"success is dependent on effort"

when it comes to success, effort is the key.
lets say billy does his homework every day, he studies for test, he pays attention, etc.
and lets say bobby fails every class, plays around, fights, and doesnt pay attention.

who do you think will be successful?? well billy is hard working and most importantly he puts all his effort into it.

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 your 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  

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

·         Take breaks of you need them so you wont 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 work load and seek help when you need it.

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JENNA HUFF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT

during a race jenna huff got injured but like all great poeple she choose the right and did not give up. she kept running until she reached the finish line .

HOW TO TAKE ON COLLEGE STUDYING

PART 1

DEVELOP GOOD STUDY HABITS

In college youll need to build on the 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 spends 40 hours a week on class as a full time job, labs, study groups and doing homework.

Being organized and using your time well are essential. Learn more about time management, and use the guidelines below to develop your study skills.

DECIDE 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.

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"choosing the right is always the right thing to do"
alex linares

this statement talks about always choosing the right decision when it comes to doing your homework or going out with your friends. doing homework will get you far in life but not doing it and hanging out with friends will make you fail.

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’s sleep. Your brain needs rest to perform at its peak. Lack of sleep makes the day longer and your tasks seems more difficult.

Tip 7. Communicate your schedule to others. If phone calls or text messages are providing to be a distraction, tell your friends that you are only available at certain times of day and not to except response at other times.

Tip8. Become a task master. 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 your supposed to be doing is not productive and can increase your stress.

Tip 10. Determine your priorities. You can to everything at once. Establish the importance of each item. Then set realistic goals that are attainable.

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT
"its better to be alone than to be in bad company."
ANON

when having bad friends its always better to be alone and realize that you need way better friends than those because bad friend ship leads to peer pressure to doing something wrong which can harm you in a lot of ways.

10 TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR STUDENTS

Tips 1-4

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, youll have a better chance of achieving your goals. Here are some tips for taking control of your time and organizing your life.

Tip 1. Make a to-do list every day. Put things that are most important at the top and do them first. And don’t forget to reward yourself for your accomplishments

Tip 2. Use spare minutes wisely. when your coming on the bus or train, use the time to get some reading done

Tip 3. Its 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 its ok to say no. keep your short-and long term priorities in mind.

Tip 4. Find the right time. Youll work more efficiently if you figure out when to do your best work. For example, if your brain handles math better in the afternoon don’t wait to do it until late at night.

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT
"imporvement begins with I"

when trying to improve something the very first thing you need to improve is your self.

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS #7

Part 2

3) heart: always do whats right so your heart your conscience, will feel peaceful. When you do wrong, your conscience will prick you and create regretful sensations within your heart. When you do what you honestly feel. You wont have any regrets. Your heart is your internal compass-it gives you direction and discernment. Just like a magnetic compass gives you gives direction, even true north, your personal compass, your heart, will point you to the true north, the exact directions and paths you need to trod.

4) soul: study scriptures and other sacred literature daily. In other words, feed your spirit because your spirit needs spiritual food just like your physical body 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, your mind, your heart, and your soul.

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"loyalty"

in a baseball game a girl who never had made a home run before accually made a homerun but in the middle of her way running, because of too much exictement she injured herself and stood in the ground but two girls on the other team decided to carry her and took her through the other plates and finnaly to home run.

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TEENS

Habit 7

Habit 7: sharpen the saw

Teens should never get too busy to take time to renew themselves. When teens sharpen the saw they are keeping their personal self sharp so that they can better deal with life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four key dimensions of life.

1) body. Eat wholesome foods, fruit, 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 at night.” early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

2) Mind. Think positively. Read. Study. Think. Analize. 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
"alone we can do so little, together we can do so much"
helen keller

when trying to do something good alone it can take a lot of time to get it done, but when working together it can be done so quickly that you'll have eough time to make many more good deeds

7 habits of highly successful students

Habit 6

Habit 6: synergize

Synergy is achieved when two or more people work together to create something 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 allows teens to value differences and better appreciate others. 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: learning to celebrate differences.

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

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT
"so often, in our quest to be more popular and to be part of th "in-group" we lose sight of things that are far more inportant."
sean covey

trying to fit in can sometimes make you hurt the poeple that you love and that are way more inportant than that.

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TEENS

5seek first to understand, and then to be understood

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

Why is this habit the key to communication? Its because the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Every one wants to be respected and valued for who they are-a unique, one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-cloned individual. People wont expose their soft middles unless they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they feel it, however, they will tell you more than what you want to hear. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Listen eyes, heart, and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language and how we say words, or the tone and feeling reflected in our voice. 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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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 any 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 is plenty of success to go around. It’s not either you or me. It’s both of us. It’s 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 none of the alternatives is how you feel win-lose and lose-win thinking will cloud your judgment and fill you with negative feelings.

Win-win will fill your 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
"you cannot do wrong and feel righ. its impossible."
Ezra .T. Benson

he's right^

7 habits of highly successful teens

Habit 3

Habit 3: put first things First

Habit three is about will and will not power. This habit helps 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 things that are:

Important or not important, urgent or not urgent. Lets look at the first four quadrantsof time management.

Quadrant 1: things that are important and urgent

Quadrant 2: things that are important but not urgent

Quadrant 3: things that are not important but urgent

Quadrant 4: things that are not important and not urgent

1. important and urgent	2. important but not urgent
3. not important but are urgent	4. not important and not urgent

 

Quadrant 2 is the ideal place to spend our time doing things that are important but not urgent. Here’s where priorities come into play.

The result for living quadrant 2 are:

1. control of your life

2. balance

3. high performance

So, in what quadrant are you spending most of your time? The key is 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 price and reach for it.

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student success statement
"wether i fail or succeed shall be no mans doing but my own. i am the force"
elaine maxwell

when you fail a test... dont blame others because of your failure...blame yourself for having the time to study...

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TEENS

HABIT 1

HABIT 1: BE PROACTIVE

Being proactive is the key to unlocking the other habits. Help your teen take control and responsibility for her life. Proactive people understand that they are responsible for their own happiness or unhappiness. They don’t blame others for their own actions or feelings. Proactive people realize that the ball is in their court, that they are the captain of their own ship; that they are in control, control of their decisions, thoughts, choices, decisions, goals, actions, and priorities. Proactive people are self-starters; they don’t wait to be told what they do, they press forward with enthusiasm towards the achievement of their assignment, their duties, their responsibilities, their obligations. Choosing to do what is right is a proactive decision. Obey the rules. Obey the law. Obey the coach. Obey the school policies. Obey your parents. Obey with exactness, and great things will come to you. Be proactive and take the initiative.

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT
"keep your eyes on the price'
anon

when your concintrated on an oject dont give up and find out all you need to know about that object.

TEEN TIPS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

ST JONHS UNIVERSITY

1.      Attend your classes. Remember in the words of woody Allen seventy percent of success in life is showing up.

2.      Know your faculty. Make sure you know who your teachers are, when their office hours are and how to contract them.

3.      Make sure the faculty knows you. Sit in the front of the classroom. Participate in class discussions. Consult with your teachers during office hours.

4.      Use a daily planner. Note the date of exams, assignments, term, papers, etc.

5.      Be organized. prioritize your responsibilities. Manage your time. Remember everyone has the same 168 hours a week, only some of us use them better than others.

6.      Know your campus resources. Visit your academic dean office regularly. Become familiar with the services and programs offered by the counceling center, the freshmen center, the career center, the campus ministry office an the student life office.

7.      Take care of your health. Get enough sleep, eat well-balanced meals. Exercise regularly. Make informed and mature decisions about alcohol, sex and drugs. Visit health office as needed.

8.      Work only as necessary. Try not the exceed 20 hours during a school week. If possible work on campus. Apply your financial aid and loans if you need them. Manage your expenses very carefully.

9.      Get involved in campus activities. It will help you learn valuable skills, expand your social network and enhance your self-confidence. Seek out opportunities to apply what you learn in the classroom.

10.  Keep your eyes on the price. Clarify your goals. Know why you are in high school or college in the first place. Visualize your success on a daily basis.

 

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT
"you make your habit and your habits make you"

having a habit wether its good or bad it will always affect you in your future

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TEENS

For teens, life is not a playground, it’s a jungle. And, being the parent of a teenager isn’t any walk in the park, either. In his book, the 7 habits of highly effective teens, author seen covey attempts to provide “a compass to help teens and their parents navigate the problems they encounter daily.”

How will they deal with peer pressure? Motivation, success or lack thereof? The life of a teenagers full of tough issues and life changing decisions. As a parent, you are responsible to help them learn the principles and ethics that will help them to reach their goals and live a successful life.

While its all well and good to tell kids how to live their lives, “teens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say,” covey says. So practice what you preach. Your example can be very influential.

Covey himself has done well by following a parent’s example. His dad, Stephen covey, wrote the book the 7 habits of highly successful people, which sold over 15 million copies. Sean’s a chip off the old black, and no slacker. His own book has rung in more than respectable 2 million copies sold. Here are his seven habits, and some ideas for helping your teen understand and apply them.

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PROFILE OF A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT

PART 3

… owns or has easy access to a computer with internet access and e-mail

You don’t have to be a computer expert to be successful in online learning-but you must have access to a personal computer with reliable internet access to a personal computer with reliable internet access, as well as a basic level of competency in using them. Owning a computer with internet access from your home is ideal but many students use the computer labs on campus or at their offices to complete their work.

… has basic computer skills and is willing and open to learning new ones

We said you don’t have to be a computer expert to be successful in online learning. However, there are some basic technical skills you should have mastered prior to enrolling in an online course.

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PROFILE OF A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT

PART 2

Work together. There are a number of ways that you can ensure you get the most out of your educational experience. first, participate fully. Engage regularly in the discussions and be willing to share your personal, professional and educational experiences. You can get to know your classmates through the dialogue that is created in a course environment-sometimes even better than in a face-to-face class. And the same goes for your instructor. Be sure to contact your professor—especially if you are having problems. He/she is still your instructor and will be there to guide and assist you as needed.

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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT
"its not WHERE you live but HOW you live that counts.
its not where you play the game but HOW  you play the game."

it doesnt matter if your rich and you have the greatest of most expensive basketball mentor and you are in a major league basketball team. it doesnt matter where you play as long as you have fun doing what you like

PROFILE OF A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT

PART 1

A successful student …

… takes responsibility for hi/her own learning

Online learning can be a powerful, stimulating, engaging experience for the student who can work and think independently. However, since most-if not all-of the learning takes place on your own time, you will not have the kind of direct supervision you would in a classroom. Online learning therefore requires a significant commitment from you. All education comes down to what you’re willing to invest in the experience-this is particularly true in the online environment. Commitment, self-discipline and self-motivation are all key qualities to ensuring success in an online course.

… is comfortable and confident with written communication

Reading and writing are the basis of most online courses, so it’s critical that you feel comfortable with this form of communication. While some courses contain modules that include videos or other activities, all of them require significant amounts of reading. And nearly all of your communication with your classmates and your instructor will be in writing. If these are weak areas for you, you will want to address those issues prior to enrolling or while enrolled in an online course. The PSU writing center is available to assist you.

… is willing to be a member of an online community.

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STUDENT SUCCES STATEMENT
"goodness is the only investment that never fails"
-henry david thoreau

being good can always py off laten on in the years and you will be proud of it

SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

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10. Successful students are good time managers. Successful students do not procrastinate. They have learned that time control is life control and have consciously chosen to be in control of their life.

An element truth: you will either control time or be controlled by it! Its your choice: you can lead or be led, establish control or relinquish control, steer your own course or follow others. Failure to take control of their own time is probably the no. I study skills problem for college students. It ultimately causes many students to become non-students! Procrastinators are good excuse-makers. Don’t make academics harder on yourself than it has to be. Stop procrastinating. And don’t wait until tomorrow to do it!

The 10 items listed above are paraphrased from an article by larry m Ludewig called ten commandments for effective study skills which appeared in the teaching professor, December, 1992.

“learning technologies and online education”

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