Attention to Detail 7 of 10

When you double-check your calculation for a math problem or cite sources carefully in a research paper you're paying close attention to detail. That skill comes in handy in any workplace, whether you maintain a database, keep a log of the hours you spend with clients or write e-mails. John Wooden UCLA's former great basketball consecutive national championships, was asked what he attributed his success to. Among a # 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 pursuit. He even paid attention to how his players would lace up and tie their show strings. If they didn’t tie them correctly, he would teach them how.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                  

Defining Success from John Fallon

5 Tips for Staying Motivated Tips 1-2

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To succeed in hs and college, you have to do your best at all times. But sometimes it’s hard to stay motivated, even when you really care about the work you’re doing. Here are 5 ways to stay on the right track.

1.     Focus on High-Impact Activities

The key to success ins school is staying focused on your course work. Make a list to get an overall picture of your workload before you start to tackle any of it. Then make a plan. Although it’s tempting to do the simplest assignment first, those that take more time and effort to accomplish are probably the ones that you’ll learn the most from.  

To determine what your priorities are, rank your assignments in the order of their importance. Then rearrange your time and devote more energy to those that have the greatest impact on your course work and grades. For examples, even though all homework assignments are important, studying for a midterm exam takes priority over writing a paragraph for English class. As you complete each task, think of it as another step on your way to college success.

2.       Creating new Challenges
Changing your approach can help you stay interested in what you’re doing. If you’ve been given an assignment similar to one you’ve done in the past, think about it in a different way. If you wrote an essay for creative writing assignment last year, try a poem this time. For book reports, pick a history book instead of another biography.

Distance Education: is a virtual class room for you? Part 4

Most of the communication, as well as the course work, in distance-learning classes are written. That’s a plus, because the focus on the written word gives you the opportunity to develop as a writer—and strong writing skills are essential to academic success. However, if writing is a serious weakness for you, virtual learning may not be the best educational option until you improve your skills. Yes, most of best distance education is the written word; therefore, you need to be a good reader, love to read, and love writing also. Most of your assignments will be written and submitted to the instructor in the written format. Your penmanship needs to be excellent, spelling great, sentence structure above average, vocabulary extraordinary. You need to have online access with reliable equipment. If your Internet communications at home isn’t working, you can’t do online education from home and will need to go to someplace where you do have access to the Internet.

Decide Whether It's Right for You
Distance Education isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you. You really should talk to seek it out and give it a try. You never know until you try. You might even fall in love with distance education. While distance education may be perfect alternative for some students, it's not the right choice for everyone. So carefully consider your unique needs & interest & give distance education a try; then, decide if its right for you.

Marion Jones Olympic Cheater

Marion Jones Olympic Cheater

Marion Jones is widely known for her great achievements for being ‘queen of track’ she was one of the best, with her gold medals. She was on top, on top of the world and wanted to go higher. Instead, she was caught, for her wrong doings! She cheated and lied to agencies, she lied her way into success—that is choosing the wrong. That is what ctw can lead to, Marion Jones, looks can be deceiving. Now choosing the right comes with its consequences, and so Miss Jones ended up serving a 6 month sentence for use of her steroids, and she was also striped of her medals. What a great example Marion brings to all, because no matter if it is big or small, wrong is wrong. You can be on top of the world, but you will eventually get caught and your wrongs will catch up to you. No matter what the truth always gets revealed sooner or later. So you should always choose the right even if you win or lose. Being caught as a cheater is really disappointing and humiliating. 

Student Success Statement

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right & important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."

~ Margaret Thatcher

To do the right thing can mean everything, it is important to realize that what you are doing may be the wrong thing. Recognize and analyze right from wrong and question yourself "why is it wrong?" Although sometimes times get rough and you may not know what to do, if you want to go through the high road to success and satisfaction you must pass all the difficult things and avoid the wrong to reach that. Now, in order to accomplish this you need the discipline; you need to teach yourself and others what to do—when they don’t know what they should do and they are under difficult times, under pressure, right from wrong? Teach and be taught—discipline yourself and reach the your goals. 

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 5 solid academic classes every semester. Start with the basics and then move on to advance courses. Challenging yourself is part of what makes school fun; but you need a firm grasp of the fundamental before going on to more advanced work

How to Take on College Studying part 1

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plna/college-success/961.html

Develop Good Study Habits

In college, you’ll need to build on the study skills that you learned un high school. The demands of a college class are probably more rigorous than those you are used to.

You can succeed by knowing what to expect and how to handle it.

Think of college of as a full-time job, in which you spend 40 hours a week on class, labs, study groups and doing homework.

Being organized and using your time well are essential. Learn more about time management, & use the guidelines below to develop your study skills.

Decide When to Study

Work out about how many hours you need to study every day. Then make a schedule.

v  Figure out what blocks of time you have available throughout the day in the evenings and on the weekends.

v  Consider what time of day you are most alert – there are morning ppl and night owls- & try to schedule your studying accordingly.

v  Think about whether you do better studying for a few hours at a time or sitting down for marathon sessions.

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. It was the longest paper I had ever been assigned and I was a little scared. Also it was the first paper where they were like here you goes 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 or writing. I put so much effort into this paper. It ended up being just 12 pages but it was full on hypnotism. I worked on this paper for weeks and weeks. Every night I would be doing research or writing. I put so much effort into this paper. Iy ended up being just under12 pages but it was full on information. I turned it in and when I got back a week or so later, I had received the 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.

Academic Success Part 1

My great academic success: In my principles of marketing class, we had to come up with a new product to sell it. My group ended up with a couple supposedly bad students according to our teacher since they were the last ones picked. In the end, they helped out more than needed since I was team leader I assigned them certain pieces of the project that became solely their responsibility.  Delegating work always helps since it allows a group member individual work without separating the group.

English, math, foreign language tips: math basically just takes practice. I always tell students to take a blank piece of paper and write everything you know about what you’ve learned or what you’re studying for in the class. If you don’t remember everything or start drawing blanks, then you need to study more and review your notes. Note cards work really well for foreign languages. Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: Go to class, make friends with people in class just in case you’re absent, and remember that you should want to learn.