academic success

Academic success

Part 2

Tests by simply reviewing the material just before the class began. It wasn’t that I didn’t try, I had a 4.0 all through high school, but I never really had to put forth such an effort to get the results I wanted to see. In college however, that changed. Not only did I start studying and treading the book, I began to understand the little tiny facts were just as important as the general concepts my overall study method: I do the reading that is required in the class, and I try to keep up. If I do fall behind, I usually use the reading  that I did not

student success statement

Student success statement

“There is no pillow so soft, as a clear conscience”

-French Proverb

I Will Persist Until I Succeed Part 2

I Will Persist Until I Succeed Part 2

 How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: When receiving a bad grade, I just try to do better on the second exam and study harder. It’s hard when you have your first test in class and have no idea what to expect. The second one is usually easier since you know what to expect from your teachers.

My strategies for written assignments: Start early and make sure that you have proofread. Also, with written assignments, having a timeline planned out can help like by setting a certain number of pages done by a certain day before the paper is due.

How I succeed in team projects: COMMUNICATION! Despite your group synergy, communication is crucial. I remember u ran out of cell phone minutes constantly when working on a group project for my marketing research class. It’s really important that everyone is on the same page and getting the same emails. The worst is when two people are working on the same portion of the project and don’t even realize it.

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You Can Succeed in School

If You Will

Part 5

After some serious soul-searching, Kennedy decided she was made for a purpose: to be successful and to fulfill who she was destined to be. She returned to DCCC “with determination and a mindset that I would not fail with God leading me.”

She says her first semester back was difficult. “I knew I could find refuge in the Student Success Program,” Kennedy said. “To my benefit, MS. Gravely accepted me back. Because of my struggles and hard times, I seek a new beginning every day and don’t allow the past to cripple my future. I have learned to have self-value

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student success statement

Student success statement

“You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you will enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.”

-Robert E. Lee

you can succeed in school if you can

You can succeed in school

If you will

Part 2

“Though I graduate from an associate degree program, I felt that instructors provided me with the same theory and knowledge and those student completing their bachelor’s degree program in clinical laboratories 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 FWUBMC, I think this strong foundation in laboratory science enabled me to dispel many of my preconceived ideas about MLTs regarding their education an 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 overstretch f the hematology, coagulation, and flow cytomery sections of the laboratory.

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you can succed in your school, if you will

You can succeed in school if you will

Part 1

Chris Mishak, who earned a degree in medicinal laboratory technology from DCCC in 1998, is the second MLT graduate from DCCC to be accepted into physician’s assistants school.

In august 2011, Mishak will begin studying at Emory University in Atlanta to become a physician’s assistant.

He says DCCC prepared him well to transfer to Winston- Salem State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in clinical laboratory science in 2004. Since then, he has worked at the lab of Children’s Health care of Atlanta.

“I learned pretty much everything that I needed to learn about laboratory science at DCCC.  Many of the clinical applications that I learned there I still use today, either in my medical volunteering, phlebotomy, or in duties of my current job, which includes training new technologists on cell identification, ”said Mishak.

It’s pretty easy to be successful in school. If students work hard and honorably, it’s not difficult at all. All students need to do is study, put in the time; it’s as simple as that. If students aren’t willing to study now, it will be very difficult to develop this habit later on. Therefore, I suggest that students work hard in their studies and at being good people, doing nothing to get them in trouble during high school. By doing so, they will enjoy success during high school and throughout their life time

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student success stories

Student success stories

Part 6

Andrea packer anticipates graduating with a B.A.in education from Catawba in December 2011and then enrolling in the master of the arts in teaching programs from Salem College, also offered on the Davison campus  working 29 hours a week as a 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 the bright, positive attitude towards 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 is to 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 other, then they can except 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 life time by succeeding in high school on a supper high not. Then you can:

WRITE YOUR OWN STUDENT SUCCESS STORY

CHOOSE the RIGHT!!!

student success statement

Student success statement

“There is no happiness in sin and when 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.”

Reflection: This quote means that when you do something wrong you won’t feel happiness in life. When you do something right you will have the burden of freedom and that is what almost all people want in life is freedom. So always choose the right   and never do anything that you will regret doing in life.

student successful stories

Student successful stories

Part 4

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 area.

“Shane Noah helps other student’s trouble shoot 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 an assignment while being a full time student.”

Noah earned professional certifications in a+, NET+ and security+ inn 2010-2011 and will receive his CCNA certificate in the summer. In addition, he implemented the deployment of windows 8 using server 2008 in the DCCC computer lab without the help of instructors. He also documented the procedure with step by step video and written instructions to help others get through the procedure.

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student success stories

Student success statement

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

                                                                       Anon

successful student stories

Successful student stories

Part 3

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 network technology. Noah, who is from high point, plans to continue his higher education and east Carolina University upon graduation from DCCC.  His career goal is becoming corporate network administrator. He won the North Carolina computer instructors association scholarship after he was nominated by Ann Porter, his DCCC instructor. Seek for high learning. Work hard. Be a scholar. Do the right things and enjoy success.

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reflection

Reflection

I think that it’s cool how he is able to play sports and attend school and still maintain good grades when some people who aren’t even in sports and aren’t participating in anything, are failing. He is a perfect example of a person who chose the right and is still continuing to choose the right. He had consequences for choosing the right and those consequences were good, because when you choose the right you will always get good consequences and when you choose the wrong you have bad consequences and you must pay the penalty at all costs.

student success stories

Student success stories

Part 2

Kimani Hunt, 19, a dean’s list student at Davison county community college, is a standout 6’5” player and the DCCC storm basketball team who serves a role model for other students both on and off the court. With a 3.692 grade point average for this fall 2010 semester and a cumulative basketball point total of 765 as of February. 18, 2010, hunter’s 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 first team all freshmen in 2009-2010 region X and district H champion’s team, and he played with the storm last year’s 2010 NJCAA national championship 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 also helped him achieve a lot of success in the classroom, 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 storm fans, and he represent DCCC so well wherever he goes.” Hunter graduated from riverside high school in Durham before enrolling at DCCC. He hopes to pursue a career in sports management.

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reflection

Reflection

What I think about the situation with Joana Ramos is that she is going to miss out in all of the things that life can offer because she wanted to fight with another little girl, because if a boy. I think that this is a perfect example of choosing the wrong because if she had won and she hadn’t died what would she have gained from it, she wouldn’t have gotten his attention, the only thing that she would have gained from the fight was a black eye. the fight wouldn’t have made her more popular, she’s a 5^th grader, if anything people would ignore her for doing something that foolish.

student success stories

Student success stories

Part 1

Katie Watkins, a stand out storm volleyball player for two years, now spending their 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 I 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 won’t open up for other people.

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student success statement

Student success statement

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

-author unknown

Reflection: this quote means that if you always do what you need to do and you add it to your routine it would be as you were just achieving things for no apparent reason, but when in reality you are working for these achievements, but you are so used to them that there like nothing

how to always succeed in school

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 so dependent on others. when we study the four functions of the mind – buddhi, the faculty of decisiveness; ego, the principle of identity; chitta, the store house of impressions; and manas, the importer and exporter of sensations of experience – when we become aware of power of they will. Will power is that something within us that comes forward and says, “do this. It will be helpful for you.” Training for the internal functions helps 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 then you will become nothing. if you think about being a great student- you will become a great student. If you think about being honest then you will become honest. The activities and thoughts that fill your day are keys to living successfully in school and throughout your adult life.

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how to always succeed in school

How to always succeed in school

Part 7

·       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 it correctly, accurately understanding the situation properly, they suddenly loose there confidence. This is a world of competition; someone else is always trying to attain the same thing that we want. Time is valuable in the external world. a tender bamboo can easily be bent, but if you 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.

·       We must learn from the successes and mistakes of others. When we see another student succeeding great 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 there doing it and AVOID doing what they are doing or else you will join them in the failure club.

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

 

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how to always be successful in school

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 for new jobs in computers, engineering and business. And it helps your mind get organized.

·       Take math problems one step at a time

·       Do your math every day. Falling behind will make it much harder.

·       Ask for help and study with friends if 7you are having problems understanding a  concept

·       The first point to understand is the philosophy 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 don’t know how to decide.

 

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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 a job

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

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

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

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

·         Read your writing out loud or have someone read it for you

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

·         Learn to write and write to learn

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

·         Write your goals in your journals review these goals often, revise your goals as needed. But write them down.

·         “writing makes and exact man : therefore, he who writes has little need of a great memory”

·         Write to remember

 

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student success statement

Student success statement

“you will never regret doing the right thing”

-Anon
reflection:this quote means that if you always choose the right then you will never know the feeling of regret

how to always be successful in school

How to always succeed in school

Part 4

Read. You can read whatever you want: sports illustrated, jet, the New York Times, comic books, the holy bible, your cheerios box, online blogs or web articles…. Whatever! Reading increases your brain power.

·        Look up words you don’t understand in the dictionary

·        Read assignment questions first to identify key points

·        Take breaks from reading to write down what you’ve learned

·        Read outside from class to improve your reading skills

·        Read out loud with your friends, classmates or parents

·        Read with purpose

·        Take reading courses to improve your reading rate and comprehension

·        Take a speed reading course if you desire

·        Take notes while reading

·         When possible read from your own books and materials; this way, you can mark, highlight, cross reference, write notes in the margin, etc. If the book belongs to someone else, you can’t do this

·        Read religious literature

·        Read daily. Set a goal to read a book at least each month, then a book a week

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