Student Success Statement/ Reflection

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

It is so self-beneficial if one keeps honest. Not only are you being honest to the people around you but to yourself. Being honest is right and fair and that is what keeps peace. It takes character to be honest and it is not easy. When one is truly honest not only are they avoiding bad consequences but are aiming to doing what is right.

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Initiative

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Initiative is creativity, inventiveness, originality, ingenuity, imagination. Every time you respond in class, every time you choose your own research topic, every time you put together your own interpretation of a piece of literature, you take initiative. And future employers value can-do professionals who come up with new ideas and chart their own course through projects, employees who are self-reliant. Self-reliant people are self-starters who don’t procrastinate on getting the job done. They know what is required to do and do it. They don’t wait to be told many times. Succeeding in high school, college, and in the career world is taking the initiative.

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Problem-Solving Skills

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Problem solving goes far beyond your math textbook. Every assignment is an opportunity to weigh all possible solutions carefully and choose the one you think is best. As a working professional, you’ll be solving problems regularly, whether it’s fixing a bug in a computer program or overcoming budget shortfalls. Problem solving situations occur extensively and frequently; therefore, are ready when then come.

When problems or challenges occur, some people look at them at negative experiences, as a crisis. These people are the ones who live day by day with gloom and negativism in their attitudes. But the really successful people, those who are cheerful and optimistic, are those who look at problems as opportunities, opportunities to learn, grow, expand their horizons, and make new discoveries. They look on the bright side of things and live happy lives.

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Student Success Statement/ Reflection

Student Success Statement

“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.”

-Confucius

Reflection

I agree with this statement. I believe that when one sees what is right and does not do it is because they are lacking courage. It takes courage to do what is right. It takes a worthy person to have courage. It is right to do what is right when they see it, but not everyone may manage to do what is right. Their lack of courage holds them back from doing what is right. We have to be courageous and step up to what is right and take the correct actions.

Exam Day Survival Tips Test-- Taking Part 3

Exam Day: Survival Tips

Test – Taking

Part 3

Identify key words.

This helps you focus on the main idea of challenging questions.

Rephrase difficult questions.

To understand questions better, rewrite them in your own words. Be careful not to change the meaning.

Organize your thoughts before you write.

Take time to organize your responses to short-answer and essay questions. You’ll reduce the time you need to revise.

Write neatly.

Be sure you don’t lose points on answers the teacher can’t read.

Use all the time you’re given.

If you finish early, don’t leave. Use the extra time to proofread and review your answers.

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It’s Online, but Is It on Target? Part 1

It’s Online, but Is It on Target?

Part 1

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan /boost-your-skills/109995.html

Using the Web Wisely

Thanks to the Web, information is easy to find. However, it’s also easy to post something online. Anyone can do it.

You’ve probably used the Internet to do research for a paper, toy help you decide which product to buy, or to form an opinion about current events. Looking up information online is fast and convenient t. But when you do online research, it’s important to find sites you can trust.

Many websites claim to have the facts, but are full of errors. Other present information in a biased way – they only give one side of an argument. How can you tell a reliable source from an unreliable one?

Also, it is critical that you post online only that which is decent and appropriate, never anything pornographic, vulgar, indecent, out of taste, untruthful, or obscene. Post those things that will make a good name for you and your organization, that will promote goodwill and be of benefit to the world.

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Student Success Statement/ Reflection

Student Success Statement

Never

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

-Ayn Rand

(Novelist, philosopher, playwright, screenwriter)

Reflection

There is never a right time to choose the right. There is never a reason why to choose the right. If you know something is wrong and you feel like you need to make that decision, you need to think again. There is no circumstance that choosing the wrong will be needed or accepted. The wrong is wrong and we should never do wrong. No matter what the right the decision will be to choose the right. ALWAYS CHOOSE THE RIGHT.

Reading - 5 Tips for Success , Tip 5

Reading

5 Tips for Success

Tip 5

Tip 5: Keep a List of Questions

When you feel confused about something you’re reading, write down any questions you have. Sometimes your questions are answered as you read further. If not, don’t be afraid to ask for help. Remember, teachers create assignments; they’ve read the texts and are familiar with them. When you have specific questions, your teachers can provide answers that will help you better understand the material. Learning is rooted in questions developed and asked by the learner.

Asking questions to you, to the teacher, and to others, is a great learning method. When you cease to ask questions, you cease to exist to a great extent. Read activity by silently asking questions as you read. Questioning immerses you into the material you are reading and therefore will expand your mental capacities more than almost anything else.

The philosopher Sir Francis Bacon said, “Knowledge is power.” Improving your reading comprehension is the key to gaining important knowledge and making the most of your education. So pick up a book... and a pen.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

The Three Don’ts

Don’t Whine

Don’t Complain

Don’t Make Excuses

-John Wooden

 

Reflection

When we choose the right one should be positive about their decisions. One should not “whine complain or make excuses” as John Wooden mentioned. When we do any of these things we are choosing the wrong. One should be grateful as they are choosing the right, because if otherwise it’s just like making the wrong decisions anyways. It is not right to whine or complain because if you are going to do so then why even make that decision. There is no excuse for choosing the wrong. There is nothing that makes choosing the wrong a good decision. Under no circumstance is it right, never.

Student Success Statement/ Reflection

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

Reflection

I believe that this quote explains it all. It says it all in only two sentences. We have to do nothing other than choose the right. No matter what we have to choose the right. It may not be as easy at the beginning but as you start choosing the right, it becomes easier. The more you choose the right the easier it becomes. By choosing the right you get to enjoy from it. You will have a clear conscious. There will be nothing to worry about or anything that bothers you with a clear conscious. An example would be doing well in an exam without cheating. That exam may have helped you passed the class. You deserved it because you studied hard for it. But if you had cheated on the exam and passed the class because of cheating them your conscious would bother you every time you took a look at your grade because you would remember that it took cheating to get that grade and you don’t deserve it. You’ve chose the wrong. That is the reason we should always chose the right, to get good outcomes and have a healthy conscious.

Student Success Statement/ Reflection

Student Success Statement

“Be always sure you’re right, then go ahead.”

-Davy Crockett

Reflection

I believe that this is very well said. If you believe that it is the correct thing to do then go ahead and do it. You have to make sure that it is correct before doing anything. Don’t go ahead and make an action unless you are sure that what you are going to do is correct. Once you are sure that what you are about to do is the correct then go ahead and do it, otherwise, don’t do it.

Student Success Statement/ Reflection

Student Success Statement

“Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.”

-Woodrow Wilson

Reflection

I believe that President Wilson did that mean “fight” as in physically fighting but more as in standing up for what is right. Taking action to do what is right and always choosing the right. He mentions how just let him know are right and he will reinforce it. I believe that this is something that we should all follow. When something is right then one should stand up for it even through the one else does it doesn’t matter to be the only one standing.

Distacne Education: Is a Virtual Classroom for You? Part 4

Distance Education: Is a Virtual Classroom for You?

Part 4 of 4

Emphasis on the Written Word

Most of the communication, as well as the course work, in distance-learning classes is written. That’s a plus, because the focus on the written word gives you the opportunity to develop as a writer – and strong writing skills are essential to academic success. However, if writing is a serious weakness for you, virtual learning may not be the best educational option until you improve your skills. Yes, most of distance education is the written word; therefore, you need to be a good reader, love to read, and love writing also. Most of your assignments will be written and submitted to the instructor in the written format. Your penmanship needs to be excellent, spelling great, sentence structure above average, vocabulary extraordinary. You need to have online access with reliable equipment. If your Internet communications at home isn’t working, you can’t do online education from home and will need to go to someplace where you do have access to the Internet.

Decide Whether It's Right for You

Distance education isn't for everyone, but it just might be for you. you really should seek it out and give it a try. you never know until you try. you might even fall in love with distance education. while distance education may be the perfect alternative for some students, it's not the right choice for everyone. so carefully consider your unique needs and interests and give distance education a try; then, decide if it is right for you.

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Student Success Statement

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”

-Rosa Parks

Reflection

I believe that this statement is very true. One should not be afraid of what their dong or of any of the consequences as long as they are doing what is right. When someone choses the wrong there are bad consequences and you have to worry about many things such as getting caught. You are also left with guilt and that is what we should fear. An example of doing what is right and when we should fear of what we do would be someone seeing a person steal. If he decides to contact the police to stop the person then he should fear of anything because he is doing what is right. He should not fear on what other people say because his action , stopping the robber, is the correct thing to do.

Summary/Reflection

Summary:

Marion Jones was a multi time Olympic medal winner. After many years of her winning the Olympic gold medal she confessed that she was using illegal drug to enhance her athletic performance. She had lied to the inspectors and had lived years with the lie that she had won by cheating. Being the face of America in the Olympics she shocked everyone and most sadly she disappointed many. She was punished for her actions. Her metals were removed and she was sentenced to six months in prison.

Reflection:

Jones was living with guilt for years. Even if the reward was great her conscious was not left alone until she burst out the true. She knew what the consequences would be and she decided to face them anyways. It is important to choose the right and be honest to everyone especially with one’s self. No matter how easy it seems to get away with something, your conscious won’t be pure and it won’t let you be in peace.

Balancing High School and Part-time Work Part 4

Balancing High School and Part-time Work

Part 4

He reminds students that “the activities and courses students choose vary considerably, so it’s important for young people to keep their individual situations clearly in mind.” MacGowan continues, “For example, student actors should allow for the fact that they won’t have so much time during performance seasons. Student athletes need to remember the times of the year that they’ll be tied up with games and practices. Other students who are in classes that make considerable demands outside of the classroom must keep that reality in mind.”

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Summary/ Reflection

Summary: Grandparents of a young girl kept her locked in their apartment bathroom. She was only allowed out of the bathroom to attend school or for special occasions, such as a visit from a family member. They kept her in horrible conditions and only provided a blanket for the poor child. This horrible practice lasted six long years. When psychologist examined her, they evaluated her to be normal. This older couple had various felonies charged against them.

 Reflection: It is shocking to think that grandparents are capable of mistreating their grandchildren. To think that an innocent little girl has been trapped in a bathroom for six years is devastating. Thinking of the living conditions she was in is sad. The only thing I could think of is that in those six years this child should have been enjoying her childhood instead of being locked in a filthy bathroom. No one can give her back those six years and she has to live with the memory of that traumatizing experience. This man and women deserve to be punished. It is definitely not right to treat their grandchild inhumanely.

Summary/ Reflection

Summary:

After 60 years a man returns money he had stolen in the late 1940s from Sears. He had stolen about 25 dollars then. He decided to pay back 60 years later. The man left an envelope with a cashier at Sears with a 100 dollar bill inside addressing it to the manager. Inside with the money, he included a note that explained that he had stolen the money 60 years ago and that he was paying back.  

Reflection:

I believe that if you choose the wrong a bad conscious will forever live with you until you do the right thing. This man carried the guilt with him after 60 years. So much time past but his conscious continued to remind him that he had done bad. To be free of the guilt he decided to pay back. It was until then then his conscious could be free. I believe this is true for all of us. We will always have a guilty conscious when choosing the wrong until we do the right thing.

Selecting Your Courses

Selecting Your Courses

To create that foundation, take at least five solid academic classes every semester. Start with the basics and then move on to advanced courses. Challenging yourself is part of what makes school fun; but you need a firm group of the fundamentals before going on to more advanced work.

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Student Success Statement/ Reflection

Student Success Statement

“Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.”

-Albert A. Montapert

Reflection

When someone makes a choice there will be a result from those choices. The results are called consequences. There are good and bad consequences. When one chooses the right there is good consequences. When one chooses the wrong, there are bad consequences. No matter what you do to try escape from the consequences, they will hit you. That is the reason one should always choice the right, so that they’ll experience nothing but good consequences.