Student Success Statement. :D

Student Success Statement. :D

“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.

He is saying that, it’s your job to do what’s right in your life and never mess up on it. :D

Successful Students

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

If there is one thing that study skills specialist agree on, it is that distributed study is better that massed, late-night, last-ditch efforts know as cramming. You’ll learn more, remember more, and earn a higher grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night session for Friday’s exam that studying for four hours straight on Thursday night. Short, concentrated preparatory efforts are more efficient and rewarding that wasteful, inattentive, last moment marathons. Yet, so many students fail to learn this lesson and 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 rotter knowing that you could have done better but didn’t. shortcuts cut you  short. You can’t plant watermelon seeds and harvest fresh watermelon the next day. It takes time. Cramming for a test or project and expecting to make a high score the next day is a 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

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

Howard Cosell.

He’s saying that if someone or something is popular at that time, doesn't mean that they’re always right. :D  

Successful Students 7-8

Successful Students

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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 got 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 traces that result in more learning.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Graduation is a big deal in high school, and if you don't get enough credits by the end of high school, you won't graduate with the rest of your classmates.

Successful Student

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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 dollars. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be their 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 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 question 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 you to learn more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have to learn letter an the less time will take because you won’t have to include some deciphering time, and use them often. The more you use them the more they improve.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!

Student Success statement

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

Martin Luther King Jr.

He’s saying that, you will always have the right time no matter what to do what is right. :D