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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Student Success Statement

“Stop worrying about whether you’re going to win or lose and focus your full attention on what’s happening right this moment.”

-Phil Jackson

11 World Championships-Coach

2 World Championships-Player

2 High School Championships-Player

Reflection

We can’t swell on the future and keep wondering what will happen because we have to focus and what we are doing now. Whatever it is we do right now determine our future, dwelling on the future does not get us there. It is the hard work and concentration that does. I definitely agree with Phil Jackson. A good example would be I. I hope to go to UCLA and I am constantly questioning whether I will get accepted or not. I keep worrying but then I realize that worrying about it won’t get me into UCLA, I should be concentrating on school and what I have to do right now, and that will determine whether I get into UCLA or not.

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Student Success Statement

“Everyone is their architect of their own learning.”

-Claudius

Reflection

We make decisions that shape our lives. It may become challenging to make some decisions for life. Most of us want the best for ourse4lves but don't always make the right choices. One makes decisions and those decisions determine the outlook of our lives. When one receives bad grades, it is not because someone else wanted to give that person that bad grade but it was himself who decided upon that. He may have made bad decisions such as choosing not to study, which lead to the bad outcome. We choose what way our life goes, and we cannot put the blame on anyone else. That is the reason why it is very important to make wise decisions, because it may have a greater impact than imagined.

Student Success Statement/ Reflection

Student Success Statement

“To be great – concentrate.”

-Orson Swett Marden

Reflection

Everyone has a different definition for greatness. For most of us, we wish to be great. It isn’t always easy to become great. It takes hard work, and many obstacles get it the way. The way to reach greatness is to stay focus and concentrate. This is a great quote that truly expresses the idea to achieve greatness. One should concentrate on what it is that they want. When concentrated they shouldn’t let anything distract them from their goal, and is more likely to then reach it.

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.

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Student Success Statement

“Education is a marathon – not a sprint”

-Anon

Reflection

I truly believe this is a great quote and I strongly agree with it. In a marathon one has to keep a fast but steady pace. If you try to sprint in a marathon, you won’t get so far. It is very similar to education. One cannot get an education with only one day of studying all day. It takes years and you learn a bit at a time.

Student Success Statement/Reflection

Student Success Statement

“Gold medals don’t make champions… hard work does.”

-Anon

Reflection

 Having heard this quote multiple times, it always motivates me to work harder. I definitely agree with this quote. A gold metal does not mean that a person is a champion. A gold metal does not define a person. A person has to work hard to be great. Once they have work hard they are champions because they deserve it. A metal is an award for that hard work.

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Student Success Statement

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

-Liane Cordes

Reflection

It does not matter how smart one may be or the countless opportunities one is given that will expose their potential. Effort takes you way farther than any strength. What is intelligence good for it you are not challenged into improving and doing your part by putting effort? It is only when one puts effort into everything they do is when they can realize their true potential.  An example of this would be that one may be the smartest kid in a high school campus but if they don’t constantly put effort into school they won’t ever know what their potential is and won’t get very far. It is a good brain thrown to waste.

Student Success Statement/ Reflection

Student Success Statement

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

 

Reflection

We all have goals and when we don’t reach them that mean that we need to be better to do so. One has to improve themselves, maybe more practice and harder work. If we improve ourselves we can get closer to our goals until reaching them. We can’t put the blame on anything else but our selves. We are the reason why we do or don’t reach a goal.

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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Student Success Statement

“Character is higher than intellect.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Reflection

This quotes claims that character is much for important that intellect. One is most definitely identified by their character rather than how intelligent one is. We should take in consideration that character takes a huge part in our lives. Although it is important to expand our knowledge we can never forget to keep working on our character. Character lands above intellect. Having a great character may lead you farther than having great intellect.

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Student Success Statement

“He listens well who takes notes.”

-Dante Alighieri

 

Reflection

I strongly agree with this quote from Alighieri. I believe that when one is taking notes they are listening at their best. It is easy to try to listen to lesson and get distracted or not fully pay attention. When you are writing notes and what they are saying you automatically pay closer attention because you have to get what they are saying in a piece of paper. Taking notes it’s great because not only are you paying closer attention but you now have notes to go over whenever you need to.

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Student Success Statement

“When you believe you can—you can.”

-Dr. Maxwell Maltz

Reflection

I really like this quote and totally agree with it. I believe that one can do as much as he believes he can do. You have to believe in yourself and believe that you will get something done for it to get done. If you don’t believe then no one else will and you will never get anything done. Once you start to believe that you can do it; then you start to take action towards accomplishing whatever it is that you want to accomplish. You believing that you can do it keeps you motivated along the way. If one stops believing that they can do something then they will never accomplish it. As long as you BELIEVE then you can.

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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.

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.

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Student Success Statement

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction”

-Margaret Thatcher.

Reflection

I believe that being a good person take discipline. I agree with Margaret on the idea of disciplining ourselves to do what is right. I respectively disagree that it is difficult. Especially if you are used to choosing the right and already a habit, the practice of choosing the right all the time becomes easy. I believe that it take a person who chooses the right to be considered a good and admirable person. Only if you have good qualities should you be prideful, feel good about yourself and be happy with yourself.

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Student Success Statement

“If it us not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”

­-Marcus Aurelius

Reflection

Marcus answers the question of what should be done and what should be said. We shall always do what is right and speak only the truth. I definitely agree with Aurelius. Is whatever you have in mind is not right, do not it. If what you have in mind to say is not true, do not say it. I believe this quote is a simple way to say what we shall not do to keep a pure heart. For example, if you walk into class late, and you were thinking of lying, tell the truth. The truth is always right. There is no need to lie, or to lie to you. If you were thinking of ditching school, but you know that it is wrong because you will miss the material of the whole day, then don’t do it. Choose the right. Don’t chose to do something when you know it is wrong.