Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Success is dependent on effort.”

Reflection: You succeed in life by how much effort you put into your work you do. If you put the effort its needed you’ll be really successful in life. Sometimes we don’t really put enough effort on things and they come out wrong. Put as much effort as you can on things to be really successful in life.

How to Take on College Studying Part 2

How to Take on College Studying

Part 2

Choose Where to Study

Where you should study depends on two factors: the environment in which you are best able to concentrate and the type of work you are planning to do.

·        The best places to study have good light, a comfortable temperature and enough desk space—usually your dorm room, your apartment or the library.

·        For completing problem sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

·        When you are reading book chapters or working on a research paper, you are probably better off in a less social environment.

Improve Your Study Habits

Here are simple steps you can take to help you get a handle on studying:

·        Have a routine for where and when you study.

·        Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each study session.

·        Do things that are harder or require more intense thought at your most productive time of the day.

·        Take breaks if you need them so you don’t waste time looking at material but not absorbing it.

·        Get to know students whom you respect and can study with or contact to ask questions.

·        Keep up with the workload and seek help when you need it.

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Jenna Huff

Jenna Huff

High School

Wins The

Extreme “Sportsmanship” Award

From U.S. Olympic Committee

What did she do?

She helps her opponent to finish the line because her opponent was hurt and she knew it was the right thing to do. 

How to Take on College Studying

How to Take on College Studying

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Develop Good Habits

In college, you’ll need to hold on study skills that you learned in high school. The demands of a college class are probably more rigorous than those you are used to.

You can succeed by knowing what to expect and how to handle it. Think of college as a full-time job, in which you spend 40 hours a week on class, labs, study groups and doing homework. Begin organized and using your time well is essential. Learn more about time management, and use the guidelines below to develop your study skills.

Develop When to Study

Work out about how many hours you need to study every day. Then make a schedule.

·        Figure out what blocks of time you have available throughout the day, in the evenings and on weekends.

·        Consider what time of day you are most alert-there are morning people and night owls-and try to schedule your studying accordingly.

·        Think about whether you do better studying for a few hours at a time or sitting down for marathon sessions.

Choose The Right

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Choosing the right is always the right thing to do.”

Reflection: Choosing the right is the best thing you could do to succeed in life. If you are always choosing the wrong you are never going to succeed in life. Always choose the right decisions that you have never listen to others.

10 Time Management Tips for Students Tips 5-10

10 Time Management Tips for Students

Tips 5-10

Tip 5: Review Your Notes Every Day.

Reviewing helps you reinforce what you’ve learned, so you need less time to study before a test. You’ll also be ready if you get called on in class or have to take a pop quiz.

Tip 6: Get a Good Night Sleep.

Your brain needs rest to perform at it peck. Lack of sleep makes the day seem longer and your tasks seem more difficult.

Tip 7: Communicate Your Schedule to Others.

If phone calls or text messages are proving to be a distraction, tell your friends that you are only available at certain times of day and not to expect a response at other times.

Tip 8: Become a Taskmaster.

Give yourself a time budget and plan your activities accordingly. Figure out how much free time you have each week before you add any commitments.

Tip 9: Don’t Waste Time Agonizing.

Instead of agonizing and procrastinating, just do it. Wasting an entire evening worrying about something that you’re supposed to be doing is not productive, and can increase your stress.

Tip 10: Determine Your Priorities.

You can’t do everything at once. Establish the importance of each, item. Then set realistic goals that are attainable.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

       “It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.”

Reflection: It’s better to be alone because you do your things better and you concentrate more on what you doing. When you are with company you get distracted too much and you end up doing what they’re doing.

10 Time Management Tips for Students

10 Time Management Tips for Students

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Organizing Your Life

Managing your time well is an important element of success—especially if you’re a student. If you set priorities that fit your needs and lifestyle, you’ll have a better chance of achieving your goals. Here are some tips for taking control of your time and organization your life.

Tip 1: Make a To-Do List Every Day.

Put things that are most important at the top to do them fast. And don’t forget to reward yourself for your accomplishment.

Tip 2: Use Spare Minutes Wisely

When you’re commuting on the bus or train, use the time to get some reading done.

Tip 3: It’s Ok to Say No

If your friend asks you to go to a movie on a Thursday night and you have an exam the next morning, realize that it’s ok to say no. Keep your short-and long-term priorities in mind.

Tip 4: Find the Right Time

You’ll work more efficiently if you figure out when you do your best work. For example, if your brain handles math better in the afternoon, don’t wait to do it until late night.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Improving begins with I”

Reflection: What it means is that you’re the one that has to improve. Nobody can make you better only you can improve. You can improve by doing right things and making right decisions. 

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 7 Part 2

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7

Part 2

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

   3) Heart: Always do what is right so your heart, your conscience, will feel peaceful. When you do wrong, your conscience will pick you and create regretful sensations within your heart. When you do what you honestly feel, you won’t have any regrets. Your heart is your internal compass-it gives you direction and discernment. Just like a magnetic compass gives directions, even true north, your personal compass, your heart, will point you in the true north, the exact directions and paths you need to trod.

    4) Soul: Study scriptures and others sacred literature daily. In the other words, feed your spirit because your spirit needs spiritual food just like your physical body needs temporal food to survive. Pondering, meditating, and reflecting are excellent Soul-sharpening activities. Try writing your thoughts, feelings, aspirations, concerns, and decisions in a diary or journal. Writing helps you focus and make good decisions.

Get into the habit of daily improving your body (physical fitness), your mid, your heart, and your soul.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 7 Part 1

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7

Part 1

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Teens should never get too busy living to take time to renew themselves. When teens “sharpen the saw” they are keeping their personal self-sharp so that they can be better deal life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four key dimensions of life –body, mind, heart, and soul

1.      Body, Eat wholesome foods, fruits, vegetables, legumes. Avoid illegal drugs, smoking, alcohol, tobacco products, tattooing. Exercise regularly and effectively. Get plenty of rest at night. Get to bed early at night and get up early each morning. “Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

2.      Mind, Think positively. Read , Study, Think, Analyze, Seek to read a good book each month. Then each week. Ask intelligent questions. Observe. Develop your mind through positive “self-talk.”

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

Reflection: When you are doing stuff by yourself is a lot harder to do and you don’t think the same way. Now when you are in groups it’s a lot easier to do the things. You think more and you get some help from your group.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 6

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 6

Habit 6: Synergize

Synergy is achieved when two or more people work together to create something better than either could alone. Through this habit, teens learn it doesn’t have to be “your way” or “my way” but rather a better way, a higher way. Synergy is the reward, the delicious fruit you’ll taste as you get better at living the other habits, especially at thinking Win-Win and seeking first to understand. Learning to synergize is like learning to form V formations with others instead of trying to fly through life solo. You’ll be amazed at how much faster and farther you’ll go. Synergy doesn’t just happen. It’s a process. You have to get there. And the foundation of getting there is this: Learn to celebrate Differences.

A good band is a great example of synergy. It’s not just the drums, or the guitar, or the sax, the vocalist, it’s all of them together that make up “sound.” Each band member brings his or her strengths to the table to create something better than each could alone. No instrument is more important than another, just different.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“So often, in our group quest to be more popular and to be part of the “in-group,” we lose sight of things that are far more important.”

Reflection: What is saying is that when we are with our friends in groups we don’t care about anything. 

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TEENS HABIT 5

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 teen learns 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 than you may 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 feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent) .

Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as much as we talk. We actually learn more while listening rather than when we talk. 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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7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Habit 4

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Habit 4

4. Think Win-Win

Teens can learn to foster the belief that it is possible to create an atmosphere of Win-Win in every relationship. This habit encourages the idea that in any given discussion or situation both parties can arrive at a mutually beneficial solution. Your teen will learn to celebrate the accomplishments of others instead of being threatened by them. Win-Win is a belief that everyone can win. It’s both nice and tough all at once. I won’t step on you, but I won’t be your doormat either. You care about other people and you want them to succeed. But you also care about yourself, and you want to succeed as well. Win-Win is abundant. It is the belief that there’s plenty of success to go around. It’s not either you or me. It’s both of us. It’s not a matter of who gets the biggest piece of the pie. There’s more than enough food for everyone. It’s an all you can eat buffet.

Win-Win always creates more. Perhaps the most surprising benefit of thinking Win-Win is the good feelings it brings on. The true test of whether or not you are thinking Win-Win or one of the alternative is how you feel. Win-Lose and Lose-Win thinking will cloud your judgment and fill you with negative feelings.

Win-Win will fill you heart with happy and serene thoughts. It will give you confidence. Even fill you with light. Think Win-Win or no deal.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible.”

Reflection: What is telling you is that if you do something wrong in life you are not going to feel right about it. If your choosing the wrong you’ll never feel good about it.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 3

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 3

Habit 3: Put First Thing First

Habit three is about Will and Will Not power. This habit help teens prioritize and manage their time so that they focus on and complete the most important things in their lives. Putting first things first also means learning to overcome fears and being strong during difficult times. Its living life according to what matters most. Putting first things first deals with things that are: Important or not important , urgent or not urgent. Let’s look at the four quadrants of time management

Quadrant 4: Things that are not Important and Not Urgent

1.      Important & Urgent	2.      Important but not urgent
3.      Not important but urgent	4.      Not important not urgent

Quadrant 2 is the ideal place to speed our time, doing things that are important but not urgent. Here’s where prioritize come into play. The results for living Quadrant 2 are:

1.      Control of your life

2.      Balance

So, in what quadrant are you spending most of your time? The key is still to shift as much time as possible into Quadrant 2 and this is accomplished by planning. Spend more time planning and incorporating the most important things first, things that matter most. Keep your eyes on the prize and reach for it.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“The only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failures. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is—‘I will form good habits and become their slaves.”

Reflection: The good habits are going to help you to succeed in life. If you want to succeed in life and be someone in life you have to have good habits. The bad habits are not going to bring you nothing good in life. The bad habits are always going to bring you problems in life.