My Ninetyfourth Post

“YOU WILL GO FAR WITH CTR”

I will go far with CTR because you are feeling good when you are choosing the right. Choosing the right is important because choosing the wrong is that you are doing things bad. What is more important to me is by choosing the right and it makes me feel good when I choose the right. Choosing the right makes you feel good and happy. Choosing the right is important to you. The graph above are the ways to choose the right. They are: Be Good, Work Together, Be Smart, Be a good student, Work Hard, and Helping the school to be clean. CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Ways of Choosing The Right	Results	Ways of Choosing The Wrong	Results	Lessons
Be Good	To be good you have choose the right.	Not Being good	You’re not being a good and not choosing the right.	The lesson is to be good.
Work Together	When you work together you are being a good student.	Not Working together	You’re not working together as a good student.	The second lesson is to work together with students.
Be Smart	Being smart is that you are smart and being a good gentlemen.	Not Being Smart	You’re not being smart.	The third lesson is to be smart and a good gentlemen.
Be a good student	To be a good student is to be good.	Not being a good student	You’re not being a good student.	The fourth lesson is to be a good student and be good.
Work Hard	Working hard is that you’re working hard enough to pass your classes	Not Working Hard	You’re not working hard.	The Fourth lesson is to work hard by yourself.
Helping the school to be clean	You are keeping your school clean.	Not Helping the school to be clean	You’re not keeping the school clean.	Help keep the school clean.

 

 

My Ninetythird Post

Academic Success

Laura B.’s Academic Success Story

In high school I was one of the good students who didn’t really have to study to be a good student. The information that I took for notes in class usually sunk in enough for me to be able to get by on the 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 out high school, but I never really had to put forth much of an effort to get the results that I wanted to see. In college however, that changed. Not only did I start studying and reading the book, but I began to understand that the little tiny facts were just as important as the general concepts. My overall study method: I do the reading that is required for the classes, and I try to keep up. If I do fall behind, I usually use the reading that I did not get to as an additional study aid. I take goo notes in class and actually attend every class that I can. Sometimes, with volleyball, its tough because we are on the

My Ninetysecond Post

Student Success Student

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

I think this statement means that no pillow is soft but clear conscience.

My Ninetyfirst Post

I Will Persist Until I Succeed

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 a class and have no idea what to expect. The second one is usually easier since you know what expect from your teachers.

My strategies for written assignments: Start early and make sure that you have it 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 I 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.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Ninetyth Post

I Will Persist Until I Succeed

Heather A.’s Academic Success Story

In high school, I didn’t study much in groups as I do in high school. I feel I learn better when I can teach other people information and we can exchange notes taken in class because sometimes other students pick up on more important information than others.

My overall study method: I prefer to study in small groups and practice problems where I can work out the methods verbally with others. My test study method: I have very different techniques. For financial tests, I try to work on problems given in class as well as problems from power points and homework. When it comes to marketing classes, I review my notes and try to make diagrams to describe different processes.

My time management secret: One of my biggest secrets is to look over the information that you just learned when class is over. After reviewing the information, it sticks a little bit better than waiting until the night before the test.

How I deal with multiple projects/tests: I try to work on whatever has the shortest deadline and work from there. My overall study method: I tend to do massive studying blocks of about an hour or so in order to really learn the material.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

 

My Eightynineth Post

Student Success Statement

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

I think that this means to do always what’s right and it become easier so you enjoy your trials.

My Eightyeighth Post

You Can Succeed in School If You Will

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.”

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Eightyseventh Post

You Can Succeed in School If You Will

As Kennedy lay crumpled in her hospital bed following the accident, she realized that many of her wounds were invisible. “After the car accident, I suffered from low self-esteem and depression,” she said. “For years, I allowed someone I loved to physically, mentally and emotionally abuse me.”

She had previously tried taking a few DCCC classes, but said she was immature and not ready for academic challenge. She dropped out. After the accident, she returned to DCCC to take cosmetology classes. She left school a second time and began working as a certified nursing assistant. After yet another car accident, she felt unstable, hopeless, and didn’t know what to do.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Eightysixth Post

You Can Succeed in School If You Will

As Quansheeba Kennedy reviews her DCCC transcript in preparation to transfer to Salem College, she can hardly believe she has a 3.3 grade point average and that she was accepted into the prestigious private college with a selective admissions policy.

It took two false starts before the 22-year-old Thomasville resident found her true calling, elementary education, and more importantly, before she found and reaffirmed the value of herself. She thought back to when she was only 18 years old but felt “overwhelmed by life.” She had just graduated from high school when she was in a serious car accident.

“I almost killed myself, not by drinking and driving, not by partying, but because I was living a life that was overwhelming,” she said. One must work hard, but not waste time. Goofing off during school is a killer. It kills your achievement and your chances for outstanding success now and later.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Eightyfifth Post

You Can Succeed in School If You Will

“Though 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 cytometry sections of the laboratory.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Eiightyfourth Post

You Can Succeed in School If You Will

Chris Mishak, who earned a degree in Medical Laboratory Technology from DCCC in 1998, is the second MLT graduate from DCCC to be accepted into physician assistant’s 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 in the lab at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

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

It is pretty easy to be successful in school. If students work hard and honorably, it’s not difficult to 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 lifetime.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Eightythird Post

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.”

I think that this statement means in sin there’s no happiness but then they depart from their path  of righteousness and it begin to those things which will inevitably lead them to unhappiness and misery loss of freedom.

My Eightysecond Post

Student Success Story

Andrea Packer anticipates graduating with a B.A. in Education from Catawba in December 2011 and then enrolling in the Master of Arts in Teaching program from Salem College, also offered on the Davidson Campus. Packer spends her days on the Davidson 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. “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.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Eigthyfirst Post

Student Success Story

Andrea Packer – Without the prestigious DCCC Presidential Scholarship she won in 2008, Andrea Packer, a 2010 DCCC honor graduate, says she doubts she would already be pursing her baccalaureate degree from Catawba College. “I cannot say thank you enough to whomever paid for 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’s job in one DCCC building and walking only steps to her evening Catawba classes where she is taking history, statistics education courses.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Eightyth Post

Student Success Stories

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 requirement of an assignment while being a full-time student.”

Noah earned professional certifications 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 the instructors. He also documented the procedure with step-by-step video and written instructions to help others get through the procedure.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

 

My Seventynineth Post

Student Success Statement

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

I think that this statement means that the valuable asset is that you have your mind into it.

My Seventyeighth Post

Student Success Stories

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 the North Carolina Computer Instructor’s Association 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.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Seventyseventh Post

California Schoolgirl is Killed in a School Fight

The fight is so stupid that a 5^th grade student died in a school fight. Having a school fight is choosing the wrong. The investigators said that a 5^th grade girl at Willard Elementary School in Long Beach, had died from a blunt-force trauma to the head. The other school girl had ruled a homicide. They were fight over a little boy when a 5^th grade girl died.

 

My Seventysixth Post

Student Success Stories

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-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 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!!!

My Seventyfifth Post

Student Success Statement

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

I think that this statement is to achieve your daily routine.

My Seventyfourth Post

How to Always Succeed in School

·      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 helps us to understand the decisive faculty of the mind, without which we cannot be successful.

·      Watch what you do on 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 you’re adult life.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Seventythird Post

How to Always Succeed in School

·    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 do not decide on time some 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 also not make decisions in haste. We may have 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 greatly and honorably, learn how they do it and pattern your studies after theirs. Also, on the other hand, when you see other failing miserably, learn how they learn it and AVOID doing what they do or else you will join them in the failure’s club.

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

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Seventysecond Post

How to Always Succeed in School

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.

·     Take math problems one step at a time.

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

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

·     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 time comes to make a decision, when the opportunity comes, they withdraw and are not able to act. They do not know how to decide.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

My Seventyfirst Post

How to Always Succeed in School

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.

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

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

·     Break up a 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 to you.

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

·     Learn to write and write to learn.

·     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.

·     Write your life history.

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

·     “Writing make an exact man; therefore, he that writing little hath need of great memory” (Anon)

·     Write to remember.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!