Attention Detail

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When you double check your calculations for math problems or cite source carefully in a research paper, you’re paying close attention to detail. That skill comes in handy in any work place, whether you’re maintaining a database, keep a log of the hours you spend with clients or write email.

John wooden, UCLA’s former great basketball coach who led his team to ten consecutive national championships, was asked what he attributed his success to. Among a number of things, he mentioned that paying attention to details was one of the most important qualities for successful coaching and for high achievement in any worthwhile purist.  He even paid attention to how his player would lace up and tie their shoe strings. If they didn’t tie them correctly, he would teach them how.  

Details may be small things but from small things to details come great things; therefore, pay attention to details and you will experience substantial progress in your overall educational attainment.

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Cool Under Pressure

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Very few students enjoy taking test. Yet functioning well under pressure is crucial to your future success. Try thinking of the pressure of testing as practice for the work world’s own explosive situation. You could someday find yourself meeting tight deadlines, speaking with irate customers, welding a scalpel or handing dangerous chemicals.  The best way to curtail pressure and to even eliminate it is to prepare. Apply the motto “Be prepared” holds true first time and every time. Prepare for that test, and you won’t worry about it. In fact, it will be your chance to shine, to reveal the hard work you have put into preparing for the test. You will be rewarded for the effort you have thrust into your studies. Preparation removes fear. When you are prepared, you will not fear.Preparation helps you maintain your cool under pressure. Preparation generates energy and enthusiasm; therefore prepare and coolness under pressure is sure to abound.

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Student Success Statement

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”

-Peter F. Drucker

Reflection: I think this quote means to what you know you can do rather than do what you want to do. Like on a project you want to put the best work in the project so you could get the best results rather than do a project with the work that you know should be in there.

Initiative

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Initiative is creating, inventiveness, originality, ingenuity, imagination. Every time you respond in class, every time you choose your own research topic, every time you put together your own interpretation of a piece of literature, you take initiative. And future employers value can-do professionals who come up with new ideas and chart their own course through projects, employees who are self-reliant. Self-relentless people are self-starters who don’t procrastinate on getting the job done. They know what is required and do it. They don’t wait to be told many times. Success in high school, college, and in the career world is taking the initiative.

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Student Success Statement

“Education is a marathon-not a sprint.”

-Anon

Reflection: I think this quote means you should never speed through an education subject because you can learn a lot when you pay attention in class. That is why you go to school every day so you could learn a little bit every day. Also you are expected to train for it not just run for it real quick and expect to be done.

Teamwork skills

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Every time your class breaks into groups to tackle a challenge, you build teamwork skills. In college, you'll continue to have these opportunities to practice voicing you opinion, listening and responding to others, and reaching compromises. By the time you leave college, you can be an expert in this important workspace skill.

Together

Everyone

Achieves

More

Individually you can achieve so much, but when you work with others for a common cause, the same objective, you can accomplish a tremendous amount more. You synergize you talents, knowledge, and skills with those whom you work. All members of the team are edified together, a type of education you can’t obtain by working alone.

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Student Success Statement

“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”

-Muhammad Ali 

Reflection: I think this quote means if you don’t think of what you can do then with wont come true without the imagination you need. If you don’t try you won’t get anywhere so you have to think of what could happen to you if you do try. This quote is also very touching because it comes from Muhammad Ali.

Speaking Skills

Speaking Skills

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When you’re assigned a class presentation, think twice before dismissing it as an unimportant part of your education. Employers look for speaking skills in job applicants, who may have to give presentations to clients or represent their organization in the field. It’s never too soon to practice good eye contact and other public speaking techniques.

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According to The Book of Lists, the fear of public speaking ranks number one in the minds of the majority people. Far above the fear of death and disease, comes the fear of standing in front of a crowd. Joel Wiener noted author and public speaker wants to help people overcome that fear.

“The biggest fear is public speaking, with 15 percent of American experiencing a dramatic fear of it,” said Dr. Michael Telch of the Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders (LSAD) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. “People have had to turn down jobs, and certainly students have dropped classes because of it.”

Regardless of your occupation, your success depends a great deal upon your ability to communicate effectively! Whether you’re running a meeting, selling a product, make a presentation motivate co-workers or just communicate one-on-one with others, you’ll get far better results if you can speak persuasively, smoothly and intelligently.

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Writing Skills

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Communication is at the top of the list of skills that employers look for. And communication in the workplace often means writing.

Health professionals keep patents charts, researchers depend on the money they collect by writing grant applications, software engineers write technical specification, and nearly every one writes e-mail to people inside and outside their organization. And before you even get the chance to interview for a job, you'll need to present yourself in cover letters and resumes.

So by taking writing serious and doing your best on every research paper, every lab report you write, every post you write on your blog site, and every writing activity you engage in, you’re preparing yourself for a good career.

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Ten ways college prepares you for career success

Getting a college education doesn’t mean just absorbing facts and figures. It means building the skills and qualities you need to learn, think and create on your own making you attractive to employers. You’ve already started learning these skills in high school, but college helps you fully develop them.

1.  Writing skills

2.  Speaking Skills

3.  Teamwork skills

4.  Problem solving skills

5.  Initiative

6.  Cool under pressure

7.  Attention to detail

8.  Time management

9.  Honesty

10.                  Love of learning

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 Student Success Statement

“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.”

-Confucius

Reflection: I think this quote means if you see something right and you don’t do it is shown as a sigh of embarrassment and you don’t have the proud in you.

Exam Day: Survival Tips

Test-Taking

Part 3

Identify Key Words.

This Helps You Focus On The Main Idea Of Challenging Questions.

Rephrase Difficult Questions.

To Understand Questions Better, Rewrite Them In Your Own Words. Be Careful Not To Change The Meaning.

Organize Your Thoughts Before Writing.

Take Time To Organize Your Response To Short Answers And Essay Questions. You'll Reduce The Time You Need To Revise.

Write Neatly.

Be Sure You Don’t Lose Points On Answers The Teacher Can’t Read.

Use All The Time You Are Given.

If You Finish Early Don’t Leave. Use The Extra Times To Proof Read And Review Your Answers.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement 

"Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement."

-Matt Biondi 

Reflection: If you  can take the time to do everything,

with calm and time you would have  everything great.

Failure can change into achievement if you try.

Exam Day: Survival Tips

Exam Day: Survival Tips

Test-Taking Part 2

During the test Read the directions.  It’s important that you follow the instructions exactly. For example, some questions may have more than one correct answer.

Answer easy questions first. Doing this can jog your memory about useful facts. You may also come across information that can help you with other questions; you may be able to get partial credit for those you begin but don’t complete correctly.

Ask questions. If a question isn't clear, talk to your teacher. If that’s not possible, explain your answer in the margin.

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Student Success Statement 

"Improve your performance by improving your attitude. "

- Anon

Reflection: if you want to improve in your test ,

 the first thing you need to improve is your attitude.  

Exam Day: Survival Tips

Test- Taking

Part 1

Essential test-taking advice

Try out these strategies while you’re still in high school, and by the time you get to college, you’ll be a test-taking expert.

Before the test

Eat well

Studies show that you need good nutrition to concentrate and perform your best.

Bring the right supplies.

Bring your pencils, erasers, pen, ruler, compasses, calculator or whatever else you need on test day. Review the whole test before you start

See how many sections and what types of questions are on the test. Determine how much time to allow for completing each section.

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Student Success Statement 

"Always do right." 

- Mark Twain

Reflection: Always do what’s right and for Mark Twain to say that it must be correct because he was a very smart man.

Online Learning

Part 2

More Tips

Finally, look beyond the article for more clues.

·         Read the website’s home page and the About Us page. Look for a mission statement to learn more about the site its purpose and the organization sponsoring it.

·         If there is an author listed, look for a biography that discusses the author’s education, profession and other relevant background. If there is no bio on the site, search for one elsewhere on the Web.

·         Check the date. Facts can change overtime, so see if the site shows when it was last updated.

·         Presentation counts; look at everything from design to spelling. A clean, well –organized site shows a certain degree of professionalism.

·         Avoid sites that are pornographic vulgar inappropriate.

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Student Success Statement

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

ANON

Reflection: I think this quote means just because you get a gold medal doesn’t mean that you are a champion it just means that you were able to do something some couldn’t do. But by hard work you are a champion because you could feel it. When you work hard you will become a champion.

Online Learning

Part 1

Read between the lines

Make a judgment about the sit’s and responsibilities based on your own analysis of the site on the information it contains. Here are some ways to do this:

·      Look for facts you know or can check with a trusted source. If the site gets those facts right, it’s more likely that the other facts on the site are also accurate.

·      Study the language used. Is it angry, satiric or overly impassioned? This may indicate that the site is biased.

·      Consider whether the arguments are logical and backed up by evidence, and whether the site presents only one point of view.

·      Check the links to the source that the author acknowledges. Scholarly writing, whether in print or on line, should include a bibliography.

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It’s Online, But Is It On Target

It’s Online, But Is It On Target?

Part 3

Dot-what?

Look at the site’s address. What follows the dot?

·      Dot-com is not only for businesses; anyone can use it. Dot-coms include well-known and respected companies, but also private individuals.

·      Dot-org usually indicates a not-for-profit organization. Many dot-orgs present unbiased information, but others have political agendas, focused on debates issues instead of facts, and might not present all sides of an argument.

·      Dot-gov indicates a government website at the federal, state or local level. The federal government is a good source of statistics, and its site is widely considered among the most reliable.

·      Dot-mil is used by sites that are part of the military.

Dot-edu usually indicates a university website. While its published research is generally considered very trustworthy, anyone associated with the university, whether a world-renowned scholar or a freshman, can be given space on its server. Professors sometimes put student’s course work up on the web, but that doesn’t mean they’re vouching for the information’s accuracy. 

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It’s Online, But Is It on Target?

It’s Online, But Is It on Target?

Part 2

Research with attitude

Conduct your research with the attitude of a skeptic. As you examine websites for clues that there trustworthy, ask these questions:

§  Who wrote the web page? If you can’t identify the individual or organization responsible for the information, don’t use it.

§  What are the author’s qualifications for writing on the subjects?

§  Has the article passed through an editorial process designed to ensure quality and accuracy?

§  What is the website’s purpose? Look for motives – like selling products or winning votes – that could result in biased or incomplete information.

§  Is the information accurate? Is it up-to-date?

§  Where did the author get this information?

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Student Success Statement

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

-Gilbert Arland

Reflection: This statement is a metaphor regarding you succeeding in something. Overall it’s telling you even if you don’t succeed in something, you can’t blame anything, or anyone else for it. You’re the one to blame.

SQ3R

SQ3R

SQ3R=Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review

Recite 

At the end of each selection, look up from the text and in your own words recite an answer to your question for that selection. Then write down your answer. Be sure to provide examples that support it.

Now repeat the Question, Read, and Recite steps for each section. Then read to find the answer. Finally, recite the answer in your own words and jot it down. The written question and answer can help you study in the future.

Review

After completing the chapter, review your notes. Identify the main points by looking for the most important idea in each selection. Recite or write a brief summary of the assignment.

Review your study notes every week to help you remember the information. When it is time to prepare for your test, you'll find you’ve created an invaluable study guide.

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SSS

“The first law of success….. Is concentrating; to blend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor to the left,”

-William Mathews

Reflection: