Student Success Statement by Margaret Thatcher

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

A British politician, the longest-serving (1979-1990) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century

Reflection:

Even though it might take a while and be very hard to do, disciplining ourselves can be a very important thing in our life because it can help us become better people. People who discipline themselves can become very successful in life because they already know what's the difference between choosing the wrong and choosing the right.

Balancing High School and Part-Time Work: Part 3

Balancing High School and Part-Time Work

Part 3

Brad MacGowan, of the Career Center at Newton North High School in Massachusetts, thinks that working can be a valuable part of a student’s life, if taken on responsibility. “You can derive a great deal from working, considerably more than just money,” he says. “In most cases, you can acquire a nice dose of discipline and a whole new set of skills and experiences.” In addition, your supervisor may be willing to write a strong college recommendation for you.

School Comes First

Schoolwork, including homework and studying for tests, should always be your top priority. MacGowan cautions students who do decide to work, “If you are rushing through your assignments … or not studying enough for tests because of work, it’s time to cut back or quit and find a less time-consuming job.”

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Report: Grandparents locked girl in bathroom for 6 years

Report: Granparents locked girl in bathroom for 6 years

Reflection:

I feel bad for the little girl because she couldn't do anyting about it and they did this to an innocent person. The grandparents deserved this punisment because they chose the wrong. Instead of letting the girl have some freedom, that freedom was taken away from her. These grandparents really choose the wrong, and there will be no forgiveness for them.

Balancing High School and Part-Time Work: Part 1

Balancing High School and Part-Time Work

Part 1

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Like many high school students, you may want – or need – to work part time. Working takes a lot of time and energy, though, so before getting a job, make sure that you think about your ability to handle both work and your education.

Important Considerations

You have to weigh a number of factors when deciding whether to take on a part-time job. It’s important to get as much information as possible, so you can figure out what choice makes the most sense for you.

Schedule a meeting with your school counselor to discuss the idea of working. Talk to your counselor about why you want to work and what type of position you’re seeking.

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Student Success Statement by Marcus Aurelius

Student Success Statement

"If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it."

Marcus Aurelius

Roman Emperor from 161 AD to 180 AD

Reflection:

There are people who can tell whether things are correct or incorrect, for example, people know that smoking is bad, but instead of not taking the smoke and throw it away, they decide to smoke the cigarette. This is choosing the wrong because you know something is bad, then why do it? Also, people who say things that are not true say it to harm someone or make someone feel bad, and this is also choosing the wrong. People who lie and do the wrong things have not learned and will probably live a life full of hatred and judgement.

Selecting Your Courses: Part 6

Selecting Your Courses

Part 6

Success in AP can also help you in other ways. AP helps you stand out in the admission process and offers the opportunity to learn from some of the most inspiring teachers in the world. Learn more about the AP Program.

For More Help in Choosing Courses

Use College Search to look up a specific college’s academic requirements to be sure you are on track to attend the college of your choice.

If you have concerns about your class schedule or progress in school, set up a meeting with your school counselor, teacher or adviser. There are many resources to help you with this process, and with achieving your personal, college and career goals. Without goals, you meander all sorts of directions. Goals give you purpose, direction, enthusiasm, and passion for that which you really desire. Define your goals deliberately, evaluate your goals often and make changes as necessary, work hard to achieve your goals, and continue working hard until you actually do reach your goals.

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Student Success Tips: From Edison College

Student Success Tips

From Edison College

     1.    Attend New Student Orientation at the beginning of the Fall or Spring Semester.

     2.    GEN 101S, First Year Experience, provides excellent content and resources to be a successful student. It is likely that this class will be part of your first semester.

     3.    Be sure to attend all classes, and be on time.

     4.    To reduce distractions, sit near the front of the class.

     5.    Keep a copy of the syllabus for each class so that you will know what is going on, what you should be doing, and how soon you need to get it done.

     6.    Be a good listener. Focus and concentrate on main points.

     7.    Take good notes in class, and review your notes within 24 hours. Then, review your notes periodically to help you retain information. Index cards with key information are also a helpful way to review.

     8.    Study! To be a successful college student, study at least two hours a week for every hour you spend in class. This is a minimum.

     9.    Determine an ideal study space, and plan study time when you are at your best to retain information.

     10.  Maintain a student planner to keep track of important dates and projects.

     11. Apply additional time management strategies, including planning, setting goals, and prioritizing schoolwork and your additional responsibilities.

     12. Avoid marathon study periods. Instead, study for short intervals with a break in between. For example, study for 30 minutes, take a 3-minute break, come back and review, then repeat the process.

     13. Get to know other students in your classes for added support and to study together when possible.

     14. Participate in class, and ask your instructor questions when needed. Meet with them during office hours for additional support and guidance.

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Student Success Statement by Theodore Roosevelt

Student Success Statement

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing."

Theodore Roosevelt

Reflection:

When you have to make a tough decision, think about what the consequences are of your decision. If you choose the wrong, you will live a life of full regret, or maybe be even thrown in jail for living a life full of bad and not good. But if you choose the right, you won't have anything to worry about. With CTR, you will live a very good life and you will have nothing to regret about.

Selecting Your Courses: Part 5

Selecting Your Courses

Part 5

The Arts

Research indicates that students who participate in the arts often do better in school and on standardized tests. The arts help you recognize patterns, discern differences and similarities, and exercise your mind in unique ways, often outside a traditional classroom setting.

Many colleges require or recommend one or two semesters in the arts. Good choices include studio art, dance, music and drama. Many students have talents and extraordinary abilities in the arts. Students should look within their own repertoire of talents and identify their artistic abilities and take college classes to develop their talents.

Advanced Placement Program® (AP®)

To be sure you are ready to take on college-level work, enroll in the most challenging courses you can in high school, such as honors or AP courses. Research consistently shows that students who score a 3.0 or higher on an AP Exam typically experience greater academic success and college graduation rates than students who don’t take AP.

Work hard in your righteous pursuits, and you will reap the benefits of self-fulfillment and job satisfaction. Don’t take shortcuts just to “get-by”, instead, take challenging and difficult roads (courses) and reach higher mountain peaks of achievement.

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Student Success Statement by Confucius

Student Success Statement

"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice"

Confucius

Reflection:

Someone should know when to do the right thing, and when they don't do it, they are choosing the wrong. For example, if you are taking the test, and you know that doing the test without cheating is the right thing to do, and you still cheat, you are making yourself a bad person. Choosing the wrong is a place where people tend to be nothing more than cowards, but choosing the right is a place where people are champions.

Selecting Your Courses: Part 4

Selecting Your Courses

Part 4

Social Studies

You can better understand local and world events that are happening now by studying the culture and history that has shapes them. Here is a suggested course plan:

        ·       U.S. history (two semesters)

        ·       U.S. government (one semester)

        ·       World history or geography ( one semester)

        ·       One additional semester in the above or other areas

Foreign Language

Solid foreign language study shows colleges you’re willing to stretch beyond the basic. Many colleges require at least two years of study in the same foreign language, and some prefer more.

Learning a foreign language can be a challenge but is exciting. Repetition is the key to learning a language, and having conversations with others speaking the same language is the best way to learn this new language. Repetition in a fun way will build your skills thoroughly as you seek to master new languages.

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The 3 magic keys to integrity

What are the 3 magic keys to living your life with integrity?

1) Being honest to yourself

2) Taking responsibility for your own actions

3) Have the courage to say no

I chose these 3 because every person has to be honest with himself, because if you're not, how will others know you are honest? also, when you take responsibility for your own action, it means that you are showing the world that you have done wrong, but you aren't afraid of telling the truth, which shows that you are a person who knows what he/she did was wrong. Finally, if people don't learn to say no, then they will follow people and choose the wrong. Having the courage to say no will show tat you are a CTR champion.

Selecting Your Courses: Part 3

Selecting Your Courses

Part 3

Science

Science teaches you to think analytically and apply theories to reality. Colleges want to see that you’ve taken at least three years of laboratory science classes. A good combination includes two semesters of each of the following sciences:

        ·       Biology

        ·       Chemistry or physics

        ·       Earth/space science

More competitive schools expect you to take four years of lab science courses. You can add two semesters in one of the following subjects:

        ·       Chemistry or physics (the science you didn’t already study)

        ·       Advanced biology

        ·       Advanced chemistry

        ·       Advanced physics

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Report: Man returns stolen money from Sears

Report: Man returns stolen money from Sears

Reflection:

I think this is one of the most heartwarming stories in the history of CTR. He stole that money 60 years ago, and he returned it even though he should have returned it immediately, but what he did is extraordinary because he might have been feeling that guilt inside of him for a long time so he decided to make things right. This man is truly a CTR champion.

Selecting Your Courses: Part 2

Selecting Your Courses

Part 2

The following subjects and classes are standard fare for success in high school and beyond, whether you plan to attend a four-year or two-year college.

English (Language Arts)

Take English every year. Traditional courses, such as American and English literature, help you improve your writing skills, reading comprehension and vocabulary.

Math

You need algebra and geometry to succeed on college entrance exams and in college math classes – and in many careers. Take them early on. That way, you’ll be able to enroll in advanced science and math in high school, and show colleges you’re ready for higher-level work.

Most colleges look for students who have taken three years of math in high school. The more competitive ones require or recommend four years. Each school has its own program, but some of the courses typically offered are:

        ·       Algebra I

        ·       Algebra II

        ·       Geometry

        ·       Trigonometry

        ·       Calculus

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'Tis the Set of the Sail by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

'Tis the Set of the Sail

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1916

But to every mind there openeth
A way, and a way, and a way.
A high soul climbs the highway,
and a low soul gropes the low,
and in between on the misty flats,
the rest drift to and fro.

But to every man there openeth,
A high way and a low,
And every man decideth,
The way his soul shall go.


One ship sails East,
And another West,
By the same self winds that blow,
And not the gales,
That tells the way we go.

The Power of Study Groups: Part 3

The Power of Study Groups

Http://ww.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html

Part 3

Guidelines for Getting a Group Together

Here are some guidelines for creating and running a study group:

How many? Create a group of four to six people. In a larger group, it’s easy for someone to get left out and smaller groups can too easily get off track.

Who? Pick classmates who seem to share your interest in doing well academically. Look for people who stay alert in class, take notes, ask questions and respond to the teacher’s question. Include someone who understands the material better than you and can explain the concepts and someone who doesn’t understand it as well, to whom you can explain the material.

Where? Hold study group sessions in a place that is free of distractions and that has room to spread out books and notes.

How long? Meet for no more than two to three hours at a time. Having a time limit helps the group focus. If you know you only have an hour, you’re more likely to stay on task.

When? Try to meet regularly, on the same day and time each week. Treating the study session as you would other activities helps you to keep a schedule and ensures that everyone attends.

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Selecting Your Courses:Part 1

Selecting Your Courses

Recommended Classes for College Success

Part 1

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/33.html

The academic rigor of your high school courses is an important factor in the college admission process. College admission officers see your high school course schedule as a blueprint of your education. They’re looking for a solid foundation of learning that you can build on in college.

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

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The Power of Study: Part 4

The Power of Study Groups

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html

Part 4

Getting the Most Out of a Session

Here are some tips to help your group get the most out of each study session:

        ·       Decide what you’re going to do in advance.

        ·       Prepare for the session, so you can make the most of your time together.

        ·       Take turns teaching, to reinforce your own knowledge.

        ·       Stick to the session topic.

By supplementing your individual study with a study group, you can reinforce what you’ve learned, deepen your understanding of complex concepts, and maybe even make a few new friends. Remember that a friend is a person who encourages you to do your best and to achieve on a high level, one who pushes you to try a little harder and be a little better. If someone pulls you down the wrong trails of life, then those people are not friends, (they are actually your enemies), and you must avoid them at all cost. Whoever said learning can’t fun? Learning is enjoyable and exciting when you study with others.

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Reflection:

I feel that this lady should deserve the punishment that she deserved. She wasn't supposed to put her kid on top of the car because that is completely dangerous. She choose the wrong and now she's suffering for that.

The Power of Study Groups: Part 2

The Power of Study Groups

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Part 2

The Benefits of Study Groups

Group study offers other advantages in addition to gaining a deeper understanding of class material. These include the opportunity to: Reinforce note-taking. If your AP® Biology notes are unclear, you can ask a member of your study group to help you fill the gaps.

Share talents. Each person brings different strengths, such as organizational skills, the ability to stick to a task or a capacity for memorization.

Cover more ground. Group members may be able to solve a calculus problem together that none would have solved alone.

Benefit from a support system. Members often have common goals, such as good grades. Each person’s work affects the other members, which results in making members supportive of one another.

Socialize. It’s more fun to study with others; the give-and-take makes it more interesting. And because it’s more fun, you spend more time studying!

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Student Success Statement by Arnold Glasgow

Student Success Statement

Goals

"In life as in football, you won't go far, unless you know where the goalposts are."

Arnold Glasgow

Reflection:

When you want to achieve a goal, you must know the path and the things you are going to do in order to reach a goal. You can't just say, "I'm going to be a doctor" and not have a plan about how you are going to become a doctor. If you want to get far in life, you need to know the path you are going to take, otherwise you are going to get lost. If you choose the wrong path, you won't go far. If you choose the right, the possibilities are endless.

The Power of Study Groups: Part 1

The Power of Study Groups

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html

Part 1

Working Together Helps Everyone

You may have noticed that when you’re explaining something you’ve learned to a friend, you begin to understand it better yourself. This happens because, when you explain an idea, you need to think more deeply about it.

The same principle makes study groups useful. Studying with others in a small group is helpful because you:

        ·       Think out loud.

        ·       Share ideas.

        ·       Learn from one another.

     In an effective study group, you and other students hash out lesson materials together – explaining concepts, arguing about them, figuring out why one person’s answer differs from another’s – and in the process, you most likely learn more than you would have studying by yourself.

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Walk The Talk

Walk The Talk

People who see us believe in us but we cannot say something that we are going to becoma and not do it because then that makes us look like liars. We have to choose the right because there is nothing more better than doing the right thing and being respected for it. If we have a goal, we don't stop, we continue until that goal is accomplished. If we want to help someone and others don't want us to help him, show integrity and help out the ones in need. Follow the ones that walk the walk and not the ones who stand back and don't do anything they tell others. In the end, choosing the right is the correct thing to do and all will be so pleasurable. Choose the right, and life will be much easier to live.

Student Success Statement by Albert A. Montapert

Student Success Statement

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

-Albert A. Montapert

Reflection:

When you choose the wrong, you will never feel the same way again. Doing the wrong thing always has its consequences, and those consequences will always come after you. You can tell someone that had chosen the wrong if the consequences have ever catched up to him, and they will tell you, "YES." So, before you start thinking about choosing the wrong, think about the consequences.

How to Take on College Studying: Part 3

How to Take on College Studying

Part 3

Do the Reading

You need to do more than just read the chapters you are assigned – you’re expected to understand them thoroughly. Here are some tips:

        ·       Don’t skim. Read all the material carefully.

        ·       Break up difficult assignments into sections you can digest – chapters, subsections or even paragraphs.

        ·       Look up any words that you don’t understand.

        ·       Pause to think about whether you understand the material; ask questions in class about anything that is unclear.

        ·       Take notes instead of highlighting – this makes you think through and rephrase the key points.

        ·       Create a summary sheet of what you learned from each assignment you read.

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