Student Success Statment

 

  "You will never regret doing what's right."

 

Anon

 

Reflection: In the long run what would you like to have in your conscience a feeling of regret or a feeling that you did the right thing.

 

 

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 able to get by on the test by simply reviewing the material just before class begun. It 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, that changed. Not only did I start studying and reading books, but I began to understand that the little tiny facts were important as the general concepts. 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 the 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, it’s tough because we are on the road a lot, but if I do miss class because of volleyball I make sure that I get the notes from another student in the class. Also, for a subject such as chemistry, I do practice problems to help me understand what the material means.

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Student Success Statement

 

"Light and darkness cant occupy the same space at the same time.CTR is light-CTW is darkness."

Call/Haymore

 

What haymore is trying to say is that since in your heart there can only be light or darkness it is up to you to decide. You can either choose the right- Light or you can choose the wrong- Darkness

Academic Success

Part 1

 

My great academic success: In my principles of marketing class, we had to come up with a new product to sell it. My group ended up with a couple supposedly bad students according to our teacher since they were the last ones picked. In the end, they helped out more than needed since I was team leader I assigned them certain pieces of the project that became solely their responsibility. Delegating work always helps since it allows a group member individual work without separating the group.

English, math, foreign language tips: math basically just takes practice. I always tell students to take a blank piece of paper and write everything you know about what you’ve learned or what you’re studying for in the class. If you don’t remember everything or start drawing blanks, then you need to study more and review your notes. Note cards work really well for foreign languages. Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: Go to class, make friends with people in class just in case you’re absent and remember that you should want to learn.

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"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience"

French Proverb

 

What the french proverb is tyring to say is that in order for you to get a good nights sleep is to have a clean conscience. A dirty conscience will make it almost impossible for you to sleep or even live with yourself.

 

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 class and have your first test in a class and have no idea what to expect. The second one is usually easier since you know what 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 I succeed in team projects: COMMUNICATION! Despite your group synergy, communication is crucial. I remember I ran out of cell phone 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 same emails. The worst is when two people are working on the same portion of the project and don’t even realize it.

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Student Success Statement

"You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.

Robert E. Lee   

If you always choose the right it will become a natural habit. If you always choose the right you will have a clean mind and conscience.Even if sometimes you accidentally slip up and choose the wrong if you continue to choose the right it wont really affect you.

You Can Succeed in School If You Will

Part 5

After serious soul-searching, Kennedy decided she was made for a purpose: to be successful and to fulfill who she was destined to be. She returned to DCCC “with determination and a mindset that I would not fail with God 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 struggles 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-valued.

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You Can Succeed in School If You Will

Part 4

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

She had previously tried taking a few DCCC classes, but said she was immature and not ready for the academic challenge. She dropped out. After the accident, she returned to DCCC to take cosmetology classes. She left school a second time and began working as a certified nursing 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

 

As Quansheeba Kennedy reviews her DCC transcript in preparation

 To transfer to Salem College, she can hardly believe she has a 3.3 grade point average and that the  was accepted into the prestigious private college with selective admissions policy.

It took two false starts before the 22-year-old Thomasville resident found her true calling, elementary education, and more importantly, before she found reaffirmed the value of herself. She thought back to when she was only 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 and driving, not by partying, 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 achievement and your chances for outstanding success now and later.

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