Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

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

B.C. Forbes

Reflection: What this quote means is that you must be honest. Someone that is honest is most likely a good person. When you are honest it pays off.  Not just in peace of mind but in some cases in money too.

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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.

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What is Honesty?

·      Honesty is telling the truth.

·      Honesty is straightforward conduct.

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

You are being honest when you…

·      Do your own 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 you made the mistake

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Student Success Statement

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

Reflection: What this quote is trying to say is that you shouldn’t worry about the future; you should worry about what is in your present. Don’t worry if you’re going to fail, just keep doing what you’re doing. As long as you tried it doesn’t matter if you fail or not. If you fail just keep trying until you succeed.  

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Time Management

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Master the moments and you may be a real pro when it comes to juggling the many demands on your time—classes, homework and activities—with some family help. College gives you an even bigger chance to sharpen your time management skills by doing it all on your own. And that’s a good thing since most jobs require multitasking. You might need to take care of current clients while attracting new ones, respond to e-mails 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.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

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

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Reflection: What this quote means is that you can only be sure if you are telling the truth. If you’re telling a lie, you can’t be sure what you’re saying is right. that’s why this quote says that you can only stand on truth as a safe ground.

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

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

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

Peter F. Drucker

Reflection: What this quote means is that you should first do what is right than do something that other people think as ok or something others approve of. You should do what you think is right; not what others accept. For example, if you think it’s good to do your work but your friends or people you know think it is silly then do what you think is right.

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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-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

Student Success Statement

“Education is a marathon—not a sprint.”

ANON

Reflection: What this quote is trying to say is that learning is not something you can just rush through, it takes time to learn things. It takes time to absorb things into your brain. You can’t just expect to learn things fast. 

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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 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

Student Success Statement

“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”

Muhammad Ali

Reflection: What this is trying to say is that if you don’t have imagination then it’s like a bird with no wings. For example, you have to creative to be a man with motivation to do things. 

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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 applications, 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 of 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

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

Reflection: What this quote is saying is that if you have talent and you have a mentality of just keeping moving forward no matter what you will achieve your goals. Some men are unsuccessful and have many talents but they “press on” and he says. If you just keep going you will achieve what you want to achieve.

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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 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 doping 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

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

Reflection: What this quote means is that even if you fail that you need to have ambition to push you to success. If you keep persisting then you will have victory. For example, if you try and try and fail, you will eventually become successful in whatever you’re trying to accomplish.

Ten Ways College Prepares You for Career Success

Ten Ways College Prepares You for Career Success

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/majors_careers/45548.html

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

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

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

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

Confucius

Reflection: What this quote means is that if you see what is good and you do it then it means you are a courageous person. For example if you have the courage to say no to drugs and alcohol you have the courage to stand up for what you believe is the right thing to do.

Exam Day: Survival Tips Test- Taking Part 3

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 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

Student Success Statement

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

Matt Biondi

Reflection: What this means is that if you keep trying on whatever it is you want to do, that you will succeed. This is trying to say if you do keep trying and trying then and you fail eventually you will achieve your goals. 

Exam Day: Survival Tips Test-Taking Part 2

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 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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