Things in Perspective

Know how much weight each assignment or test carries, and carries, and use your time accordingly. Don’t waste time, but be wise and smart. Doing the most important things first is being wise and smart.

Get More Involved

Keep your mind from wondering by taking notes, underlining sections, discussing topics with others or relating your homework to something you’re studying in another class. Learn actively and not passively. Be anxiously engaged in your studies and you will have a great experience. Demonstrating a good attitude toward home assignments, and you will begin to love doing it.

Organize the Information

People process information in different ways. Some people like to draw pictures or charts to digest information, others prefer to read out loud or make detailed outlines. Try to find the methods that work best for you. Ask your teacher for recommendations if you’re having trouble.

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Take Control of Homework Part 1

Take Control of Homework

So it Doesn’t Control You

Part 1

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Although very few students love homework, it does serve a purpose. Homework helps you:

• ·     Reinforce what you've learned during the day.
• ·     Build study habits that are essential in college.
• ·     Prepare for your classes.
• ·     Get a sense of progress.

Here are some tips to help you deal with homework more efficiently and effectively.

Set the Mood

Create a good study area with everything you need (for example, a calculator). If you don't have a quiet place at home, try your school or local library.

Know Where to Begin

Make a list of everything you need to do, and note all deadlines. Do the more difficult assignments first, so you don't have to face them at the end.

Study at the Same Time Every Day

Even if you don't have homework every night, use the time to review notes. If sitting down to work is part of your normal routine, you'll approach it with less dread. Also, you'll become a pro at using time productively.

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Note-Taking Strategies Part 4

Note-Taking Strategies

Part 4

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For Review

Once you’ve done all of the above, you'll find you’ve created your own personalized study guide. Cover the main section of the page and use the key words and questions in the left margin as a quiz.

Stick to it

Review your notes the day you take them and all your notes once a week. That way, you won't need to study as much when its test time.

You've been doing the work all along. Try out the Cornell system but if it doesn’t work for you, experiment with other methods. Ask your classmates how they take notes or ask a teacher for advice. Taking good notes requires practice, like any other skill. And the more you work at it now, the more prepared you'll be to take notes in college.

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Note-Taking Strategies Part 3

Note-Taking Strategies

Part 3

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After Class:

As soon as class ends, review your notes and fill in any blanks. Underline, highlight and use symbols to sort through the information. If you don’t understand something, get help from your teacher or classmates.

 After you have reviewed all your notes from class, in the left-hand area of the page write down key words and questions your teacher might ask on a test.

 At the bottom of each page, write a summary of the notes. This helps you digest what you’ve learned. It also improves your memory of the material for the long term and for the tests down the road.

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Distance Education: Is a Virtual Classroom for You?

Distance Education: Is a Virtual Classroom for You?

Part 4 of 4

Emphasis on the Written Word

Most of the communication, as well as the course work, in distance-learning classes are written. That’s a plus, because the focus on the written word gives you the opportunity to develop as a writer—and strong writing skills are essential to academic success. However, if writing is a serious weakness for you, virtual learning may not be the best educational option until you improve your skills. Yes, most of distance education is the written word; therefore, you need to be good reader, love to read, and love writing also. Most of your assignments will be written and submitted to the instructor in the written format. Your penmanship needs to be excellent, spelling great, sentence structure above average, vocabulary extraordinary. You need to have online access with reliable equipment. If your internet communications at home and will need to go to someplace where you do have access to the internet.

Decide whether it’s Right for You

Distance education isn't for everyone, but is just might be for you. You really should seek it out and give it a try. You never know until you try. You might even fall in love with distance education. While distance education may be the perfect alternative for some students, it’s not the right choice for everyone. So carefully consider your unique needs and interests and give distance education a try; then, decide if it is right for you.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“You must live in the present to secure your future.”

Reverend Robert Craig

This statement means that we have to live in the future in order for us to succeed in our future. So many times we live in past and we don't focus in our future or what’s around us, we enclosure ourselves in a little world that’s called the past and we tend to stay there instead of moving on and living our present. An example would be failing something that you really wanted to do but you fail to accomplish it , and when time passes by you feel that if you'll try again you will fail once again. I think that’s something that we shouldn’t be afraid of because it happens but we have to learn to live and to move on in order for us to become someone successful in life. We have to let the past in order to live in the present. 

Distance Education: Is a Virtual Classroom for You Part 2

Distance Education: Is a Virtual Classroom for You?

                               Part 2

Positive aspects of distance Education

• ·        Independence and time management: taking courses online lets you hone your ability to work on your own. You also gain experience in managing your time efficiently.
• ·        A flexible schedule: schools can only provide a certain number of class periods in a single school day, and there may not be enough time for you to take everything you want. Because distance education let’s take classes outside regular school hours, it gives you the flexibility to explore all your areas of interest.
• ·        Advanced and specialized classes: some schools can’t provide advanced or specialized classes. Distance education gives you the chance to gain experience in areas that would otherwise remain out of reach.

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Selecting Your Courses Part 6

Selecting Your Courses

Part 6

Success in AP can also help you in other ways. AP helps you stand out in the admission process and offers the opportunity to learn from some of the most inspiring teachers in the world. Learn more about the AP program.

For more Help in Choosing Courses

Use College Search to look up a specific college’s academic requirements to be sure you are on track to attend the college of your choice.

If you have concerns about your class schedule or progress in school, set up a meeting with your school counselor, teacher or adviser. There are many resources to help you with this process, and with achieving your personal, college and career goals. Without goals, you meander all sorts of directions. Goals give you purpose, direction, enthusiasm, and passion for that which you really desire. Define your goals deliberately, evaluate your goals often and make changes as necessary, work hard to achieve your goals, and continue working hard until you actually do reach your goals.

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Selecting Your Courses part 5

Selecting Your Courses

Part 5

The Arts

Research indicates that students who participate in the arts often do better in school and on standardized tests. The arts help you recognize patterns, discern differences and similarities, and exercise your mind in unique ways, often outside a traditional classroom setting.

Many colleges require or recommend one or two semesters in the arts. Good choices include studio art, dance, music and drama. Many students have talents and extraordinary abilities in the arts. Students should look within their own repertoire of talents and identify their artistic abilities and take college classes to develop their talents.

Advanced Placement (AP)

To be sure you are ready to take on college-level work, enroll in the most challenging courses you can in high school, such as honors or AP courses. Research consistently shows that students who score a 3.0 or higher on an AP Exam typically experience greater academic success and college graduation peaks of achievement.

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Selecting Your Courses Part 3

 Selecting Your Courses

Part 3

Science

Science teaches you to think analytically and apply theories to reality. Colleges want to see that you’ve taken at least three years of laboratory science classes. A good combination includes two semesters of each of the following sciences:

• ·        Biology
• ·        Chemistry or Physics
• ·        Earth/space science

More competitive schools expect you to take four years of lab science courses. You can add two semesters in one of the following subjects:

• ·        Chemistry or physics (the science you didn't already study)
• ·        Advanced biology
• ·        Advanced chemistry
• ·        Advanced physics

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Selecting Your Courses

Selecting Your Courses

Part2

The following subjects and classes are standard fare for success in high school and beyond, whether you plan to attend a four-year or two-year College.

English (Language Arts)

Take e English every year. Traditional courses, such as American and English literature, help you improve your writing skills, reading comprehension and vocabulary.

Math you need algebra and geometry to succeed on college entrance exams and in college math classes—and in many careers. Take them early on. That way, you’ll be able to enroll in advanced science and math in high school, and show colleges you’re ready for higher-level work.

Most colleges look for students who have taken three years of math in high school. The more competitive ones require or recommend four years. Each school has its own program, but some of the courses typically offered are:

·        Algebra 1

·        Algebra 2

·        Trigonometry

·        Calculus

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”

Thomas Carlyle

This statement means that when you don’t have a goal you don’t know what you want in life. This statement is comparing a goal with a rudder because like I said if you don’t have a goal there is no purpose in your life; same thing if a ship rudder didn't  function there would be no destination. For example an important goal in your life is to be successful, and how are you going to do that? You’re going to do it by going to school and committing yourself to do everything that is asked for. Always choose the right and have some goals set because a man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

  

The Power of Study Groups

The Power of Study Groups

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Part 4

Getting the Most Out of a Session

Here are some tips to help your group get the most out of each study session:

• ·        Decide what you’re going to do in advance.
• ·        Prepare for the session, so you can make the most of your time together.
• ·        Take turns teaching to reinforce your own knowledge.
• ·        Stick to the session topic.

By supplementing your individual study with a study group, you can reinforce what you've learned, deepen your understanding of complex concepts, and maybe even make a few new friends. Remember that a friend is a person who encourages you to do your best and to achieve on a high level, one who pushes you to try a little harder and be a litter better. If someone pulls you down the wrong trails of life, then those people are not friends, (they are actually your enemies), and you must avoid them at all cost. Whoever said learning can’t be fun? Learning is enjoyable and exiting when you study with others.

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The Power of Study Groups

The Power of Study Groups

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Part 3

Guidelines for Getting a Group Together

Here are some guidelines for creating and running a study group: How many? Create a group of four to six people. In a larger group, it’s easy for someone to get left out and smaller groups can too easily get off track.

Who? Pick classmates who seem to share your interest in doing well academically. Look for people who stay alert in class, take notes, ask questions and respond to the teacher’s questions. Include someone who understands the material better than you and can explain the concepts and someone who doesn’t understand it as well, to whom you can explain the material. Where? Hold study group sessions in a place that is free of distractions and that has room to spread out books and notes. How long? Meet for no more than two to three hours at a time. Having a time limit helps the group focus. If you know you only have an hour, you’re more likely to stay on task. When? Try to meet regularly, on the same day and time each week. Treating the study sessions as you would other activities helps you to keep to a schedule and ensures that everyone attends.

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How to Take on College Studying Part 3

How to Take on College Studying

Part 3

Do the reading

You need to do more than just read the chapters you are signed—you’re expected to understand them thoroughly. Here are some tips:

·       Don’t skim. Read all the material carefully.

·       Break up difficult assignments into sections you can digest—chapters, subsections or even paragraphs.

·       Look up any words that you don’t understand.

·       Pause to think about whether you understand the material; ask questions in class about anything that is unclear.

·       Take notes instead of highlighting—this makes you think through and rephrase the key points.

·       Create a summary sheet of what you learned from each assignment you read.

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How to Take on College Studying

 How to Take on College Studying

Part 2

Choose Where to Study

Where you should study depends on two factors: the environment in which you are best able to concentrate and the type of work you are planning to do.

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   The best places to study have good light, a comfortable temperature and enough desk space—usually you dorm room, your apartment or the library.

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  For completing problem sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

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       When you are reading book chapters or working on a research paper, you are probably better off in a less social environment.

Improve Your Study Habits

Here are simple steps you can take to help you get a handle on studying:

• ·        Have a routine for where and when you study.
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• ·        Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each study session.
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• ·        Do things that are harder or require more intense thought at your most productive time of the day.
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• ·        Take breaks if you need them so you don’t waste time looking at material but not absorbing it.
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• ·        Get to know students whom you respect and can study with or contact to ask questions.
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• ·        Keep up with the workload and seek help when you need it.

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How to Prepare for a College Exam

How to Take on College Studying

How to Take on College Studying

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Part 1

Develop Good Habits

In college, you’ll need to build on the study skills that you learned in high school. The demands of a college class are probably more rigorous than those you are used to.

You can succeed by knowing what to expect and how to handle it. Think of college as a full-time job, in which you spend 40 hours a week on class, labs, study groups

Being organized and using your time well are essential. Learn more about time management, and use the guidelines below to develop your study skills.

Decide When to Study

Work out about how many you need to study very day. Then make a schedule.

• ·        Figure out what blocks of time you have available throughout the day, in the evenings and on weekends.
• ·        Consider what time of day you are most alert—there are morning people and night owls—and try to schedule your studying accordingly.
• ·        Think about whether you do better studying for a few hours at a time or sitting down for marathon sessions.

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