Academic success part 2

Academic success

Part 2

Laura B.‘s Academic success story
In high  school I was one of the good students who didn’t really have to study to be a good student. The information that I took for notes in class usually sunk in enough for me to be able to get by on the test by simply reviewing the materials just before the class began. I wasn’t that I didn’t try, I had a 4.0 all throughout high school, but I never really had to put forth much of an effort to get the results that I wanted to see. In college however, that changed. Not only did I start studying and reading the book, but I began to understand that the little tiny facts were just as important as the general concept.

My overall study method: I do the reading that is required for the classes, and I try to keep up. If I do fall behind, I usually use that reading that I did not get to as an additional study aid.  I take good notes in class and actually attend every class that I can. Sometimes, with volleyball, its tough because we are on the road a lot, but if I do miss class because of volleyball I make sure that I get that notes from another student in the class. Also, for a subject such as chemistry, I do practice problems…

Choose the Right!!!

student success staement

Student success statement

“There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience”

French proverb

Reflection: I think this quote means that is you are staying well and not doing anything wrong you conscience will be so relaxed you won’t have to worry about it. Always choose the right.

 

i will persist untill i succeed part 2

I will persist until I succeed

Part 2

How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: when receiving a bad grade, I just try to do better on the second exam and study harder. It’s hard when you have your first test in a class and have no idea what to expect. The second one is usually easier since you know what to expect from your teachers.

My strategies for written assignments: start early and make sure that you have it proofread. Also, with written assignments, having a timeline planned out can help like by setting a certain number of pages done by a certain day before the paper is due.

How to succeed in team projects: COMMUNICATION! Deposit your group synergy, communication is crucial. I remember I ran out of cellphone minutes constantly when working on a group project for my marketing research class. It’s really important that everyone is on the same page and getting the mane emails. The worst is when too people are working on the same portion of the project and don’t even realize it.

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I will persist untill i succeed part 1

I will persist until I succeed

Part 1

Heather A.’s Academic success story

In high school, I didn’t study much in groups as I do in high school. I feel I learn better when I teach other people information and we can exchange notes taken in class because sometimes other students pick up on more important information than others.

My overall study method: I prefer to study in small groups and practice problems where I can work out the methods verbally with others.

My test study methods: I have very different technologies. For financial test, I try to work on my problems given in class as well as problems from power points and homework.  When it comes to marketing class, I review my notes and try to make to make diagrams to describe different processes.

My time management secret: one of the biggest secrets is to look over the information that you just learned when class is over. After reviewing the information, it sticks a little bit better than waiting until the night before the test.

How I deal with multiple projects/test: I try to work on whatever has the shortest deadline and work from there. My overall study method: I tend to do massive studying blocks of about an hour or so in order to really learn the material.

Choose the Right!!!

student success staetment

Student success statement

“You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice; you enjoy in the Midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.”

Robert E. Lee

          Reflection:  What I think that quote means is that if you do well you will get rewarded and if you do wrong you will get punished for your actions in life. So Choose the Right every time you do something  

yu can succeed in school if you will part 5

You can succeed in school

If you will

Part 5

After some serous soul-searching, Kennedy decided she was made for a purpose: to be successful and to fulfill who she was distends to be. She returned to DCCC “with determination and a mindset that I would not fail with good leading me.”

She says her first semester back was difficult. “I knew I could find refuge in the student success program,” Kennedy said. “To my benefit, Ms. Gravely accepted me back. Because of my struggle and hard times, I seek a new beginning every day and don’t allow the past to cripple my future. I have learned to have self-value.”

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You can succeed if you will part 4

You can succeed in school

If you will

Part 4

As Kennedy lay crumbled in her hospital bed following the accident, she realized that many of her wounds where invisible. “After the car accident, I suffered from low self-esteem and depression,” she said.  “For years, I allowed someone I love to physically, mentally and emotionally abuse me.”

She had previously tried to take some DCCC classes, but said she was immature and not ready for academic challenge. She dropped out. After the accident, she returned to DCCC to take cosmetology classes. She left school a second time and began to work as a certified nurse assistant. After yet another car accident, she felt unstable, hopeless, and didn’t know what to do.

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you can succeed in school if you will part 3

You can succeed in school

If you will

Part 3

As Quansheeba Kennedy reviews her DCCC transcribed in preparation of transfer to Salem College, she can hardly believe she has a 3.3 grade point average and that she was accepted to prestigious private college with a selective admissions policy.

It took two false starts before the 22-year-old Thomasville resident fond her true calling. Elementary education, and more importantly, before she found and reaffirmed the value of herself. She thought back to when she was 18 years old but felt “overwhelmed by life.” She had just graduated from high school when she was in a serious car accident.

“I almost killed myself, not by drinking or driving, bot by parting, but because I was living a life that was overwhelming,” she said. One must work hard, but not waste time. Goofing off during school is a killer. It kills your achievements and you chance of outstanding success now and later.

Choose the Right!!!