You Can Succeed in School If You Will

Part 2

“Through I graduated from an associate degree program; I felt that my instructors provided me with the same theory and knowledge as those students  completing their bachelor’s degree program in clinical laboratory science,” Mishak added.

“When I started my clinical rotations at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, I felt that my formal education at DCCC prepared me to succeed at every challenge that I faced. since I was the among first MLT students to rotate through WFUBMC, I think this strong foundation in laboratory science enabled me to dispel many of the preconceived ideas  about MLTs regarding their education and what they are able to do.” After a year working as a medical laboratory technician at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, he was promoted to a Hematology Analytical Specialist position. This involves oversight of the hematology, coagulation, and flow cytometer sections of the laboratory.

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Student Success Statement

“There is no happiness in sin, and when we depart from the path of righteousness we begin to do those things which will inevitably lead us to unhappiness and misery and loss of freedom.”

N. Eldon Tanner

Reflection: I believe that this statement is trying to say that no matter how good a sin seems you would never be truly happy.

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Student Success Story

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Andrea Packer anticipates graduating with a B.A in education from Catawba in December 2011 and the enrolling in the Master of Arts in teaching program from Salem College also offered on the Davidson campus. Packer sounds her day on the Davidson campus working 29

hours a week as teaching assistant for instructors in the DCCC early Childhood Education program.

“Not only did receiving this scholarship make me study harder and be the best I could be, but it also allowed me to graduate in May 2010 with my associate degree totally paid for” she said ”I couldn’t believe I had my first degree and I was debt free. What a wonderful blessing!”

If students work hard during high school, complete all assignments on time and demonstrate a bright positive attitude toward school learning and other people then they can be highly successful as a high school student and qualify for academic scholarships also. All they need to do is put in the time, study time. All the hard work and effort during high school will definitely pay off. They will be rewarded for their hard work. But if they just mess around during their high school years and neglect their studies use drugs and mistreat others then they can expect to fall short of what could have been their rewards of scholarships and other opportunities, and they will suffer in the short and long term. Invest

In yourself. Give yourself opportunities of a lifetime by succeeding in high school on a super high note. Then you can:

 Write your own Student Success Story.

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Student Success Story

Andrea Packer – without the prestigious DCCC Presidential Scholarship she won in 2008 Andrea parker a 2010 DCCC honor graduate says she doubts she would already be pursuing her baccalaureate degree from

Catawba College. “I cannot say thank you enough to whomever paid for my education, and I am going to continue to do my best to make them happy that they invested in me” she said. Since August 2010 packer 20 has been working toward her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Catawba College, and she doesn’t have to leave DCCC’s Davidson Campus to do so. She said she likes the convenience of leaving her teaching assistant.

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Porter said she was impressed at everything Noah accomplishes including earning several professional certifications and still making time to tutor other students in her classes as well as others in the information technology area.

“Shane Noah helps other students troubleshoot software and hardware issues not only in networking classes but other information technology courses while maintaining a positive professional attitude. He goes above and beyond the minimum requirements of assignment while being a full-time student.”

Noah earned professional certification in A+, NET+ and security+ in 2010-2011 and will receive his CCNA certification in the summer. In addition, he implemented the deployment of windows 7 using server 2008 in the DCCC computer lab without the help of instructors. He also documented the procedure with step-buy-step video and written instructions to help others get through the procedure.

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Student Success Statement

“The most valuable asset you will ever have is in your mind and what you put into it.”

 Rflection: this statement means that what ever you put into your mind is very valuable. well like my mom always tells me every piece of knowledge that you put into your mind is very valuable because sooner or later your going to need it in some way. this is very true because i learned my capitols of most states and my teacher asked me a questions about it once and i knew them so i got it correct.

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Student Success Stories

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Shane Noah Is a full-time college student, scholarship recipient, volunteer tutor, Dean’s List student every semester, husband and father. All these titles accurately describe Shane Noah, a high-achieving May 2011 DCCC graduation candidate majoring in Networking Technology.

Noah, who is from High Point, plans to continue his higher education at East Carolina University upon graduation from DCCC. His career goal is to become a corporate network administrator. He won North Carolina computer Instructor’s Associate Scholarship after he was nominated by Ann Porter, his DCCC instructor. Seek for higher learning. Work hard. Be a scholar. Do the right things and enjoy success.

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Kimani Hunt is a great basketball player!!!

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Student Success Stories

Kimani Hunt, 19 a dean’s list student at Davidson county community college is a standout 6’5” player on the DCCC storm basketball team who serves as a role model for other students both and off the court. With a 3.7 grade point average for the fall 2010 semester and a cumulative baseball point total of 765 as of Feb. 18^th hunts academic excellence and athletic abilities attract attention. Recently he caught the attention of recruiters from the University of Northwestern Ohio who offered him a full scholarship there to play basketball. Named to the 1^st team all freshman in 2009-2010, Hunt served on the 2009-2010 Region X and District H champion and he played with the Storm in last year’s 2010 NJCAA National Champion tournament. “Kimani Hunt has been a leader for us the last few years both on and off the court” said DCCC Storm Head Coach Matt Ridge. “ His high standard of excellence has helped us win many games but its also helped him achieve a lot of success in the classroom and we are certainly proud of him” Ken Kirk, DCCC’s director of athletics and wellness agrees. “Kimani is a kind and considerate student athlete. He helps tutor other players who look up to him as an academic leader he communicates well with other students as well as the storm fans and he respects DCCC so well wherever he goes. Hunt graduated from Riverside High School in Daham before enrolling at DCCC. He hopes to pursue a career in sports management.

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Student Success Stories

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Katie Watkins a standout Storm volleyball player for two years now spends her free time studying to be a nurse at DCCC where she says she applies some of the concepts she learned on the court.

 “Just like volleyball nursing can be tough” said Watkins a 21-year-oldwho works in teams with her classmates in problem-based nursing exceersies. “I learned that everyone has different strengths and brings something different to the table. I also learned that we have to respect each other.”

Watkins is a May 2012 candidate to receive her Associate Degree in Nursing. She hopes to pursue her B.S.N. at Winston-Salem State University and eventually get her master’s degree in nursing.

Setting educational goal and working hard to achieve them brings a great feeling of accomplishment. It builds self-esteem and increase self-confidence. Education opens up many doors of opportunity that normally would not open up for people.

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How to Always Succeed in School

Part 8

·         Many people avoid making decisions their whole lives so their decisive faculty of mind the faculty of discrimination becomes rusty and dies. Such people become totally dependent on others. When we study the four functions of the mind – buddhi the faculty of decisiveness ego the principle of identity chitta the storehouse of impressions and manas the importer and exporter of sensations and experience – then we become aware of the power

Of the will. Will power is that something within us that comes forward and says, “Do this. It will be helpful for you.” Training the internal functions help us to understand the decisive faculty of the mind, without which we cannot be successful

·         Watch what you do on a daily basis. We become what we do and think about. If you think about nothing you will become nothing. If you think about a great student you will become a great student. If you think about being honest you will be honest. The activities that fill your day are keys to living successfully in school and thought life.

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