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Friday, December 7, 2012

Student Success Statement: French Proverb


Student Success Statement
“There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience”
French Proverb
Reflection: What this is just trying to say is when you do what’s right you’ll feel good, and when that happens you won’t have to suffer with worries, you will have a “soft pillow” it means you won’t have to be so surprised, to worry to ache, to yearn for something, you would feel good about who you are and what you’ve done.

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 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 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!!!

Thursday, December 6, 2012

I Will Persist Until I Succeed Part 1


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 better when I can teach other people information and we can exchange notes when taken in class because other students pick up on more 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 the multiple projects\tests: I try to work on whatever has the shortest deadline and work from there. My overall study method: I tend to so massive studying blocks of about an hour or so in order to really learn the material.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!

The Metamorphosis of Narcissus: Salvador Dali

Well, in Greek mythology it says thatNarcissus 

fell in love with his own reflection in a pool. 

Unable  to embrace the watery image, he pined 

away, and the gods immortalized him as a 

flower.  They mean he thought too highly of 

himself so they make him grow and wait as a 

flower.  The feeling or mood would be too 

grow, to not beself-absorbed to view life. Dali's

 paintings are very intresting surrealism let's 

people express views in a way where you show 

both opinion and artwork. He does very good 

pieces of artwork.


Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Student Success Statement: Robert E. Lee


Student Success Statement:
“You have only always to do what’s right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.”
Robert E. Lee
Reflection: What Mr. Lee is trying to say is once you do what’s right, you will try more and more to do what’s right. As time progresses it will seem natural giving you the satisfaction of you well doing, a good conscience. Once you believe what you’re doing is right, and feels right, you will be happy. You can live in harmony with what you’re doing and how good you feel about yourself.

You Can Succeed in School If You Will: Part 5


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”
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Salvador Dali

I see elephants in the water, well it is a surrealist painter, so it is an unrealistic view on the elephants.
The feeling in the painting\mood would be a comedic view, it is quiet relaxing but with an eerie feeling.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

You Can Succeed in School If You Will: Part 4


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 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!!!

Famous Artists

Famous Artists
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • The Killers
  • U2
  • Passion Pit
  • The Lumineers
  • Phil Phillips
  • Incubus

Salvador Dali
What I see is a skull, and a girl standing in some type of forest.
The mood is dark, like an eerie feeling comes with this painting.

Monday, December 3, 2012

You Can Succeed in School If You Will: Part 3


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 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