Student Success Stories

Part 1

Katie Watkins, a standout Storm volleyball player for two year, 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 strengths and brings something different to the table. I also learned that we have to respect each other.”

Watkins is a May 2010 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.

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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 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 a daily basis. We become what we do and think about. 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 successful in school and throughout your adult life.

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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.

·        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 extraordinary 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.

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Global Issues

Poverty is an issue the entire world. It contributes to other problems like crime, violence and exploitation. Watch the following videos paying attention to the problems and their causes that are discussed:

How to always succeed in school

you can read whatever you want comic books, the holy bible, your cheerios box, online blog or web article…..whatever! reading increases your brainpower.

·       look up words you don’t understand in the dictionary.

·       read assignmen questions first to help you identify key points.

·       take break from reading to write down what you learn.

·       read outside of class to improve your reading skills.

·       read out loud with your friends classmates or parents.

·       read with a pursose.

·       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, highly, cross reference, write notes in the library, you can’t do this.

·       read regiluos literature.

·       read from the internet.

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