Student Success Stories Part 1

Student Success Stories

Part 1

Katie Watkins, a student 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- old who works in teams with her classmates in problem-based nursing exercises. “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 goals and working hard to achieve them brings a great feeling of accomplishment. It builds self-esteem, and increases self-confidence. Education opens up many doors of opportunity that normally would not open up for people.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

---

"The secret to achieve true success is found in your daily routine" Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“The secret to achieve true success is found in your daily routine.”

-Author Unknown

The things you do daily will reflect on your success. If you do the right things, good things will later come to you and you will have a successful future. If you do the bad things then you won’t be granted good things and won’t have much of a successful life. It all depends on how you act today, the better of a successful person you are, the better future you will have.

How to Always Succeed in School Part 8

How to Always Succeed in School

Part 8

v  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. I will be helpful for you.” Training the internal functions helps us to understand the decisive faculty of the mind, without which we cannot be successful.

v  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 being a great student- you will become a great student. If you think about being honest- you will be honest. The activities and thoughts that fill your day are keys to living successfully in school and throughout your adult life.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

---

Summary and Reflection of the shooting at Arizona

Summary:

                In this article, there was a shooting right outside a nightclub in Arizona. Many people were wounded and hundreds of people were looking for a way out of this scene. There was a person who went to the hospital who had a gunshot wound on their foot. Two of those suspects are wanted, while one got arrested.

Reflection:

          I feel bad for these people because it is really sad to know that there were innocent people who were wounded due to the gunshots. It’s not fair that innocent people like them get hurt in any way, even though they might have done something bad. Other people don’t get to decide what happens to them, only God decides that. But I’m glad that no one got killed, as long as they are alive and safer now is important.
Summary and Reflection of the shooting at Arizona

How to Always Succeed in School Part 7

How to Always Succeed in School

Part 7

v  Students know they should learn to decide on time, but they don’t do it. They always say “Well, I knew it. I understood the key, but I did not act in time.” Though they may think correctly, and accurately understand the situation properly, they suddenly lose confidence. This is a world of competition; someone else is always trying to attain the same thing we are. So if we don decide on time, someone else will attain what we want. Time is valuable in the external world. A tender bamboo can be easily bent, but if we try to bend a mature bamboo, it will break. That which we have to do today, we should not postpone for tomorrow, but we should also not make decisions in haste. We may have a setback if we make a wrong decision, but our mistakes will teach us.

v  We must learn from the success and mistakes of others. When we see another student succeeding greatly and honorably, learn how they do it and pattern your studies after theirs. also, on the other hand, when you see other students failing miserably learn how they do it and AVOID doing what they do or else you will join them in the failure’s club.

v  Make the most of your time and opportunities while at school. Don’t waste valuable time.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!
How to Always Succeed in School Part 7

How to Always Succeed in School Part 6

How to Always Succeed in School

Part 6

Do the math. Even if you’re struggling in math, stay with it. Knowing math gives you options. It opens doors to good jobs in computers, engineering and business. And it helps your mind get organized.

v  Take math problems one step at a time.

v  Do your math homework every day. Falling behind will make it that much harder.

v  Ask for help and study with friends if you are having problems understanding a concept.

v  The first point to understand is the philosophy and science of decision—how to make decisions on time. The most successful person is that person who knows how to decide on time. There are many extraordinarily brilliant people who understand things very quickly, but when the time comes to make a decision, when an opportunity comes, they withdraw and are not able to act. They do not know how to decide.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

---

How to Always Succeed in School Part 6

How to Always Succeed in School Part 5

How to Always Succeed in School

Part 5

Write. Writing is a way to express yourself: your ideas, opinions and knowledge. And you may do a lot of it in college and on the job.

v  Write a little every day. Try keeping a daily journal to make a habit of writing.

v  Read outside class to increase your vocabulary and understanding of grammar.

v  Break up long writing sessions into shorter periods with regular breaks.

v  Let your writing sit for a while and then come back to it.

v  Read your writing out loud or have someone read it to you.

v  Edit someone else’s writing and let that person edit yours.

v  Learn to write and write to learn.

v  Write creatively. Writing on your personal web blog is a great way to put your words into writing and to journalize your writing day after day.

v  Write your life history.

v  Write your life’s goals in a journal, review these goals often, revise your goals as need. But, write them down.

v  “Writing maketh an exact man; therefore, he that writeth little hath need of a great memory” (Anon)

v  Write to remember.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

---

How to Always Succeed in School Part 5