Student Success Statement

 “Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”

                                   Margaret Thatcher

Reflection; this statement is true in order to have pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction you must discipline yourself to do what you know is right and important. For example when you see someone is tagging in the night at the store you call the cops and you feel good with yourself, you are proud of yourself.

Balancing High School and Part-Time Work

Part 3

Brad MacGowan, of the Career center at Newton North High School in Massachusetts, thinks that working can be a valuable part of a student’s life, if taken responsibility.  “You can derive a great deal from working, considerably more than just money,” he says.  “In most cases, you can acquire a nice dose of discipline and a whole new set of skills and experiences, “In addition, your supervisor may be willing to write a strong college recommendation for you.

School Comes First.

School work, including homework and studying for tests, should always be your top priority. MacGowan cautions students who do decide to work, “if you are rushing through your assignments…or not studying enough for tests because of work, it’s time to cut back or quit and find a less time-consuming job.”

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Grandparents locked a girl in the bathroom for 6 years?

Summary: This story is about a little girl who was locked in the bathroom for six years by her grandparents since age 3 to age 9. She would eat sometimes but not all the time. She would sleep in the floor with one blanket but no pillow. Once she came from school she would go in the bathroom and would not get out until the next day in the morning to go back to school. They locked her up because at the age of 3 she had bad behavior.

Balancing High School and Part-Time Work

Part 1

Http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/45266.html

Like many high school students, you may want—or need—to work part time. Working takes a lot of time and energy, though, so before getting a job, make sure that you think about your ability to handle both work and your education.

Important Considerations

You have to weigh a number of factors when deciding whether to take on a part-timer job. It’s important to get as much information as possible, so you can figure out what choice makes the most sense for you.

Schedule a meeting with your school counselor to discuss the idea of working. Talk to your counselor about why you want to work and what type of position you’re seeking.

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Student Success Statement

“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”

                                               Marcus Aurelius

  Roman Emperor from 161 AD to 180 AD

These are two really great points. If you know something is not right you would not do it because you know the consequences and you know what is good from bad. If you know something is not true about someone else do not say it. For example if a girl is saying that her friend has a boyfriend but if you have never seen her with someone then do not say anything because it might ruin their reputation and emotions.

Selecting Your Courses

Part 6

Success in AP can also help you in others ways. AP helps you stand out in the admission process and offers the opportunity to learn from some of the most inspiring teachers in the world. Learn more about the AP Program.

For More help in Choosing Courses

Use College Search to look up a specific college academic’s requirement to be sure you are on track to attend the college of your choice.

If you have concerns about your class schedule or progress in school, set up a meeting with your school counselor, teacher, or advisor. There are many resources to help you with this process and with achieving your personal, college and career goals. Without the goals, you mender all sorts of directions, goals give you purpose, direction, enthusiasm, and passion for that which you really desire. Define your goals deliberately, evaluate your goals often and make changes as necessary, work hard to achieve your goals, and continue working hard until you actually do reach your goals.

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Student Success Tips

From Edison College

1.   Attend New Student Orientation at the beginning of the fall or Spring Semester.

2.   GEN 101S, First Year Experience, provides excellent content and resources to be a successful student. It is likely that this class will be part of the first semester.

3.   Be sure to attend all classes, and be on time.

4.   To reduce distractions, sit near the front of the class.

5.    Keep a copy of the syllabus for each class so that you will know what is going on, what you should be doing, and how soon you need to get it done.

6.   Be a good listener. Focus and concentrate on main points.

7.   Take good notes in class, and review your notes within 24 hours. Then, review your notes periodically to help you retain information. Index cards with key information are also helpful way to review.

8.   Study! To be a successful college student, study at least two hours a week for every hour you spend in class. This is a minimum.

9.   Determine an ideal study space, and plan study time when you are at your best to retain information.

10.         Maintain a student planner to keep track of important dates and projects.

11.         Apply additional time management strategies, including planning, setting goals, and prioritizing schoolwork and your additional responsibilities.

12.         Avoid marathon study periods. Instead, study for short intervals with a break in between. For example, study for 30 minutes, take a 3-minute break, come back and review, then repeat the process.

13.         Get to know other students in your classes for added support and to study together when possible.

14.         Participate in class, and ask your instructor questions when needed. Meet with them during office hours for additional support and guidance.

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Student Success Statement

  “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing.”

                                     Theodore Roosevelt

Reflection: Well this is an obvious statement because obviously the right thing is a 100 times better than doing the bad things. For example if you’re in the store and you do not know whether to buy chips or a fruit. Obviously the best decision would be to buy the fruit. The fruit would be the best decision to get and it is better then chips.

Selecting your courses

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The arts

Research indicates that students who participate in the arts often do better in school and on standardized tests. The arts help you recognize patterns, discern differences and similarities, and exercise your mind in unique ways, often outside a traditional classroom setting. Many colleges require or recommend one or two semesters in the arts. Good choices include studio art, dance, music and drama. Many students have talents and extraordinary abilities in the arts. Students should look within their own repertoire of talents and identify their artistic abilities and take college classes to develop their talents.

Advanced Placement Program® (AP)®

To be sure you are ready to take on college-level work, enroll in the most challenging courses you can in high school, such as honors or AP courses. Research consistently shows that students who score a 3.0 or higher on an ap exam typically experiences greater academic success and college graduation rates than students who don’t take ap. Work hard in your righteous pursuits, and you will reap the benefits of self-fulfillment and job satisfaction. Don’t take shortcuts just to “get by,” instead, take challenging and difficult road (courses) and reach higher mountain peaks of achievement.

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Student Success Statement

 “To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”

                                                     Confucius

Reflection: This statement is true because there is a difference because if you do not know the difference from right and wrong it is understandable. For example when babe’s do something that they were not supposed to do it is understandable because they do not know. But when an older person does the exact same wrong thing they have no excuse in doing it.

Selecting Your Courses

Part 4

Social Studies

You can better understand local and world events that are happening now by studying the culture and history that has shaped them. Here is a suggested course plan:

·       U.S. History (two semesters)

·       U.S. government (one semester)

·       World history or geography (one semester)

·       One additional semester in the above or other areas

Foreign Languages

Solid foreign language study shows colleges you’re willing to stretch beyond the basics. Many colleges require at least two years of study in the same foreign language, and some prefer more.

Learning a foreign language can be a challenge but is exciting. Repetition is the key to the learning a language, and having conversation with others speaking the same language is the best way to learn this new language. Repetition in a fun way will build your skills thoroughly as you seek to master new languages.

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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 frustration in life is that many don’t feel understood. This habit will ensure your teens learn the most important communication skill there is: active listening.

Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s 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 will tell you more that you may not want to hear. People don’t care how much you 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 feelings reflected in our voice( 40 percent).

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

Listen, really listen, for understanding.

Seek first to understand then to be understood—LISTEN

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Habit 5

 5. Seek first to understand, and then to be understood.

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

Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s 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 will tell you more that you may not want to hear. People don’t care how much you 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 feelings reflected in our voice( 40 percent).

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

Listen, really listen, for understanding.

Seek first to understand then to be understood—LISTEN

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What are the 3 magic keys to living your life with integrity?

· Responsibility

· Honesty

· Trustworthiness

Reflection: I chose these 3 keys to living with integrity because to live with integrity you must have these characteristics because they are essential.

Selecting Your Courses

Part 3

Science

Science teaches you to think analytically and apply theories to reality. Colleges want to see that you’ve taken at least three years of laboratory science classes. A good combination includes two semesters of each of the following sciences:

·      Biology

·      Chemistry or physics

·      Earth/space science

More competitive schools expect you to take four years of lab science courses. You can add two semesters in one of the following subjects:

·      Chemistry or physics (the science you didn’t already study)

·      Advanced biology

·      Advanced chemistry

·      Advanced physics

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Man returns stolen cash to Seattle Washington Sears 60 years later

Reflection: This says a lot of the old man. First of all it says that he felt bad for the 60 years that he could no longer take it that he had to return it. Also that he learned his lesson because if he would not have learned it he would not have returned it.

Selecting Your Courses

Part 2

The following subjects and classes are standard fare for success in high school and beyond, whether you plan to attend a four-year or two-year College.

English (language arts)

Take English every year. Traditional courses, such as American and English literature, help you improve your writing skills, reading comprehension and vocabulary.

Math

You need algebra and geometry to succeed on college entrance exams and in college math classes—and many careers. Take them early on. That way, you’ll be able to enroll in advanced science and math high school, and show colleges you’re ready for higher level work.

Most colleges look for students who have taken 3 years of math in high school. The more competitive ones require or recommend four years. Each school has its own program, but some of the courses typically offered are:

·       Algebra I

·       Algebra II

·       Geometry

·       Trigonometry

·       Calculus

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The Power of Study Groups

http://ww.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html

Part 3

Guidelines for Getting a Group Together

Here are some guidelines for creating and running a study group: How many? Create a group of four to six people. In a larger group, it’s easy for someone to get left out and smaller groups can too easily get off track.

Who? Pick classmates who seem to share your interest in doing well academically. Look for people who stay alert in class, take notes, ask questions, and respond to their teacher’s questions. Include someone who understands the material better than you and can explain the concepts and someone who doesn’t understand it as well, to whom you can explain the material.

Where? Hold study group sessions in a place that is free of distractions and that has room to spread out books and notes. How long? Meet for no more than two to three hours at a time. Having a time limit helps the group focus. If you know you can only have an hour, you’re most likely to stay on task.

When? Try to meet regularly, on the same day and time each week. Treating the study session as you would other activities help you to keep to a schedule and ensures that everyone attends.

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The Power of Study Groups

http://ww.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html

Part 2

The Benefits of study Groups

Group study offers other advantages in addition to gaining a deeper understanding of class material. These include the opportunity to: Reinforce note-taking. If your AP Biology notes are unclear, you can ask a member of your study group to help you fill the gaps. Share talents. Each person brings different strengths, such as organizational skills, the ability to stick a task or a capacity for memorization.

Cover more ground. Group members may be able to solve a calculus problem together that none would have solved alone.

Benefit from a support system. Members often have common goals, such as good grades. Each person’s work affects the other members, which results in making members supportive of one another. Socialize. It’s more fun to study with others; the give-and-take makes it more interesting. And because it’s more fun, you spend more time studying!

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Goals

                                 Goals
1. Maintain my straight A's.
2. Improve in basketball.
3. Attend a good college.

Student Success Statement

Goals

 “In life as in football, you won’t go far, unless you know where the goalposts are.’

                                                                    Arnold Glasgow

Reflection: This is very true as a football player you should know that. For example if you are on the field and they just throw you the ball and you just caught it you will not move if you have no idea where you must go. The same way with life you must be determined where you want to go or else you won’t go far.

The Power of Study Groups

http://collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html

Part 1

Working Together Helps Everyone

You may have noticed that when you’re explaining something you’ve learned to a friend, you begin to understand it better yourself. This happens because, when you explain an idea, you need to think more deeply about it.

The same principles make study groups useful. Studying with others in a small group is helpful because you:

·      Think out loud

·      Share ideas

·      Learn from one another

In an effective study group, you and other students hash out lesson materials together—explaining concepts, arguing about them, figuring out why one person’s answer differs from one another’s—and in the process you must likely learn more than you would have studying by yourself.

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Walk the Talk

Reflection: I really enjoyed this video. Although it didn't speak it said much. You must start from this moment to walk the talk. It says how you must have respect, integrity, ethics, and etc… If we follow this video it will take us threw the right path.

Student Success Statement

 “Nobody ever did, or will, escape the consequences of his choices.”

Albert A. Montapert

Reflection: This is very true when you do something bad you will always have consequences. There will not be a time you do something bad and get away with it. For example you do not really see a killer running around in the streets right. This is because there is jail for them and that is where they head as a consequence of assassinating someone. 

How to Take on College Studying

Part 3

Do the reading

·     You need to do more just read the chapters you assigned you’re expected to understand them thoroughly. Here are some tips:

·     Don’t skim. Read all the material carefully.

·     Break up difficult assignments into sections you can digest chapters, subsections or even paragraphs.

·     Look up any words that you don’t understand the material: ask questions in class about anything that it unclear

·     Take notes instead of highlighting this makes you think through and rephrase the key points.

·     Create summary sheet what you learned from each assignment you read.

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