Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and (to make) unpopular that which is unsound (and not good).”

                  -Joseph Smith

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Joseph is true because our duty is to always choose the right to do and say good thing so they are popular and not the ones that say bad language because people hear things that are bad and they do the same thing instead of not saying it. For example some grown-ups say bad words and their child hears them later they are going to start saying bad words. And both child and parents should wash their mouth with soap so they don’t say bad words.

-Maria R.

 

 

Successful Students (9)

    Successful Students

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9. … don’t cram for exams. Successful students know that divided periods of study are more effective than crams session, and they practice it.

If there is one thing that study skills specialists agree on, it is that distributed study is better than massed, late-night, last-ditch effort known as cramming. You’ll learn more, remember more, and earn a higher grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exam than studying for four hours straight on Thursday night. Short, concentrated preparatory efforts are more efficient and rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last moment marathons. Yet, so many students fail to learn this lesson and end up repeating it over and over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever, huh?

When you cram, you are taking the shortcut, and shortcuts never produce any real worthwhile results. Also, when you take shortcuts, you feel rather rotten knowing that you could have done better but didn’t. Shortcuts cut you short. You can’t plant watermelon seeds and harvest fresh watermelons the next day. It takes time. Cramming for a test or project and expecting to make a high score the next day is like planting watermelon seeds and expecting to harvest and eat fresh watermelon the next day. Plus cramming for a test or project doesn’t help you academically, so why even do it. Plan ahead, prepare ahead. Give yourself plenty of days and weeks to prepare for upcoming accountability opportunities.

Choose The Right!!!

Student Success Statement

    Student Success Statement

    “What’s right isn’t always popular. What’s   popular isn’t always right.”

                         -Howard Cosell

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Howard Cosell is that things or actions that we do or see right are not POPULAR as things or actions that we do or see wrong are more POPULAR and that is wrong. There are people that think if someone says something bad they think they could say it too. You should wash your mouth with soap so it’s clean and never say bad things again. Choose the right and say good things so they could become popul

-Maria R.

Sucessful Student (7-8)

     Successful Students

                          7-8

7. … understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know their personal behavior affect their feelings and emotions which 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 bored and you’ll become bored. 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. … 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 words 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 trace that result in more learning.

Choose The Right!!!

 

Successful Students (5-6)

           Successful Students

                        5-6

5. Don’t sit in the back of the room. 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 professor’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 they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying not to be part of the class, why, then, are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons, is there something else you should be doing with your time?

6. …take good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often.

Why put something into your notes you don’t understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps your learn more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have to learn later and the less time it will take because you won’t have to include some deciphering time, also. The whole purpose of taking notes is to use them, and use them often. The more you use them, the more they improve.

Choose The Right!!!

 

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

             -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Martin Luther King, Jr. is that is you choose the right you will have time to do good things in life but if you don’t then the time is wrong. Time matters to accomplish what you want but it has to be a right time. Everything good comes in the right time and when you do something wrong that is the wrong time. For example when you are studying for a test your parent will not bother you for anything but if you are just doing bad things then they start calling you the attention. They want for you the best and to be a successful person.

-Maria R.

Successful Students (3-4)

       Successful Students

                  3-4

3.… ask questions. Successful students ask questions to provide the quickest route between ignorance and knowledge. In addition to securing knowledge you seek, asking questions has at least two other extremely important benefit. The process helps you pay attention to your professor and helps your professor and helps your professor pay attention to you! Think about it. If you want something, go after it. Get the answer now, or fail a question later. There are no foolish questions, only foolish silence. It’s your choice.

4.... learn that a student and a professor make a team. Most instructors 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 teaching. Join forces with your instructor, they are not your enemy, you share the interests, the same goal-in short, you teammates. Get to know your professor. You’re the most valuable player 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!

    Choose The Right!!!     

Student Success Statement

       Student Success Statement

  “I know only that what is moral is what you   feel good after and what is immoral is what   you feel bad after.”

                      -Ernest Hemingway

Pay attention to what’s right and what’s wrong.

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Ernest is that if you say or do things that moral, you feel good within yourself and the people around you. But if you say or do immoral things then you don’t have respect, make your family members look bad, and you don’t feel good within yourself. Always pay attention on what you are going to say before you talk because if you just say things they are going to be wrong and you can offend and hurt someone without you noticing. Say good things and choose the right!

-Maria R.

 

Successful Students (1-2)

        Successful Students

                      1-2

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

1.  … 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 deserved 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, question, and take notes like someone in charge of their learning experience. Either option costs one class period. However, the former method will required 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.   … 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 are truly yours, not someone else’s, they will motivate a vital and positive academic attitude. If you are familiar with what these hot buttons represent and refer to them often, especially when you tire of being a student, nothing can stop you; if you aren’t and don’t, everything can, and will!

Choose The Right!!!  

Student Success Statement

        Student Success Statement

    “My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure.”

                 -Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Reflection:

What this quote of Alfred is trying to say or what I understand is that if your heart is clean and doesn’t have any bad feelings then you are a very strong person compare to people who are not clean. It can affect the people around you and it is not good. Have a heart pure and you will feel good within yourself. For example when you read the bible your heart feels joy because you are learning new, good things from it and you are not thinking wrong.

-Maria R.

Study for Multiple Exams (Part 3)

  Study for Multiple Exams

                  Part 3

English, math, foreign language tips: Practice --especially foreign language. It is hard to succeed in a foreign language class if you are showing and doing your work. But if you are in your room and look at objects and try to say them in the language you are learning it actually helps. Or if you send a simple text to a friend think about it, can you translate that to German or Spanish? These are the little things that will help.

Here are my final words for wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: Time management and organization are critical key factors to success in college. And never be afraid to go ask your teacher for help. They have office hours for a reason-use them!

   Choose The Right!!!

 

Jackie McConnell

 

   The Tennessee Walking Horse:

            Jackie McConnell

Reflection:

What I think about Jackie McConnell is that he chooses the wrong thing to do because what he did doesn’t have a name because nobody should treat badly an animal. He cheated and should pay for his actions. In life it doesn’t matter if you win or lose just DON’T CHEAT to win. Money comes and goes and never cheat because you want money. It is better not to be rich because you make bad decisions and then you will regret them. Choose the right and remember not to cheat in any occasion.

-Maria R.

 

Study for Multiple Exams (Part 2)

      Study for Multiple Exams

                     Part 2

My strategies for written assignments: Everyone has their own writing style. I generally come up with an idea and do massive amounts of research before I ever think about writing. I then organize my research then sometimes prepare an outline before actually writing. I always print out the paper and come back to it the next day and reread it. That is the easiest way for me to catch my own mistakes. I have to give my eyes a break from it, and if I just wrote it I think it looks perfect. But if I look at it a day later I almost always find grammatical errors or phrases and sentences I just want to reword.

How I succeed in team projects: Never assume someone is doing what they are supposed to be doing. Have regular meetings and have each member show their work, not just give you or the group their word for it.

   Choose The Right!!!

Study for Multiple Exams (Part 1)

     Study for Multiple Exams

                      Part 1

How I study for multiple exams, deal with multiple projects: Really it is my time management that I explained above. If I see I have multiple things due or to study for all at the same time I spread out my time beforehand. For example, if I have a test Monday, and 2 tests Tuesday then I will study for my Monday test Thursday and part of Friday. Start studying for my next test on the second half of Friday and part of Saturday, then my second Tuesday test on Saturday as well and part of Sunday. Then Sunday night I can review for my Monday test because I already studied for it. When that test is over I can begin reviewing for the other tests.
My overall study method: I try to break it up over several days or at least two. I get bogged down if I try to pull an all-nighter.
How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: if I received a low grade I probably knew it was coming because I didn’t prepare properly or I didn’t use the right study habit for that class. I usually try to go over what I did wrong and sometimes discuss with my teacher what I can do differently on the next exam or what they suggest I do for studying for the next exam.

    CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!  

Student Success Statement

      Student Success Statement

  “There is no instinct like that of the
                             heart.”

                               -Byron

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Byron is that our heart knows everything and it can’t be wrong when you are feeling it because it can be felt. And the heart knows when something or someone is a good person because you have feelings towards that person if they are good or bad. For example your mom’s heart can feel if you are in danger or not. And what type of people are your friends by her heart. So choose the right and follow what your heart feels.

-Maria R.

Sarah's Academic Success Story (Part 2)

   Sarah’s Academic Success Story

                        Part 2

My test study method: I have different strategies for different types of test or subjects. For me, any type of math is exceptionally difficult so I had to spend extra time on that. I would go back through the homework problems focusing on the problems that I had extra difficulty on. Many times I would ask the teacher for additional study materials they could provide. If it was a class that required memorization or applying concepts I would create a sort of study guide for myself many times focusing on what were key focal points in the class. If I knew there were going to be essays I would try to take the term and apply them to an example or create different questions on the concepts focused on throughout the semester.

My time management secret: I always always always carry a planner with me. I even use different color highlighters to show that each event on my calendar is for. For example, pink is personal, yellow is school, orange is work, blue is appointments, and green is for my sorority. Although I use white-out frequently, I can see in bright yellow that if I have that project for finance due on Tuesday, I need to start working on it on [the previous] Wednesday so I can just get it done. My friends have always been amazed at how early I get things accomplished but that is really all I do.

     CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!   

Sarah's Academic Success Story (Part 1)

   Sarah’s Academic Success Story

                                Part 1

Time management became a key factor in my study skills for college. In high school, there were times I was able to study for an hour or two the night before a test and get away with it. This was not the case in college. I made sure in college I was prepared for each class. Sometimes that meant writing out the terms for the chapter we read (even if when it isn’t required) to better understand them. That way when the midterm or test comes around I was able to understand what I was studying. I started taking excellent notes in class in college. I may have done this in high school, but in college I started typing up the notes after class. This helped me remember what I just went over in class then when I had test one week later I was more likely to remember then as well.

My overall study method: Structured. One thing I learned was I had to adapt or change my study method according to the class. I couldn’t study a Religion Class the same way I studied for a Finance class. But making sure I had enough time to study for each class – even if it meant carrying a planner with me at all times was a big part of my success.

    CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Student Success Statement

   Student Success Statement

 “There is no set path, just follow your heart.”

                           -Anon

Reflection:

What I think about this quote is that you should just follow your heart to go to the RIGHT Path and not what other people tell you which it’s wrong because they want you to encourage you to do things that are not good for you and whoever is around you. Follow your heart and be a successful person in life and make your family proud of you.

-Maria R.

Work Together (Part 3)

           Work Together

                         Part 3

Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: A big thing that not many will say is to ask for help if you needed it. It’s not a bad thing to not understand, it’s a bad thing if you don’t do anything about it. Plan you time out so you are completing everything that needs to get done and leave time to double check. Write things down and have good time management skills. Ask for help is probably the biggest thing I can say thought. If you don’t understand, go to office hours or find a classmate that does understand and is willing to help you. If you try hard, it will come to you. I find myself thinking that I would have to try harder to fail than I try to succeed. It is something that is within me to succeed. If that is not who you are, then hopefully things that I done can show you that success is something that is amazing to find! Good luck!

    Choose the right!!!

Work Together (Part 2)

         Work Together

                      Part 2

English, math, foreign language tips: For math, all I can say is do the problems assigned. It is the only way to practice and that’s really all it is for math. It’s the same for chemistry; if you do the practice problems you will understand the material so much better because those subjects are not just memorization like history, you need to be able to apply what you have learned in practical situations. As for English, I am no longer taking it, but I would say to leave yourself plenty of time to write essays and papers. They take time to get all the information out of your head and onto the page, so don’t leave them until the last second.

   CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!

Work Together (Part 1)

         Work Together

                              Part 1

I can and will work as part of the team as long as everyone in the team is willing to do his work. I don’t like having to pick up the slack, but I will if I know that my grade will be harmed otherwise. My greatest academic success was in my first semester when I had to write a 10-12 page research paper. It was the longest paper I had ever been assigned and I was a little scared. Also, it was the first paper where they were like, here you go, just write about something. I had to argue in favor of or against something, but it could be anything from the sky is blue to hypnotism. I wrote mine on hypnotism. I worked on this paper for weeks and weeks. Every night I would be doing research or writing. I put so much effort into this paper. It ended up being just under 12 pages but it was full on information. I turned it in and when I got it back a week or so later, I had received the first A+ of my college career. All my hard work paid off because I got the grade I deserved. I was really happy and proud of myself.

   CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!

Student Success Statement

      Student Success Statement

      “Try a little harder to be a little better.”

                    Gordon B. Hinckley

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Gordon B. Hinckley is that if we try harder we can be a better person than what we are now and become a successful person in life. We won’t regret doing it but some people don’t like to try hard and they just let themselves down.

-Maria R.

You Can Succeed Every Day (Part 2)

 

 

    You Can Succeed Every Day

                    Part 2

My strategies for written assignments: I try to outline before I write because otherwise I forget what I am supposed to be talking about. I try not to leave them until the last minute because then I will just goof up the work. A lot of time I just write what I feel. Teachers like your opinion and if you can find something from the reading or research that relates specifically to your life, they like it even more because it allows you to take ownership of your work. I write things that I want others to read; not things that I have to write because the teacher said so.

How I succeed in team projects: Personally, I do not like working on group projects, especially ones that I worked on in high school. However, when it is required to work in a group, usually I try to lead. I like taking the lead because then I know that my grade will be a good one. I do well in school, I always have and I don’t plan on changing anytime soon, so when I need to work with people who maybe don’t care as much as I do, or they have more time to waste on things other than the project, I try to be in charge. That way I know that things are going to get done on time and that I am going to get a good grade. If I am working in a group of people who all want to work, then it is a different story.

     Choose The Right!!!

Tiger Woods Ignores His Needy Brother

Tiger Woods Ignores His Needy Brother

Reflection:

What I think about Tiger Woods is that he is a selfish brother because he doesn’t want to help his brother that is sick and he is not able to work. Tiger Woods should help him because one he is his brother and because ne never ask him before for money. I think that we should all help our family and other people that need help because we don’t know when we are going to need help as well. So choose the right and help someone even though they are not your family and choose the right.

-Maria R.

You Can Succeed Every Day (Part 1)

      You Can Succeed Every Day

                            Part 1

My overall study method: I break up studying over several days and over the course of the evening and day. Cramming never works for me so I try not to do it. I will have longer sessions on nights before big tests, but I never stay up much later than normal before tests. I know that if I take the test tired the next day I will not do as well as if I was rested.

How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: I usually look over the test or paper to see what I did that the teacher did not want. Basically, I do not stress out about grades that much because for me they are not worth getting really upset about. I do well because I know that I know the material. However, if I do get a bad grade, or one lower than I expected, I make sure that the next time a test is coming I study even more so that I won’t be surprised by the question.

  CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Student Success Statement

    

        Student Success Statement

“I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall never pass this way again.”

                       -Etienne de Grellet

My Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Etienne is that if we are in the right path/ way we should continue doing it because people change and they won’t do it again. That nobody should stop you from doing what is right because you don’t know what is going to happen the next day.

-Maria R.

Effective Study Methods (Part 3)

       Effective Study Methods

                      Part 3

How I deal with multiple projects/tests: When I have more than one test or project, I break up my studying. I will study for one test for 30 minutes or so and then switch to the other one. If there is some part of a project that I know will not take me very long, I will do it when I don’t have much time. If I am really in a crunch for time on a specific day, I will study for one test in the morning and the other in the afternoon or night. By breaking up the studying into different sections, I feel like I get much more done. Cram sessions do not work for me. I need to study something for a shorter period of time more often for it to sink in.

  CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Effective Study Methods (Part 2)

Effective Study Methods

                     Part 2

My time management secret: My secret is to use time wisely. I know that on certain days I do not have time to run errands or hang out with friends even. Each minute of each day is used for something. One thing that works really well for me is to write everything down. I mean everything. I write down if I am going to email people, write letters, or study. It works for me to have a planner that goes by the day and shows me what I am going to be doing every day. Knowing what I have to do everyday helps me plan out my week and my days. If I know that I don’t have time on Tuesday, I will try to get more things done on Monday or Sunday. I plan ahead, especially if I am going to be on the road for volleyball. When I am on the road, I bring books and read on the bus/plane/hotel room. Missing class is killer to make up from, but if you are upfront with your professors, they are usually nice about having to turn things in late or not being in classes.

          Choose The Right!!

 

 

What I Did During Break

What I Did During Break:
Well the first week  I was helping my mom in the house. We sometimes went out to the store or to eat. One of my aunt came over to stay for Christmas and New Years. For Christmas we ate posole and other type of food that my uncle made. it was 12:00 and all my little cousins and family wanted to open there presents. we all got a present and it was a good Christmas time because all the family was ther. The second week I went to Mexico to visit my grandma and grandpa I had a lot of fun because we did a lot of things and I had 11 or 12 years that I didn't go to visit them. It was New Years eve and my family came to my house to celebrate New years. We did a lot of things and we had a great time. The last week I did was to be in my house and help my family and go out. And get ready to come back to school but over all my vacation was really great.

Effective Study Methods (Part 1)

   Effective Study Methods

                              Part 1

My study method: When it comes time to study for the test, I usually start 2-3 days before the test. I go through my notes and make flashcards on what was important for those sections, paying special attention to what the teacher said would be on the test if there was a review session. Also, I go through the book and read the inset stories and add to my flashcards. If there are practice problems or online assignments or old tests, I use those to help me study for the test as well. Once the test is over, I keep the flashcards so that I have them for the next test or for the final. Flashcards are a marvelous learning tool. The key to remembering something is to repeat it numerous times-spaced rehearsal. If you forget something, it is because you haven’t repeated it enough times for an extended period of time. Repetition is a law of learning; therefore, to learn remember, to recall, it is mandatory that you repeat over and over the things you desire to learn and remember. You may be thinking, “Oh, no, repeating something.” You need to get used to it. For example, the more you practice a song on the piano, the better you become at playing that song. Learning and remembering is like playing the piano- the more you practice saying or doing it the better you can remember it. Look now at what you remember. You remember it because you have repeated it numerous times since first being exposed to it. So, Practice rehearsing those things you desire to remember, and they will stick with you.

Practice---Proficiency-Pleasure

The better you remember, the more pleasure you obtain from studying and learning.

Choose The Right!!