Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or women seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind."

B.C. Forbes

REFLECTION: This statement tells that being honest and up right will make us great and successful in life.

Time Management

Time Management

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Master the moments and you may be a real pro when it comes to juggling the many demands on your time--classes, homework and activities -- with some family help. College gives you an even higher chance to sharpen your time management skills by doing it all on your own. And that's a good thing since most jobs require multitasking. You might need to take care of current clients while attracting new ones. Respond to email while working on a major presentation or order tomorrow's produce while planning next next week's menu.

Someone said, "Wherever you are, be there." Focus on the present moment and give it all your attention. Don't let your mind drift and wander here and there when you need to be thinking and concentrating on the moment at hand. You can't go back and recapture this moment, so make the most of it while it NOW. Master the present and you will master the future. Work smart by mastering the present moment.

Choose the Right

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement."

Matt Biondi

REFLECTION: This statement tells us that if we do bad in something we can make it better if we work hard and never give up.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"Improve your performance by improving your attitude."

ANON

REFLECTION: This tells us that to make are selves better at something we must change are attitude towards it. For example if we want more friends we must be very friendly.

Exam Day: Survival Tips Test -- Taking

Exam Day: Survival Tips Test -- Taking

Part 1

Essential Test-Taking Advice 

Try out these strategies while you're still in high school, and by the time you get to college, you'll be a test-taking expert.

Before the Test:

Eat well.

Studies show that you need good nutrition to concentrate and perform your best.

Bring the right supplies.

Bring your pencils, erasers, pens, rulers, compasses, calculators or whatever else you need on test day.

Review the whole test before you start.

See how many sections and what types of questions are on the test. Determine how much time to allow for completing each section.

Choose The Right

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"Gold medals don't make champions... hard work does."

ANON

REFLECTION: This statement tells us that we work to be champions and we should work hard, we don't just get something we earn it. For example in the Olympics you don't get a gold medal first than perform, you perform first.

Online Learning

Online Learning 

Part 1

Read Between the Lines

Make a judgment about the site's reliability based on your own analysis of the site and the information it contains. Here are some ways to do this:

• Look for facts you know or can check with a trusted source. If the site gets those facts right, it's more likely that the other facts on the site are also accurate.
• Study the language used. Is it angry, satiric or overly impassioned? This may indicate the site is biased.
• Consider whether the arguments are logical and backed up by evidence, and whether the site presents only one point of view.
• Check the links to the sources that the author acknowledges. Scholarly writing, whether om print or online, should include a bibliography.

Choose The Right

Student Success Statement

"The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character."

Margaret Chase Smith

REFLECTION: This statement tells us that when we do the right thing when other people don't think it is cool to makes you a great person, for example your friends are smoking weed and you don't want to, that makes you a great person!

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential."

Liane Cordes 

REFLECTION: This tells us that if we continue to work hard and try hard we will find our inner potential. On the other hard if you rely on just having things done for you, you will not go far.

It's Online, but Is It on Target?

It's Online, but Is It on Target?

Part 2

Research with Attitude 

Conduct your research with the attitude of a skeptic. As you examine websites for clues that they're trustworthy, ask these questions:

• Who wrote the Web page? If you can't identify the individual or organization responsible for the information, don't use it.
• What are the author's qualifications for writing on the subject?
• What is the website's purpose? Look for motives -- like selling products or winning votes -- that could result in biased or incomplete information. 
• Is the information accurate? Is it up-to-date?
• Where did the author get this information?

Choose The Right

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"Be quick, but don't get into a hurry."

John Wooden

REFLECTION: This tells us to do this fast but skillfully. For example the person who does things fast usually wins but if you do fast but take it seriously you will go further.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"When an archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bulls-eye is never the fault of the target. Improve your aim, improve yourself."

Gilbert Arland 

REFLECTION: This statement tells us that when you fail at something you are trying to achieve, it is nobody's fault but yours. If you fail a test it is not the teachers fault it is yours for not studying good enough. If you miss a shot during a basketball game it is not your coaches fault it is yours for not practicing it enough, but if you work hard practice really hard you will make that shot 9 out of 10 times.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

 "Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow." 

-Robert Kiyosak

REFLECTION: This statement tells us that if we want to get better at something don't do it tomorrow do it today. For example if I have a big test coming up the next day I can't study tomorrow morning but today. Also if I want to get better at basketball I have to practice hard everyday.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"There is no justification ever for choosing any part of what you know to be evil."

Ayn Rand

REFLECTION: This statement tells us that choosing the wrong is never a good thing to do. There should no reasons for you to even have the idea of choosing the wrong. Choosing the wrong should never be on you daily schedule but Choosing The Right should.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

The Three Don'ts

Don't Whine/Don't Complain/Don't make Excuses 

John Wooden

REFLECTION: This statement tells us to be champions and winners not whinners. We have to avoid being below the line.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"Be always sure you're right then go ahead."

Davy Crockett 

REFLECTION: This statement tells us to always be sure of what we are doing be for we do it. If we are sure it is good than we could go right ahead as he stated.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"Character is higher than intellect."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

REFLECTION: This means that even if you are the smartest person ever you are nothing if you don't have a good personality. If you are a little on the dumber side but you have a great personality you are a greater person. Intelligence isn't anything if you are a bad person.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"He Listens well who takes notes." -Dante Alighieri 

REFLECTION: If you decide to to take notes that means you well listen greatly.

This may be because when you take notes your mind works harder which means the things you are supposed learn will be learned better.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"When you believe you can--you can."

Dr. Maxwell Maltz

REFLECTION: This student success statement states that if we think we can do something, we certainly can do it with a lot of work and dedication. If I want to make it to the NBA I can just as long as I work hard and dedicate myself.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"You must live in the present to secure your future."

REFLECTION: This says you must live life to the fullest and enjoy it other than wanting the future to happen wanting to drive and stuff.