How to Take on College Studying

Part 2

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Choose Where to Study

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here 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.

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

·       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.

·       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

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

·       Have a Routine for when and where you study.

·       Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each study session.

·       Do things that are harder or require more intense thought at your most productive time of day.

·       Take breaks if you need them so you don’t waste time looking at material but not absorbing it.

·       Get to know students whom you respect and can study with or contact to ask questions.

·       Keep up with the workload and seek help when you need it.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

How to Take on College Studying

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Part 1

Develop Good Study Habits

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n 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 in class, study groups and homework.

 

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 hours you need to study every day. Then make a schedule.

·       Figure out what blocks of time you have available throughout the day, in in the evening and on the 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.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Student Success Statement

“Choosing the right is always the right thing to do.”

Alex Linares

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 believe that choosing the right is ALWAYS right because it is never right to do what is wrong. For example, you are doing wrong if you do drugs, but you are making the right decision if you decide to not accept the drug since the first time they offer it to you.

10 Time Management Tips for Students

Tips 5-10

Tip 5. Review Your –Notes Every Day.

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eviewing helps you reinforce what you’ve learned, so you need less time to study before a test. You’ll also be ready if you get called on in class or have to take a pop quiz.

Tip 6. Get a Good Night’s Sleep.

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our brain needs to rest to perform at its peak. Lack of sleep makes the day seem longer and your tasks seem more difficult.

Tip 7. Communicate Your Schedule to Others.

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f phone calls and text messages are proving to be a distraction, tell your friends that you are only available at certain times of the day and not to expect a response at other times.

Tip 8. Become a Taskmaster.

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ive yourself a time budget and plan your activities accordingly. Figure out how much free time you have each week before you add any commitments.

Tip 9. Don’t Waste Time Agonizing.

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nstead of agonizing and procrastinating just do it. Wasting an entire evening worrying about something that you’re supposed to be doing is not productive and can increase your stress.

Tip 10. Determine Your Priorities.

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ou can’t do everything at once. Establish the importance of each item. Then set realistic goals that are attainable.

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Student Success Statement

“It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.”

Anon

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ou need to know when to choose the right. If people go out drinking, smoking, getting high and they invite you, refuse to take any. You want to be successful, not someone, who’s life isn’t going to get them anywhere. You need to focus on your career and school. Then in life, when you grow up, they will be the fools wishing they had chosen the right. Be careful who you hang out with because in time if it’s not the person they were before you’ll regret it.

10 Time Management tips for Students

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Tips 1-4

Organizing Your Life

Managing your time well is an important element of success – especially if you are a student. If you set priorities that fit your needs and lifestyle, you’ll have a better chance of achieving your goals.

Here are some tips for taking control of your time and organizing your life.

Tip 1. Make a To-Do-List Every Day.

Put things that are most important at the top and do them first. And don’t forget to reward yourself for your accomplishments.

Tip 2. Use Spare Minutes Wisely.

When you’re commuting on the bus or train, use the time to get some reading done.

Tip 3. It’s Okay To Say No.

If your friend asks you to go to a movie on a Thursday night and you have an exam the next morning, realize that it’s okay to say no. keep your short- and long-term priorities in mind.

Tip 4. Find the Right Time.

You’ll work more efficiently if you figure out when you do your best work. For example, if your brain handles math better in the afternoon, don’t wait to do it until late at night.

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Student Success Statement

“If you do what’s right, you have no need to fear.”

ANON

If you do something wrong, then you can expect to be rewarded, with a punishment. If you do something right, you WANT to be rewarded with something good. So if you do something and you fear being punished, then you know that what you did, was wrong.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Students

Habit 7

Part 1

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Teens should never get too busy living to take time to renew themselves. When teens “sharpen the saw” they are keeping their personal self sharp so that they can better deal with life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four key dimension of life – body, mind, heart, and soul.

1)  Body. Eat wholesome foods, fruits, vegetables, legumes. Avoid illegal drugs, smoking, alcohol, tobacco products, tattooing. Exercise regularly and effectively. Get plenty of rest at night. Get to bed early at night and get up early each morning. “Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

2)  Mind. Think positively. Read. Study. Think. Analyze. Seek to read a good book each month. Then each week. Ask intelligent questions. Observe. Develop your mind through positive “self-talk.”

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Student Success Statement

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

Helen Keller

I believe that one person can do a lot if you put time into it. I also believe that people can do more if they work as a team. That is why CEOs have a lot of employees, because they can’t work alone at EVERY store they have! If you work on an assignment alone, you might get done in three hours and get a “B.” If you work with two of three people then you might get done in one hour and get an “A.”

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 6

Habit 6: Synergize

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ynergy is achieved when two or more people work together to produce something better than either one could alone. Through this habit, teens learn it doesn’t have to be “your way” or “my way” but rather a better way, a higher way. Synergy allows teens to value differences and better appreciate others. Synergy is the reward, the decisions fruit you’ll taste as you get better at living the other habits, especially at thinking Win-Win and seeking first to understand. Learning to synergize is like learning to form V formations with others instead of trying to fly through life solo. You’ll be amazed at how much faster and farther you’ll go. Synergy doesn’t just happen. It’s a process. You have to get there. And the foundation of getting there is this: Learn to celebrate differences.

 

A good hand is a great example of synergy. It’s not just the drums, or the guitar, or the sax, or the vocalist, it’s all of them together that make up the “sound.” Each band member brings his or her strengths to the table to create something better than each could alone. No instrument is more important than the other, just different.

 

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 5

5. Seek First to Understand, and then to be Understood.

Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood. This habit will ensure your teen learns the most important communication skill there is: active listening.

Why is this habit the key to communication? It is because the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued for who they are – a unique, one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-cloned individual. People won’t expose their soft middles unless they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they feel it however, they may tell you more than you might want to hear. People won’t care how much they know until they know how much you care.

Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone and feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent).

Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk rather than listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means this means we should listen twice as much as we should talk. We actually learn more while listening rather than when we talk.

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Habit 4

4. Think Win- Win

Your teen will learn to celebrate the accomplishment of others instead of being threatened by them. Win-Win is a belief that everyone can win. Win-Win is abundant. It’s a belief that there’s plenty of success to go around. It’s not either you or me. It’s both of us. It’s not the matter of who gets the biggest piece of the pie. There’s more than enough food for everyone. It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.

       Win-win always creates more. Perhaps the most surprising benefit of thinking Win-Win is the good feelings it brings on. The true test of whether or not you are thinking Win-Win or one of the alternatives is how you feel. Win-Lose and Lose-Win thinking will cloud your judgment and fill you with negative feelings.

       Win-Win will fill your heart with happy and serene thoughts. It will give you confidence. Even fill you with light. Think Win-Win or no deal.

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Student Success Statement

“So often, in our quest to be more popular and be part of the “in- group” we lose sight of things that are far more important.”

Sean Covey

When people lie about their personality and who they are just to be popular, then they stop caring about what really is important like school and homework. For example, if you have a BIG assignment due in two days and you start working on it early, then you will have spare time. But if you start it, then your “popular friends” invite you to a party (movie, beach, etc.) and you accept their offer, then you are putting what is important behind you. That will become a Bad Habit and you WILL suffer the consequences (bad grades, trouble, parent conference, and even JAIL!)

Student Success Statement

“You can’t do wrong and feel right. It is impossible.”

Ezra Taft Benson

If you do what is wrong, it is impossible to feel good about it because you are always going to have the fear of getting in trouble sooner or later. If you do what is right, then you have nothing to worry about.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 3

Habit 3: Put Things First

Habit three is about Will and Will Not power. This power helps teens prioritize and manage their time so that they focus on and complete the most important things in their lives. Putting first things first also means learning to overcome fears and being strong during difficult times. It’s living life according to what matters most. Putting first things first deals with things that are:

Important or not important, urgent or not urgent. Let’s look at the four quadrants of time management.

Quadrant 1: Things that are Important and Urgent

Quadrant 2: Things that are Important but not Urgent

Quadrant 3: Things that are Not Important but are Urgent

Quadrant 4: Things that are not Important and Not Urgent

1.   Important and Urgent	2.   Important but not Urgent
3.   Not Important but are Urgent	4.   Not Important and Not Urgent

 

Quadrant 2 is the ideal place to spend our time, doing things that are important but not urgent. Here’s where priorities come into play. The results for living Quadrant 2 are:

1.    Control of your life

2.   Balance

3.   High Performance

 

So, in what quadrant are you spending most of your time? The key is to shift as much time into Quadrant 2 and this is accomplished by planning. Spend more time planning and incorporating the most important things first, things that matter most. Keep your eyes on the prize and reach for it.

 

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Define EXCEL arithmetic Operators
+ Addition
- Subtraction
* Multiplication
/ Division
^ Power or Exponent

 

Student Success Statement

“The only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all the others is- ‘I will form good habits and become their slaves.’ “

Og Mandino

Those with good habits, tend to do good. Those with bad habits, tend to do bad. When you make a habit out of not studying, then you do bad on tests. When you make a habit out of making time to prepare for tests, then you do better on them.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 2

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind

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f teens aren’t clear about where they want to end up in life, about their values, goals, and what they stand for, they will wander, waste time, and be tossed to and fro by the options of others. Help your teen create a personal mission statement which will act as a road map and direct and guide his decision-making process.

“Keep your eyes on the prize.” Determine your desired prize and don’t quit until you have realized the achievement of your prize. Then set another prize, another goal or desire that you would really like to achieve. Begin with the achievement of your prize in mind. Visualize and then realize. Start by having a target in mind; know where you are going.

One prize or goal you definitely need to establish for yourself is the prize of an honorable graduation from high school – that you will receive your diploma honestly and with integrity – that you earned it with perfect honesty.

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Student Success Statement

“Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s

doing but my own. I am the force.“

-Elaine Maxwell

Do not blame others for something that is your own fault. If you did it, then you take the blame. Just like if you did something honorable you take your prize.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 1

By: Sean covey (but modified)

Habit 1: Be Proactive.

Being proactive is the key to unlocking the other habits. Help your teen take control and responsibility for her life. Proactive people understand that they are responsible for their own happiness or unhappiness. They don’t blame others for their own actions or feelings. Proactive people realize that the ball is in their court, that they are the captain for their own ship; that they are in control, control of their decisions, thoughts, choices, goals, actions, and priorities. Proactive people are self-starters; they don’t wait to be told what to do, they press forward with enthusiasm towards the achievement of their assignment, their duties, their responsibilities, their obligations. Choosing to do what is right is proactive decision. Obey the rules. Obey the law. Obey the coach. Obey the school policies. Obey your parents. Obey with exactness, all great things will come to you. Be proactive and take initiative.

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Student Success Statement

“Keep your eyes on the prize”

ANON

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f you keep your eyes on the prize then you will have something to shoot for because how will you go through life without knowing want/who you want to be in the world… For example, if you finally graduated high school and you don’t know who you want to become, then how are you going to support yourself, or do you want to stay living with your parents?

Ten Tips for Student Success

St. John’s University

1.Attend your classes. Remember in the words of Woody Allen “Seventy percent of success in life in showing up.”

2.Know your Faculty. Make sure you know who your teachers are, when their office hours are and how to contact them.

3.Make sure the faculty knows you. Sit in the front of the classroom. Participate in class discussions. Consult with your teachers during office hours.

4.Use a daily planner. Note the dates of exams, assignments, term papers, etc.

5.Be organized. Prioritize your responsibilities. Manage your time. Remember everyone has the same 168 hours a week, only some of us use them better than others.

6.Know your campus resources. Visit your Academic’s Dean Office regularly. Become familiar with the services and programs offered by the Counseling Center, The Freshman Center, The Career Center, The Campus Ministry Office and the Student Life Office.

7.Take care of your health. Get enough sleep. Eat well-balanced meals. Exercise regularly. Make informed and mature decisions about alcohol, sex and drugs. Visit the Health Office as needed.

8.Work only as necessary. Try not to exceed 20 hours during a school week. If possible, work on campus. Apply for financial aid and loans if you need them. Manage your expenses very carefully.

9.Get involved in campus activities. It will help you learn valuable skills, expand your social network and enhance your self-confidence. Seek out opportunities to apply what you learn in the classroom.

10.                Keep your eyes on the prize. Clarify your goals. Know why you are in (high school or) college in the first place. Visualize your success on a daily basis.

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Student Success Statement

“You make your habits and your habits make you.”

ANON

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f you have good habits, then you will be a good person. If you have bad habits, then you will be a bad person. For example, if you decide to start making studying a habit then you will do better at working than if you don’t. If you choose to be lazy, then your grade will drop and you won’t be able to even graduate…

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

By Sean Covey

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or teens, life is not a playground, it’s a jungle. And, being the parent of a teenage isn’t any walk in the park, either. In his book, The Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey attempts to provide “a compass to help teens and their parents navigate the problems they encounter daily.”

How will they deal with peer pressure? Motivation? Success or lack thereof? The life of a teenager is full of tough issues and life-changing decisions. As a parent, you are responsible to help them learn the principles and ethics that will help them to reach their goals and live a successful life.

 

While it’s all well and good to tell kids how to live their lives, “teens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say,” Covey says. So practice what you preach. Your example can be very influential.

Covey himself has done well by following a parent’s example. His dad, Stephen Covey, wrote the book The Habits of Highly Successful People, which sold over 15 million copies. Sean’s a chip of the old block, and no slacker. His own book has rung in a more than respectable 2 million copies sold. Here are seven habits, and some ideas for helping your teen understand and apply them.

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