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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Student Success Statement


    Student Success Statement

“We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and the courage to stop what we shouldn’t do”

                    Richard L. Evans

Reflection:

I think this quote from Richard means that we should start and continue to do good things so in life we don’t have to regret nothing and we admire our self on what we have done. If we do wrong things we have to stop because it doesn’t make you look good. You are also in a way representing your family. So choose the right and not the wrong.

-Maria R.

 

 

Student Responsibilities Part 3


      Student Responsibilities

                                Part 3

What is important to you is that you, as you start to reach milestones in your ambitions, you appreciate your own achievements. It is a boost, of course, if others appreciate what you have done too, but appreciating yourself will strengthen your self-belief, and reinforce your determination to succeed.

Some of the key characteristics you will find in those who are successful are perseverance, prepared to research, plan and work hard, practice a lot even when things do not seem to be going well, and an ability to recover and learn from setbacks. At the outset of whatever it is you are trying to succeed in, a strong vision of your future, planning, and setting yourself achievable targets can all play an important role.

If you feel you do not naturally have all those characteristics, then do not despair. Each of them can be accomplished by your own application. You can use meditation and visualization techniques to initiate your vision, and they can certainly be learnt both for that purpose and for each step you take to reach your goals. Setting goals and objectives can be a personal or business technique that can be learnt. You can develop inner strength to succeed if you apply yourself to doing just that; that will enable you to recover from setbacks more easily.

Students: These are YOUR Responsibilities

    Choose the Right!!!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

The Importance of Good Sportmanship


    
The Importance of Good Sportsmanship

I think that every player who plays in a sport or people who see the game should have good sportsmanship.

1. They should have good sportsmanship because not in every game you are always going to win.

2. Everybody should know how to win or lose a game or something else.

3. If you win a game you should give thanks to god because he helped you and all of your teammates to win that game.

4. If you lose that game it was for a reason god could give you lesson that not always you are going to win.

5. Always show and be a good sportsmanship and don’t wine if you lose that game or start to curse because of your lost. Just say that it was a good game and the next time you and your teammates will do the best to win.

For example if the people who are seen the game and they see that you are cursing then they would not like how your team is acting. You should show tolerance and respect to everyone. You could also play for fun and not all aggressive it is just a game.  
For example if your team is doing every good on a game. And you are about to win a big game that you and your team have been doing and trying very good and all of the sudden one of your teammates ruins the game. Just before scoring or the game ending that is a bad sportsmanship because you are already celebrating the victory and the game is not ended. It makes you and your teammates look bad because you are not following the rule. So you should just wait to see what happens and not get ahead of a game. Choose the right and be a good     sportsmanship.




Student Success Statement


   Student Success Statement

   “Education is the key to unlock the             golden door of freedom”

           -George Washington Carver

 Reflection:

I think that this quote from George Washington Carver means that if we have education we have more ways to be free because we now a lot of things to be successful in life. If we don’t have education we can’t be successful in like we would be locked up like if we were in jail. We should choose the right and go to school to have an education and be successful and not a lazy person.
-Maria R.

Student Responsibility Part 2


      Student Responsibilities

                              Part 2

7. I have the responsibility to do every bit of assigned homework with proper attention and thought.

8. I have the responsibility to view my teacher as a partner in my education.

9. I have the responsibility to understand that I am not the only student in class, and that if I fall behind the class, not all of my catching up is appropriate for the classroom setting.

10. I have the responsibility to act as a competent adult.

11. I have the responsibility of trying to integrate the concepts being taught into other courses and other areas of my life.

12. I have the responsibility to be polite and open to my teachers and classmates.

13. I have the responsibility to accept that my work will be evaluated in terms of what skills any student in the course is expected to master.

 


by Lynne Marie Rodell, Christian Brothers University, Tennessee. From: The Teaching Professor, January 1994, p.3

   Choose the Right!!!

 

 

 

Monday, September 24, 2012

Student Responsibilities


      Student Responsibilities

                           Part 1

Students have the right to seize the responsibility for their own destiny and should be encouraged to do so. With every right comes responsibility!

1.I have the responsibility to come to every class prepared to listen, to participate, and to learn.

2.I have the responsibility to read the text carefully, nothing important ideas and rephrasing concepts in my own words.

3.I have the responsibility to work examples in the textbook and those given in class.

4.I have the responsibility to consult other students, the teacher, an assistant, and other resources whenever I need the extra help.

5.I have the responsibility to understand that the teacher is not primarily responsible for making me understand, but that it is my job to study and to learn.

6.I have the responsibility of keeping an open mind and trying to comprehend what the teacher is trying to get across.

   Choose the Right!!!

Friday, September 21, 2012

Successful Students


  
  Successful Students
                          Part 3
7. Successful students understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know their personal behavior affect their feelings and emotions that in turn can affect learning.
If you act in a certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will begin to experience those feelings. Act like you’re disinterested, and you’ll become disinterested. So the next time you have trouble concentrating in the classroom, “act” like an interested person: lean forward, place your feet flat on the floor, maintain eye contact with the professor, nod occasionally, take notes, and ask questions. Not only will you benefit directly from your actions, your classmates and professor may also get more excited and enthusiastic.
8. Successful students talk about what they’re learning. Successful students get to know something well enough that they can put it into words. Talking about something, with friends or classmates, is not only good for checking whether or not you know something, it’s a proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into word provides the most direct path for moving knowledge from short-term to long-term memory. You really don’t “know” material until you can put it into words. So, next time you study, don’t do it silently. Talk about notes, problems, readings, etc. with friends, recite to a chair, organize an oral study group, pretend you’re teaching your peers. “Talk-learning” produces a whole host of memory traces that result in more learning.
   Choose the Right!!!

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Student Success Statement


    Student Success Statement

         “Decisions Determine Destiny”

                      Thomas S. Monson

Reflection:

I think that this quote from Thomas S. Monson means that if you make bad decisions then your destiny wouldn’t be a good one. If you choose to always make a good decision then your destiny would be good. Choose the right and you will have a good destiny and you are going to be happy and make other people happy.

-       Maria R.

Successful Students (Part 2)


  Successful Students

                         Part 2

4. Successful students learn that a student and a teacher make a team. Most teachers want exactly what you want: they would like for you to learn the material in their respective classes and earn a good grade.

Successful students reflect well on the efforts of any teacher; if you have learned your material, the instructor takes some justifiable pride in teaching. Join forces with your instructor, they are not an enemy, you share the same interest, the same goal-in short, you’re teammates. Get to know your professor. You’re the most valuable players on the same team. Your jobs are to work together for mutual success. Neither wishes to chalk up a losing season. Be a team player!

5. Successful students don’t sit in the back. Successful students minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning. Students want the best seat available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat for their educational dollar. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be their teacher’s teammate (see no.4). Why do they expose themselves to the temptations of inactive classroom experiences and distractions of all the people between them and their instructor? Of course, we know they chose the back of the classroom because …

   Choose the Right!!!

 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Student Success Statement


         Student Success Statement

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”

               --Abraham Lincoln

Reflection:

I think this quote means that it doesn’t matter if you win what it matters is that you do things right and say the true. You should always do the right thing and not the wrong. Friends will be with you if you do the right but once they see that you are doing the wrong then they will get apart from you.  
- Maria R.

Successful Students (Part 1)


   Successful Student

                         Part 1

Successful students exhibit a combination of successful attitudes and behaviors as well as intellectual capacity. Successful students

1.Successful students are responsible and active. Successful students get involved in their studies, accept responsibility for their own education, and are active participants in it!

Responsibility means control. It’s the difference between leading and being led. Your own efforts control your grade, you earn the glory or deserve the blame. You make the choice. Active classroom participation improves grades without increasing study time. You can sit there, act bored, daydream, or sleep. Or, you can actively listen, think, questions and take notes like someone in charge of their learning experience. Either option cost one class period. However, the former method will require a large degree of additional work outside of class to achieve the same degree of learning the latter provides at one sitting. The choice is yours.

 

2.Successful students have educational goals. Successful students have legitimate goals and are motivated by what they represent in terms of career aspirations and life’s desires. Ask yourself these questions: What am I doing here? Why have I chosen to be sitting here now? Is there some better place I could be? What does my presence here mean to me? Answers to these questions represent your “Hot Buttons” and are, without a doubt, the most important factors in your success as a college student. If your educational goals….

 

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Characteristics of a successful student


 
 Characteristics of a Successful              
                 Student
Many students do not know what it takes to be successful in the educational environment. They understand good and bad grades in a general way, and they sense that they should attend classes, but that is where their knowledge begins and ends.
Most instructors know what a good student is-and is not. For one thing, a good student is not necessarily the most intelligent individual in the class.
The following is a list of some characteristics of good students. This list is a description of what a hard-working student does and what a teacher likes to see. By learning these characteristics, you may better understand that day to day and class to class behavior of successful students. The idea is to provide you with guidelines you can follow which will help you get down to the business of becoming a serious, successful student.
1.Successful students attend classes regularly. They are on time. They listen and train themselves to pay attention. If they miss a session, they feel obligated to let the instructor know why before class begins, if possible, and their excuses are legitimate and reasonable. They make sure they get all missed assignments(by contacting the teacher).

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement

“Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all.”

-       Benjamin Franklin

Reflection:

I think this quote means that it doesn’t matter if you have great beauty, great strength, and great riches if you are not a successful person in life. If you have a great heart then you are successful because you are going to do the right thing and not the right.

-        Maria R.

 

Friday, September 14, 2012

50 Habits of Successful People (Habits 48-50)


   50 Habits of Successful People

                       (Habits 48-50)

48. They finish what they start. While so many spend their life starting things that they never finish, successful people get the job done-even when the excitement and the novelty have worn off. Even when it ain’t fun.

49. They are multi-dimensional, amazing, wonderful complex creatures (as we all are). They realize that not only are they physical and psychological beings, but emotional and spiritual creatures as well. They consciously work at being healthy and productive on all level.

50. They practice what they preach. They don’t talk about theory, they live the reality.

 There you have it. Be familiar with the 50 habits of successful people and become super successful yourself. Develop these habits and you will enjoy your journey of life. You will experience valleys of low and mountain peaks of high achievement. But most of all, you will have peace, and there is no substitute for peace within your heart and soul. Nothing can take the place of peace. CTR brings happiness and peace. CTW brings sadness, misery, and bondage.

 

So decide now that you will live a happy and successful life. Developing habits for success is a vital program for you as you journey throughout your days in this great lifetime. CTR and you will be happy and successful EVERY DAY!!!

       Choose The Right!!

 

 

 

 

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement

  “Right is right, even if everyone is     against it. Wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it”

                  -William Penn

Reflection:

I think that this quote is true because there are people who are right and other people are against the truth. And people who are wrong and they think what they are doing is right. There are two paths always choose the right path and not the wrong one.

-Maria R.

 

 

50 Habits of Successful People (Habits 44-47)


      50 Habits of Successful People

                (Habits 44-47)

44. They don’t rationalize failure. While many are talking about their age, their sore back, their lack of time, their poor genetics, their ‘bad luck’, their nasty boss and their lack of opportunities (all good reasons to fail), they are finding a way to succeed despite all their challenges.

45. They have an off switch. They know how to relax, enjoy what they have in their life and to have fun.

46. Their career is not their identity, it’s their job. It’s not who they are, it’s what they do.

47. They are more interested in effective than they are in easy. While the majority look for the quickest, easiest way (the short cut), they look for the course of action which will produce the best result over the long time.  

Choose the Right!!!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Student Success Statement


      Student Success Statement  

“It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today.”

--James Freeman Clark

Reflection:

This quote means that if you choose the wrong you will regret doing it for the rest of your life. If you choose the right you will be good within you and everybody else. And it does make a difference whether you choose the right or wrong.
-Maria R.

Reflection: To A Baseball Game


Reflection:

Well I think that Ian chose the right thing to do. He chose the right thing to do and he got rewarded. Nicolas was sad because he didn’t get the ball that the baseball player had thrown and Ian got it. Ian saw that Nicolas was sad and he gave the ball to Nicolas he chose the right.

-Maria R.

50 Habits of Successful People (36-43)


50 Habits of Successful People

                              (Habits 36-43)

36. They have a big engine. They work hard and are not lazy.

37. They are resilient. When most would throw in the towel, they’re just warming up.

38. They are open to, and more likely to act upon, feedback.

39. They don’t hang out with toxic people.

40. They don’t invest time or emotional energy into things that they have no control of.

41. They are happy to swim against the tide, to do what most won’t. They are not people pleasers and they don’t need constant approval.

42. They are more comfortable with their own company than most.

43. They set higher standards for themselves (a choice we can all make), which in turn produce greater commitment, more momentum, a better work ethic and of course, better results.

Choose The RIGHT!!!

 

  

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement

“It’s not living that matters, but living rightly”

                         Socrates

 

Reflection:

I think this quote means that it doesn’t matter how many years you have live if you don’t do the right thing. And if you live rightly that counts as many years you live always choose the right so you don’t regret what you have done. What goes around comes around.

-Maria R.

50 Habits of Successful People (Habits 31-35)


50 Habits of Successful People

                       (Habits 31-35)

31. They are secure. They do not drive their sense of worth of self from what they own, who they know, where they live or what they look like.

32. They are generous and kind. They take pleasure in helping others achieve.

33. They are humble and they are happy to admit mistakes and to apologized. They are confident in their ability, but not arrogant. They are happy to learn from others. They are happy to make others look good rather than seek their own personal glory.

34. They are adaptable and embrace change, while the majority are creatures of comfort and habit. They are comfortable with, and embrace, the new and the unfamiliar.  

35. They keep themselves in shape physically not to be mistaken with trading for the Olympics or being obsessed with their body. They understand the importance of being physically well. They are not all about looks, they are more concerned with the function and health. Their body is not who they are, it’s where they live.

 

Choose The Right!

 

Monday, September 10, 2012

Student Success Statement


    Student Success Statement

       “You are accountable for

                 Your choices”

        Thomas S. Monson

Reflection:

I think this quote means that everybody should be mature because what

ever you do it will affect you. If you are grown up and you make a mistake then you will learn from it and not make it again. Also you could regret it.

-Maria R.

 

 

 

50 Habita of Successful People (Habits 21-30)


                    50 habits of

                 Successful people

                  (Habits 21-30)

21. They don’t believe in, or wait for fate, destiny, chance or luck to determine for shape their future. They believe in, and are committed to actively and creating their own best life.  

22. While many people are reactive, they are proactive. They take action before they have to.

23. They are more effective, than most at managing their emotions. They feel like we all do but they are not slaves to their emotions.

24. They are good communicators and they consciously work at it.

25. They have a plan for their life and they work methodically at turning that plan into a reality. Their life is not a clumsy series of unplanned events and outcomes.

26. Their desire to be exceptional means that they typically do things that most won’t. They become exceptional by choice. We’re all faced with life-shaping decisions almost daily. Successful people make the decisions that most won’t and don’t.

27. While most people are pleasure junkies and avoid pain and pain and discomfort at all coast, successful people understand the values and benefits of working through the tough stuff that most would avoid.

28.   They have identified their core values (what is important to them) and they do their best to live a life which is reflective of those values.

29. They have balance. While they may be financially successful, they know that the terms money and success are interchangeable. They understand that people who are successful on a financial level only, are not successful at all. Unfortunately we live in a society which teaches that money equals success. Like many other things, money is a tool. It’s certainly not a bad thing but ultimately; it’s just another resource. Unfortunately, too many people warship it.

30. They understand the importance of discipline and self-control. They are strong. They are happy to take the road less travelled.

 

    Choose The Right !!!

Friday, September 7, 2012

Student Success Statement


           Student Success Statement

     “Ask yourself is it right or wrong and act accordingly.”

 

                 Otto Graham, Jr.

Reflection:

I think this quote means if you do right things then you are acting accordingly. If you do good things then you will be rewarded in a good way. And if you do wrong things then you are not acting accordingly because did something bad that will affect you sooner or later in life.   

-        Maria R.

 

 

50 Habits of Successful People (Habits 11-20


50 Habits of Successful People

                      (Habits 11-20)

11. They align themselves with like-minded people. They understand the importance of being part of a team. They create win-win relationships.

12. They are ambitious; that want amazing- and why shouldn’t they? They consciously choose to live their best life rather than spending it on autopilot.

13. They have clarity and certainty about what they want (and don’t want) for their life. They actually visualize and plan their best reality while others are merely spectators of life.

14. They innovate rather than imitate.

15. They don’t procrastinate and they don’t spend their life waiting for the ‘right time’.

16. They are life-long learners. They consistently work at educating themselves, either formally (academically), informally (watching, listening, asking, reading, student of life) or experientially (doing, trying)…Or all three.

17. They are glass half full people – while still being practical and down-to-earth. They have the ability to find the good.

18. They consistently do what they need to do, irrespective of how they are feeling on a given day. They don’t spend their life stopping and starting.

19.   They take calculations risk – financial, emotional, professional, and psychological.

20. They deal with problems and challenges quickly and effectively; they don’t put their head in the sand. They face their challenges and use them to improve themselves. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

 

       Choose the Right    

 

 

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement

“True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.”

             Brigham Young

Reflection:

If we say the true we will be free and we don’t have to worry about having guilt on what we have done. We should always choose the right and be honest if you are honest people can trust you. If you do something wrong then you won’t be independent and not have your freedom.

-Maria R.

50 Habits of Successful People (Habits 1-10)


      50 Habits of Successful People

                         (Habits 1-10)

                                          (Anon)

1.   They look for and find opportunities where others see nothing.

2.   They find a lesson while others only see a problem.

3.   They are solution focused.

4.   They consciously and methodically create their own success, while others hope success will find them.

5.   They are fearful like everyone else, but they are not controlled or limited by fear.

6.   They ask he right questions-the ones that put them in a productive, creative, positive mindset and emotional state.

7.   They rarely complain (waste of energy). All complaining does is put the complainer in a negative and unproductive state.

8.   They don’t blame (what’s the point?). They take complete responsibility for their actions and outcomes (or lack thereof).

9.   While they are not necessarily more talented than the majority, they always find a way to maximize their potential. They get more out of themselves. They use what they have more effectively.

10.                     They are busy, productive and proactive. While most are laying on the couch, planning, over-thinking, sitting on their hands and generally going around in circles, they are out their getting the job done.

        Choose the Right