student success statement

  Student success statement

“You make you habits and your habits make you.”

                                ANON

REFLECTION: IF YOUR PARENTS HAVE GOOD HABITS THEY WILL TEACH YOU THE SAME HABITS. THE HABITS YOU HAVE MAKES THE TYPE OF PERSON YOU ARE.   

7 habits of highly successful teens

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 Sean covey attempts problems they encounter daily.”

How will they deal with peer pressure? Motivation? Success or lack thereof.

While it’s all well and good to tell fids how to live their lives, “ teens watch what you do more than 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 block, and no slacker. His own book has rung in a more than respectable 2 million copies sold. Here are his seven habits, and some ideas for helping your teen understand.

10 tips for student success

     10 tips for student success

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 contact 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 and dates of exams, assignment, team 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’s Dean Office regularly. Become familiar with the services and programs offered by the counseling center, the freshman center, the career center, the campus ministry office and 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 the health office as needed.

8.  Work only as necessary. Try not to exceed 20 hours during a school week. If possible, work on campus. Apply for financial 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 prize. Clarify your goals. Know why you are in college in the first place, visualize your success on a daily basis.

   Choose the right!!!!   

profile of a successful student

Profile of a successful student

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, 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.

      Choose the right!!!!

profile of a successful student part 2

 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 discussion 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 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 or your guidance on any help you need.

       Choose the right!!!!

student success statement

 Student success statement

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”

Reflection: if you do good you will always get awarded for it. If you do something right it will never fail. ir you decide to choose the right i will garante you it will come out good. 

successful students 10

      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 elemental: you will either control time or be controlled by it! It’s 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 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.

        Choose the right!!!!