Choose The Right

  • Don't Smoke
  • Go to College
  • Graduate From High School
  • Don't Get Arrested
  • Behave Good
  • Always listen

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement
“It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and (to make) unpopular that which is unsounded (and not good).”
Joseph Smith
Reflection: Ay Mr. Haymore I truly don’t understand this statement.

Successful Students 9


Successful Students
9
9….Don’t cram for exams. Successful students know that divided periods of study are more effective than cram sessions, and they practice it.
If there is one thing that study skills specialist agree on, it is that distributed study is better than massed, late-night, last-ditch efforts known as cramming. You’ll learn more, remember more, and earn a higher grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exam than studying in four hours straight on Thursday night. Short, concentrated preparatory effort are more efficient and rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last moment marathons. Yet, so many students fail to learn this lesson and end up repeating it over and over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever, huh?
When you cram, you are taking the shortcut, and shortcuts never produce any real worthwhile results. Also, when you take shortcuts, you feel rather rotten knowing that you could have done better but didn’t. Shortcuts cut you short. You can’t plant watermelon seeds and harvest fresh watermelons the next day
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement
“what’s right isn’t always popular. What’s popular isn’t always right.”
This means that popular is sometimes bad. And what’s right isn’t always popular.  

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 7. . . . .If you act in a certain way that normally produces particular feelings. Act like your bored and you’ll produce those feelings. Act like your disinterested and you’ll become disinterested. So the next time you have trouble concentrating In the class room, “act” like an interested person: lean forward, place your feet flat on the floor, and maintain eye contact with the professor, nod occasionally, take notes, and ask questions. Your actions, your classmates and professor may also get more excited and enthusiastic.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Successful Students


Successful Students
5.       Don’t sit in on the back of the room. Successful student minimize classroom distractions the interference with the learning

Students want the best seat available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly want the best seat for their education dollars. Students that sit in the back can’t possibly be there professors teammate (See no.40).why do they expose themselves to the temptations of inactive classroom experiences. And distractions of all the people between them and their instructor ? of course, we know that they choose the back of the classroom because they seek invisibility and anonymity, both in which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying not to be part of the class, then are you wasting your time?

6.  take good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often

Why put something into your notes you don’t understand? Ask meaningful at some later time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps you learn more. The more you learn then, and use them often. The more you use them, the more they improve.
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Monday, January 28, 2013

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reflection: That there will always be time whenever you fell like choosing the right.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Student Success Statement



Student Success Statement
“ I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”
Ernest Heminway
Reflection: I think this means anyone who accomplishes a moral act feels good when they do. And people who choose immoral acts always feel bad. 

Successful Students 1-2


Successful Students
1-2
Successful students exhibit a combination of successful students….
1.                       Are responsible and active. Successful students get involved in their studies, accept responsibility means control. It’s the difference between leading being led. Your own efforts control your grade, you earn the glory or deserve the blame, you make the choice. Active classroom participation improves grades without increasing study time. You can sit there, act bored, daydream, or sleep. Or, you actively listen, think, question, and take notes like someone in charge of their learning experience. Either option costs one class period. However, the former method will require a large degree of learning the latter provides at one sitting. The choice is yours.
2.                       Have education goals. Successful students have legitimate goals and are motivated by what they represent in terms of career aspirations and life’s desires.
Ask yourself these questions: what I am doing here? Why have I chosen to be my presence here mean to me? Answer to these questions represent your “hot buttons” and are, without a doubt, the most important factors in your success as a college student. If your educational goals are truly your, not someone else’s they will motivate a vital and positive academic attitude. If you are familiar with what these hot buttons represent and refer to them often, especially when you tire of being a student, nothing can stop you; if you aren’t and don’t everything can, and                 will !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement
“My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure”
Reflection: this means since he’s a good person his strength means more than anyone who’s strength is poor.

Study for Multiple Exam Part 3


Study for Multiple Exam
Part 3
English, math, foreign language tips: Practice—especially foreign language. It is hard to succeed in a foreign language class if you are just showing and doing the work. But if you are in your room and look at objects and try to say them in the language you are learning it actually helps. Or if you send a simple text to a friend think about it, can you translate that a German or Spanish? These are the little things that will help. Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better in  college: time management and organization are critical key factors to succeed in college.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Video of Jackie McConnell


Video of Jackie McConnell
Reflection: I think this video was disgusting that guy is so cruel who would do such a thing. How can a person be so evil. They should do what he did to the horse’s and see if he likes it. He did that to them why not to him. He should pay for what he did.

Study for Multiple Exam Part 2


Study for Multiple Exam
Part 2
My strategies for written assignments: Everyone has their own writing styles. I generally come up with an idea and do massive amounts of research before I ever think about writing. I then organize my research then sometimes prepare an outline before actually writing. I always print out the paper and come back to it the next day and reread it. I have to give my eyes a break from it, and if I just wrote it I think it looks perfect. But if I took at it a day later almost always find grammatical errors or phrases and sentences I just want to reword.
How I succeed in team projects: never assume someone is doing what they are supposed to be doing. Have regular meetings and have each member show their work, not just give you or the group their word for it.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Study for Multiple Exams Part 1


Study for Multiple Exams
Part 1
How I study for multiple exams, deal with multiple projects: Really it is my time management that I explained above. If I see I have multiple things due or to study for all the same time I spread out my time beforehand. For example, if I have a test Monday, and 2 test Tuesday then I will study for my Monday test Thursday and part of Friday. Start studying for my next test on the second half of Friday and part of Saturday, then my second Tuesday test on Saturday as well and part of Sunday. Then Sunday night I can review for my Monday test because I already studied for it. When that test is over I can begin reviewing for the other test.
My overall study method: I try to break it up over several days or at least two. I get bogged down if I try to pull an all nighter.
How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: if I receive a low grade I probably knew it was coming because I didn’t prepare properly or I didn’t use the right study habit for that class. I usually try to go over what I did wrong and sometime discuss with the teacher what I can do differently on the next exam or what they suggest I do for studying for the next exam.
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Friday, January 18, 2013

                                      Student Success Statement 
 “There is not instinct like that of the heart.”
Byron
Reflection: This means that only your heart can tell you what the best thing to do and say.

Sarah’s Academic Success Story Part 1


Sarah’s Academic Success Story
Part 1
 My test study method: I have different strategies for different types of test or subjects. For me, any of math is exceptionally difficult so I had to spend extra time on that. I would go back through the homework problems focusing on the problems that I had extra difficulty on. Many times I would ask the teacher for an additionally study materials they could provide. If it was a class that required memorization or applying concepts I would create a sort of study guide for myself many times focusing on what were the key focal points in the class. If I knew there were going to be essays I would try to take terms and apply them to an example or create different questions on the concepts focused on throughout the semester
My time management secret: I always, always, always carry a planner with me. I even use different color highlighters to show that each event on my calendar is for. For example, pink is personal, yellow is school, orange is work, blue is for appointments, and green is for my sorority. Although I use whiteout frequently, I can see the bright yellow that if I have that project for finance due on Tuesday, I need to start working on it on [the previous] Wednesday so I can just get it done. My friends have always been amazed at how early I get things accomplished but that is really all I do.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Sarah’s Academic Success Story Part 1


Sarah’s Academic Success Story
Part 1
Time management became a key factor in my study skills for college. In high school, there were times I was able to study for an hour or two the night before a test and get away with it. This was not the case in college. I made sure in college I was prepared for each class. Sometimes that meant writing out the terms for the chapter we read (even if when it isn’t required) to better understand them. That way when the midterm or test comes around I was able to understand what I was studying. I started taking excellent notes in class in college. I may have done this in high school, but in college I started typing notes after class. This helped me remember what I just went over in class then when I had a test one week later I was more likely to remember then as well.
My overall study method: Structured. One thing I learned was I had to adapt or change my study method according to the class. I couldn’t study for a Religion Class the same way I studied for a Finance class. But making sure I had enough time to study for each class—even if it meant carrying a planner with me at all times was a big part of my success.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement
“There is no set path, just follow your heart”
Reflection: This statement means that there’s         no path that you are suppose too follow you have to go the way your heart wants you to go.

Work Together Part 3


Work Together
Part 3
Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: A big thing that not many will say is to ask for help if you needed it. It’s not bad thing to not understand, it’s a bad thing if you don’t do anything about it. Plan you time out so you are completing everything that needs to get done and leave time to double check. Write things down and have good time management skills. Ask for help is probably the biggest thing I can say though. If you don’t understand, go to office hours or find a classmate that does understand and is willing to help you. I find myself thinking that I would have to try harder to fail than I try to succeed. It is something that is within me to succeed. If that is not who you are, then hopefully things that I have done can show you that success is something that is amazing to find! Good luck!
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Work Together Part 1


Work Together
Part 1
English, math, foreign language tips: for math, all I can say is to do the problems assigned. It is the only way to practice and that’s really all it is for math. It’s the same for chemistry; if you do the practice problems you will understand the material so much better because those subjects are not just memorization like history, you need to be able to apply what you have learned in practice situations. As for English, I am no longer taking it, but I would say leave your self plenty of time to write essays and papers. They take time get all the information out of your head and onto the page, so don’t leave them until the last second
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Monday, January 14, 2013

Work Together Part 1


Work Together
Part 1
I can and will work as part of the team as long as everyone in the team is willing to do his work. I don’t like having to pick up the slack, but I will if I know that my grade will be harmed otherwise. My greatest academic success was in my first semester when I had to write a 10-12 page research paper I had ever been assigned and I was a little scared. Also, it was the first paper where they were like, here you go, just write about something. I had to argue in favor of or against something, but it could be anything from the sky is blue to hypnotism. I wrote mine on hypnotism. I worked on this paper for weeks and weeks. Every night I would be doing research on writing. I put so much effort into this paper. It ended up being just under 12 pages but it was full on information it in and when I got it back a week or so later, I had received a first A+ of my college career. All my hard work paid off because I got the grade I deserved. I was really happy and proud of myself.
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Friday, January 11, 2013

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement
“Try a little harder to be a little better.”
Gordon B. Hinckley
Reflection: This means that  if you try hard in anything you want if you try and try until you get it a little better so the harder you try the better you get.

You Can Succeed Everyday Part 2


You Can Succeed Everyday
Part 2
My strategies for written assignments: I try to outline before I write because otherwise I forget what I am supposed to be talking about. I try not leave them until the last minute because then I will goof up the work. A lot of times I just write what I feel. Teachers like your opinion and if you can find something from the reading or research that relates specifically to your life, they like it even more because it allows you to take owner ship of your work. I write things that I want others to read; not things that I have to write because the teacher said so. How  I succeed in team projects: personally, especially ones that I worked.
Choose the Right!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, January 10, 2013

TigerWoods Ignours His Neady

 
 
 
 
TigerWoods Ignours His Neady
 Brother
 
 
Reflectio: i think that foo mest up why does't he just help out that foo and give him some money that nigga has alot of money  

You Can Succeed Every Day


You Can Succeed Every Day

Part 1

My overall study method: I break up studying over several days and over the course of the evening and day. Cramming never works for me so I try not to do it. I will not do as was rested.

How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: I usually look over the test or paper to see what I did that the teacher did not want. Basically, I do not stress out about grades that much because for me they are not worth getting really upset about. I do well because I know that I know the material. However, if I do get a bad grade, or one lower than I expected, I make sure that next time a test is coming I study even more so that I won’t be surprised by the question.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

effective study methods part3




            Effective Study Methods
                           Part 3
How I deal with multiple projects/test: When I have more than one test or project, I break up my studying. I will study for one test 30 minutes or so and then switch to the other one. If there is some part of a project that I know will not take me very long, I will do it when I don’t have much time. If I am really in a church for time on a specific day, I will study for one test in the morning and the other in the afternoon or at the night. By breaking up the studying into different sections, I feel like I get much more done. Cram sessions do not work for me. I need to study something for a shorter period of time more often for it to sink in.
                         CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Effective Study Methods Part 2



Effective Study Methods
Part 2
My time management secret: My secret is to use time wisely. I know that on certain days I do not have time to run errands or hang out with friends even. Each minute of each day is used for something. One thing that works really well for me is to write everything down. I mean everything. I wrote for me to have a planner that goes by the day and shows me what I am going to be doing every day. Knowing what I have to do every day helps me plan out my week    and my days. If I know that I don’t have time on Tuesday, I will try to get more things done on Monday or Sunday. I plan ahead, especially if I am going to be on the road for volleyball. When I am on the road, I bring my books and read on the bus/plane/hotel room. Missing  class is killer to make up from, but if you are upfront with your professors, they gonna let you pass.
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Monday, January 7, 2013

"What I did on my Three weeks of vacation"

 "What I did on my Three weeks of vacation"

Well on the first week that I was off I was with my family spent Christmas with them. But then New Years I went to San Bernadino with my cousin  it was preety cool becuase we would wake up early and go to the mountians almost every day. And when we wouldnt go to the mountains we would go to my other cousin Hasans house and play ps3 all day long with my other cousins Justin and luis too. A week before school I fixed my room up and just played basketball and ps3. And on sunday I went to church. And thats what I did on my three weeks of vacation.

Effective Study Methods Part 1

Effective Study Methods
Part 1
My test study method: When it comes time to study for the test. I go through my notes and make flashcards on what was important for those sections, paying special attention to what the teacher said would be on the test if there was a review session. Also, I go through the book and read the inset stories and add to my flashcards. If there are practice problems or online assignments or old test, I use those to help me study for the test as well. Once the test is over, I keep flashcards so that I have them for the next test or the final. Flashcards are a marvelous learning tool. The key to remembering something is to repeat it numerous times-spaced rehearsal. If you forget something, it is because you haven’t repeated it enough times for and extended period of time. Repetition is a law of learning; therefore, to learn and remember, to recall, it is mandatory that you repeat over and over the things you desire to learn and remember. You may be thinking, “oh, no, repeating something.” You need to get used to it. For example , the more you practice a song on the piano , the better you become at playing the song. Learning and remembering is like playing the piano-the more you practice saying it or doing it the better you can remember it. Look now at what you can remember. You remember it because you have repeated it numerous times since first being exposed to it. So, practice rehearsing those things you desire to remember, and they will stick with you.
Practice--->Proficiency--->Pleasure
The better you remember, the more pleasure you obtain from studying and learning
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