Student Success Statement

" You will never regret doing what's right."
- Anon


This statement means that you will never regret doing whats right. Always choose the right. If you do what is right you will always feel good about yourself.

Academic Success

Part 2

 

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 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 throughout high school, but I never really had to put fourth much. 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 good notes in class and actually attend every class that I can. Sometimes, with volleyball, it’s tough because we are on the road a lot, but if I do miss the class because of volleyball I make sure that I get the notes from another student that is in the same class. Also, for subject such as chemistry, I do practice problems to help me understand what the material means.

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One of my dreams is to meet Dez Bryant. Dez Bryant is one of the NFL players. He is the wide reciever for the Dallas, Cowboys. He is myb favorite player. I would love to meet him. That is one of my dreams .

Student Success Statement

"Light and darkness can't occupy the same space at the same time. CTR is light-CTW is darkness"

- Call/Haymore


This statement means that when you choose the right, you will be happy.

Academic Success

Part 1

My great academic success: In my principles for marketing class, we had to come up with a new product and sell it. My group ended up with a couple supposedly bad students according to out 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, forgiven, 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 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 language. 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.

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Student Success Statement

"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience"
- French Proverb

This statement means that you should always have a clear conscience. It feels good to know, that you haven't done anything bad .You will feel a good about yourself.

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 a 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 it proofread. Also, with written assignments, having a timeline planned out can help like by setting a certain number 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 the 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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I Will Persist Until I Succeed

Part 1

 

Heather A.’s Academic Success Story

In high school, I didn’t study as much in groups as I do in college. I feel I learn about 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 test, 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 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.

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This painting puts me in a thinking mood. Icant describe what it looks like, so the painting gets me thinking. It is very weird, and looks unexpainable. It loos very nice, and artistic. My thoughts of Dali's painting is that he is very artistic. He is a very good artist. His paintings make you think about them, and they are very colorful.

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 an approving conscience." -Robert E. Lee

This staement means that you should alwyas choose the right. Make the right choices, and you will always feel good about yourself.

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 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 said 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-valued.”

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I see flowers. I see the sky. I see a pond. It makes me feel relaxed.

You Can Succeed in School If You Will

Part 4

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 she 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.

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Some of my favorite artist are

• Big Sean
• Drake
• Tupac
• Biggie Smalls
• The Weeknd
• J Cole
• Kendrick Lamar
• ASAP Rocky
• Ice Cube

Salvador Dali is a famous artist. This painting is called persistence of memory. This image looks depressing to me. It looks sad. Like it needs more color.It has a lot of colcks. I think that this picture means, that live for today not for tommarow.

You Can Succeed in School If You Will

Part 3

 

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 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 year’s old but felt “overwhelmed by life.” She has just graduated from high school when she was in a serious car accident.

“I almost killed myself, not by drinking, 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.

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You Can Succeed in School If You Will

Part 2

 

“Though I graduated from an associated 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.

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You Can Succeed in School If You Will

Part 1

 

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 the 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 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.

 

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Student Success Statement

 

“There is no happiness in sin, and when we depart from the path of righteousness we begin to don those things which will inevitably lead us to unhappiness and misery and loss of freedom.”

 

This statement means that you cannot be happy when you did something bad. If you did something bad, you will never feel good about doing it. You will regret doing whatever you did. If you did something that’s bad, you will regret it and start feeling really bad about doing it. You will end up unhappy, and have regrets .

Student Success Story

Part 6

 

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 on 29 hours a week as a teaching assistant for instructor in the DCCC Early Childhood Education program.

“Not only did receiving this scholarship make me study harder and be the best I could, 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 a 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 to do is put time, study time. They will be rewarded for their 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, than 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.

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Student Success Story

Part 5

 

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 my 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 her teaching assistant’s job in one DCCC building and walking only steps to her evening Catawba classes where she is taking history, statistics and education courses.

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A. How much money would you like to earn per year ?
B. Why would you like to earn this amount ?

A. I would like to earn about 25,000 or more . When i grow up i would like to earn much money, so i could buy everything i want and so i could buy a lot of things for my family.

B. I would like to earn this amount of money a year because like that i could support my family and have a good life. I want to be a pediatrician, when i grow up. I want to be able to  buy me and my children all they want, maybe not spoil them all the time but I'd like to give them as much as possible

Reflection:
"True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse."
This statement means that if you get money the wrong way, then that is not true wealth. True wealth is when you know that you deserve that money, because you earned it. If you steal the money, or do something illegal to get the money, then that is not true wealth.

Student Success Statement
"The most valuable asset you will ever have is your mind and what you put into it."
Reflection: this means that everything you know is what makes you a better person. EVERYTHING YOU LEARN WILL STAY IN YOUR MIND, SO IT MEANS THAT YOUR MIND IS THE BEST IS THE MOST VALUABLE THING ABOUT YOU BECASUE IT REMEBERS EVERYTHING, ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED TO BE A GREAT PERSON.

Student Success 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 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 his DCC instructor.

Seek for higher learning. Work hard. Be a scholar. Do the right things and enjoy success.

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Kimani is a very successful student. He studied hard, and set his goals. Now he is very good at basketball. He graduated from high school, and after he went to college. He choose the right. Kimani did the right thing, by going to college and doing all his work and everything. If he wouldnt of put in the effort, he probably wouldnt be were he is now in life. If you do whats right, life will always treat you right.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT .


BasketBall.

Student Success Stories

Part 2

 

Kimani Hunt, 19, a Dean’s List student at Davidson County Community College, is a standout 6’5” player on the DCCC Storm basketball team who serves as a role model for other students both on and off the court. With a 3.7 grade point average for the fall 2010 semester and a cumulative basketball point total of 765 as of February 18^th, the Hunt’s academic excellence and athletic abilities attract attention. Recently, he caught the attention of recruiters from the University of Northwestern Ohio who will offer him a full scholarship there to play basketball. Named to the 1^st team All Freshmen in 2009-2010, Hunt served on the 2009-2010 Region X and District H Championship teams, and he played with the storm in 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 it’s also helped him achieve a lot of success in the classroom, and we are certainly proud of him.” Ken Krick, 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 the storm fans, and he represents DCCC so well wherever he goes.” Hunt graduated from Riverside High School in Durham before enrolling at DCCC. He hopes to pursue a career in sports management.

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1. What are you thankful for ?

I am thankful that i have both of my parents by my side. All they do for me is because they care about me and want whats best for me, and i am thnakful that i still have them in my life. I am thankful, the fact that i have something to eat and drink everyday.

2. Who helps you ?

My parents, family, and friends help me. My parents are always there for me, and help me out. I know i can always count on them no matter what. They will always help me, and so will the rest of my family. I am also very thankful, that i have my bestfriend by my side no matter what. She always there for me no matter what, and always helps me.

3. How caqn you help others ?

I can help others by, donating stuff i dont need, and food. Out ther in the world, are people that dont even have clean water to drink, and i believe that everyone should help out.

1. What could you have done better take advantage of the learning experiences offered be being involved with this fundraiser?

I could do better by, helping others and doing whats right. I should help others that need more stuff than i do.I should of sold alot of baind aids, to help the needy, but i didnt. If i would of sold band aids of green aid, i would of helped the needy. Maybe not much, but atleast i would of helped them. 


2. What could the adults around you have done to help you get more out out of this fundraising experience.

This article was about how two 5th graders got in a fight over a boy. One of the 5th graders her name was Joanna Ramos, and she had a blood clot in her brain. She was in the hospital becasue they did her a surgery but after the surgery she died. The doctors thought that she would be fine after the surgerury, but she wasnt. A few minutes after she died. She lost her life, over a stupid fight, that was not even worth it. Two 10 year old, fighting over a boy ? Thats is just, stupid. No boys is worth fighting for. The two girls both chossed the wrong. They should of both worked things out, without fighting.  

Student Success Stories

Student Success Stories

Part 1

 

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 team 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 education 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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My Future .

In the future I want to go to college. I want to go to UCLA. I want to be a pediatrician. In the furute i want to help people that need help. Donate stuff i dont need to the most needy. I also want to  travel around the world, go to different place. When i grow up i want to go to the Dalllas Cowboys Staduim. I want to sit in the front row of the stadium and watch the football game . I want people to remeber me as someone that would help others, fun and out going. I want to be someone in life. I after i graduated from college i want to get a good job. My dream job is to be a nurse or a pediatrician.

Student Success Statement

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

 

This statement means that what you do every day, every minute is the key to success. If you choose the wrong at any moment, it will hurt you.

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 became 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 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.

 

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Issues in our community .

What are some issues you see in your community that need attention ?

Some issues that i see in my community that need attention are, when people get bullied but no one does anything about it. People, should really help to stop bullying . Another issue is that there is a lot of homeless people, people that don't even have clean water to drink.You should try and help , by donating stuff you don't need. That would really help the community . Everyone should help at least a little bit, to help your community.





How To Stop Bullying .
Help The Needy . 
Help Your Community .  

 

Teenagers should not be allowed to go to clubs, because it is very dangerous. You can get killed or very hurt if you go to a xclub. Clubing is not very, safe for someone to go. You can get very hurt, if you go to a club. Random people can start fights or even start killing people. You should all choose the right, and not go clubing.
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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. This is a world of competition; someone else is always trying to attain the same things we are. 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. 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 greatly and honorably, learn how they do it and pattern your studies after their’s. 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.

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

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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 one 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 and 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 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 that affects 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:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfSRP9lxvT0

http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt54wOBoeQM

Global Issues Reflection:

• I believe that one of the global issues is that not enough teenagers are going to high school or college. If more teenagers were able to go to college there would be less poverty in this world. They would be able to get a career and get a good job, or at least a job that would pay them enough money.
•  To solve this problem, everyone should get the chance to go to college. None should, not get the chance to get an education.
• I think that this issue, is not only here in the United States. This issues, is all over the world, in many different countries and states. 

• What is Poverty ?

Noun. The state or condition of having a little or no goods or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.

• Where do you see poverty in your community?

You see poverty in downtown LA. That is usually were everyone goes.

• Think about the facts and statistics we discussed. What did you already know ?

I already knew that Latinos, are the most in poverty. I knew that because Latinos are always the ones that get get a job, or cant apply for college, so they end up in poverty.

Student Success Statement

“You will never regret doing the right thing”

This statement means that you will never regret doing what’s right. If you do what is right, you will always feel good about yourself, and never regret doing it. Always choose the right.

How to Always Succeed in School

Part 4

 

Read. You can read whatever you want: Sports Illustrated, Jet, and The New York Times, comic books, the Holy Bible, your Cheerios box, online blogs or web articles… whatever! Reading increases your brainpower.

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

·       Read assignments questions first to help you identify key pints.

·       Take breaks from reading to write down what you learn

·       Read outside of class to improve your reading skills.

·       Read out loud, with classmates, friends, or parents.

·       Read with a 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, highlights, cross reference, and writes notes in the margins, ECT. If the books belong to someone else or the library, you can’t do this.

·       Read religious literature.

·       Read from the Internet

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

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"A nation's treasure is in the people who do what's right"

 

- Adapted Chinese Proverb

 

 

 

This statement means that, if everyone in the United States would choose the right, this would be a wonderful nation.

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