Student Success Statement

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

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

If you say the truth, then you are safe and don’t have to worry about anything. if you lie, then you aren’t safe and DO have to worry about getting in trouble.

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, keep a log of the hours you spend with clients or write e-mails.

          John Wooden, UCLA’s former great basketball coach who lead 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 shoe strings. If they didn’t tie them correctly, he would teach them how.

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

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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 meting 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 to 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.

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Student Success Statement

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

PETER F. DRUCKER

If anyone knows what this means, please explain because I do not know how to explain this.

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.

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Student Success Statement

“To be great—Concentrate.”

Orson Swett Marden

If you want to be great, you have to concentrate and really pay attention to what you are doing because if you are not, then that means you are not really trying. To not try is to not want to be great.

 

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 they 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 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.

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Talent Show!!

Today, I got accepted into my school talent show! I am so excited! I hope I can at least make it to the finals. I am so nervous. Please, wish me luck…

Student Success Statement

“Education is a marathon—not a sprint”

ANON

Education is a marathon because you have to prepare for it and work hard all the way through. It isn’t a sprint because then you would do the most you can as fast as you can and you won’t really learn anything…

Teamwork Skills

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Every time your class gets 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 skill.

Together

Everyone

Achieves

More

Individually you can achieve so much, but when you work with others for a common cause, the same objectives, you can accomplish a tremendous amount more. You synergize your 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.

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Student Success Statement

“The man who has no imagination has no wings”

Muhammad Ali

If you have ever heard the phrase, spread your wings and soar, then you know what this is saying. Your imagination can take you anywhere you want by just thinking about it. You can “fly” to wherever you want. If you do not have imagination, then you can’t “fly” anywhere…

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 Lists, the fear of public speaking ranks number one in the minds of the majority of the people. Far above the fear of death and disease, comes the fear of standing in front of a crowd. Joel Weiner 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-on-one with others, you’ll get far better results if you can speak persuasively, smoothly and intelligently.

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Student Success Statement

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Taken 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, 30th president of the United States

Nothing can make you do anything you don’t want to do. If you try, then you are persistent. You can be the smartest person in the world, but if you do not TRY to pass the test, then you will fail…

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 patient charts, researchers depend on the money they collect by writing grant applications, software engineers write technical specifications, 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 new post you write in your blog site, and every writing activity you engage in, you’re preparing yourself for a good career.

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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

Success is postponed as failure because if you fail, you can try again and get better at something until you succeed at it.

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 your own – making you attractive to employers. You’ve already started learning these skills in high school, but college helps you fully develop them.

The 10 Key Qualities

      i.            Writing Skills

   ii.            Speaking Skills

iii.            Teamwork Skills

 iv.            Problem-Solving Skills

    v.            Initiative

 vi.            Cool under Pressure

vii.            Attention to Detail

viii.            Time Management

 ix.            Honesty

    x.            Love of Learning

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Defining Success from John Fallon

 

Student Success Statement

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

Confucius

If you see something that is right and you don’t do it, then you only want courage but, you don’t truly have it.

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 your time to organize your responses 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.

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Student Success Statement

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

Matt Biondi

If you really try hard and be persistent, then you can achieve anything. If you really want to make that F into an A, then you have to be persistent and work hard…

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 easy questions first.

Doing this you 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

“Improve your performance by improving your attitude.”

ANON

If you improve your attitude, then you can easily improve your performance. For example, if you are presenting a project in front of the class, it could be the best project ever, but if you present it with a bad attitude and you will receive a low grade…

Exam Day: Survival Tips

Test-Taking

Part 1

Essential Test-Taking Advice

Try out these strategies while you’re still in high school, and but the time you get to college, you’ll be a test-taking expert.

Before the Test

Eat well.

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

Bring the right supplies.

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

Review the whole test before you start.

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

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Student Success Statement

“Gold medals don’t make champions… Hard work does.”

ANON

You can’t receive a Gold Medal if you do nothing to receive it. You need to work hard to achieve it.

Online Learning

Part 1

Read Between the lines

Make a judgment about the site’s 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 some of the other facts on the site are also accurate.

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

·         Consider whether the arguments 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
" The right way is not always the popular and easy way. standing for what is right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character."~Margaret Chase Smith

 

It’s Online, but Is It On Target?

Part 3

Dot-What?

Look at the site’s address. What follows the dot?

·        Dot-com is not only for businesses; anyone can use it. Dot-coms include well known and respected companies, but also private individuals.

·        Dot-org usually indicates a not-for-profit organization. Many dot-orgs have political agendas, focus on debatable issues instead of facts, and might not present all sides of an argument.

·        Dot-gov indicates a government website at the federal, state, or local level. The federal government is a good source of statistics, and its sites are widely considered among the most reliable.

·        Dot-mil is used by sites that are part of the military.

·        Dot-edu usually indicates a university website. While its published research is generally considered very trustworthy, anyone associated with the university, whether a world-renowned scholar or a freshman, can be given space on a server. Professors sometimes put student’s course work up on the Web, but that doesn’t mean they’re vouching for the information’s accuracy.

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Student Success Statement

“Continuous effort, not enough strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking potential.”

Liane Cordes

If you are strong or even if you are the smartest person in the world, you need to have continuous effort to unlock potential because you need to practice continuously and not give up easily…

It’s Online, but Is It On Target?

Part 2

Research with Attitude

Conduct your research with the attitude of a skeptic. As you examine websites for clues that they’re trustworthy, ask these questions:

·       Who wrote the Web page? If you can’t identify the individual or organization responsible for the information, don’t use it.

·       What are the author’s qualifications for writing on the subject?

·       Has the article passed through an editorial process designed to ensure quality and accuracy?

·       What is the website’s purpose? Look for motives – like selling products or winning votes – that could result in biased or incomplete information.

·       Is the information accurate? Is it up to date?

·       Where did the author get the information?

 

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Student Success Statement

“When an archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bulls-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim, improve yourself.”

-Gilbert Arland

When you fall down, that doesn’t mean you have to give up. You just need to improve your skills. You have to try your best and work on getting better. Always try your best at your best sport.

SQ3R

SQ3R= Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review

Recite

At the end of each section, look up from the text and in your own words recite and answer to your questions for that section. Then write down your answer. Be sure to provide examples that support it.

Now repeat the Question, Read and Recite steps for each section of the chapter. First ask a question for the next section. Then read to find answer. Finally, recite the answer in your own words and jot it down. The written Questions and answers can help you study in the future.

 

Review

After completing the chapter, review your notes. Identify the main points by looking for the most important idea in the section. Recite, or write, a brief summary of the assignment.

 

Review your study notes every week to help you remember the information. When it’s time to prepare for your tests, you’ll find you’ve created an invaluable study guide.

 

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SQ3R

SQ3R= Survey- Question-Read-Recite-Review

 

Question

As you survey the text, ask questions for each section. Ask what, why, how, when, who and where questions as they relate to the content. Here’s how you can create questions:

·         Turn the title, headings, or subheadings into questions.

·         Rewrite the questions at the end of the chapter or after each subheading in your own words.

 

Write down some questions. Questions help you pay attention, understand the text better and recall the information more easily later on.

 

Read

Read one section of the chapter at a time, actively looking for an answer to your question for that section. Pay attention to bold and italicized text that authors use to make important points.

 

Be sure to review everything in the section, including tables, graphs and illustrations – these features can communicate an idea more powerfully than written text.

 

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