Student Success Statement: Theodore Roosevelt

Student Success Statement

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Reflection: Well Mr. Roosevelt means that when you decide on something one and best choice is to always do what’s right. You don’t need to do the one that’s cooler if it’s not right because then you’re just cheating yourself of something magical something that you can’t do on your own. Just always choose the right thing and you will go far.

Selecting Your Courses: Part 5

Selecting Your Courses

Part 5

The Arts                                                                            Research indicates that students who participate in the arts often do better in school and on standardized tests. The arts help you recognize patterns, discern differences and similarities, and exercise your mind in unique ways, often outside a traditional classroom setting.                                                                                                        Many colleges require or recommend one or two semesters in the arts. Good choices include studio art, dance, music and drama. Many students have talents and extraordinary abilities in the arts. Students should look within their own repertoire of talents and identify their artistic abilities and take college classes to develop their talents.

Advanced Placement Program® (AP®)                                 To be sure you are ready to take on college-level work, enroll in the most challenging courses you can in high school, such as honors or AP courses. Research consistently shows that students who score a 3.0 or higher on an AP Exam typically experience greater academic success and college graduation rates than students who don’t take AP.

Work hard in your righteous pursuits, and you will reap the benefits of self-fulfillment and job satisfaction. Don’t take shortcuts just to “get by,” instead, take challenging and difficult roads (courses) and reach higher mountain peaks of achievement.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Student Success Statement: Confucius

Student Success Statement

“To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice”

Confucius

Reflection: Well basically Confucius is making a valid argument; you need to do what is right in order to succeed in life. It is not only cowardly but it is also a sign of weakness of giving up. Losing hope in yourself is what gets you to be cowardly, when you do that you will ultimately choose the wrong. When you become someone like when you are trying to find who you are you need to become someone to be proud of to choose the right, to have courage to be someone you are proud of because losing hope in yourself is one of the worst things you can do. 

Selecting Your Courses: Part 4

Selecting Your Courses

Part 4

Social Studies                                                                               You can better understand local and world events that are happening now by studying the culture and history that has shaped them. Here is a suggested course plan:

·      U.S. history (two semesters)

·      U.S. government (one semester)

·      World history or geography (one semester)

·      One additional semester in the above or other areas

Foreign Languages                                                                              Solid foreign language study shows colleges you’re willing to stretch beyond the basics. Many colleges require at least two years of study in the same foreign language, and prefer some more.

Learning a foreign language can be a challenge but is exciting. Repetition is the key to learning a language, and having conversations with others speaking the same language is the best way to learn this new language. Repetition is a fun way will build your skills thoroughly as you seek to master new languages.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Student Success Statement: W. Clement Stone

Student Success Statement

“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right things because it is right. There are the (3) magic keys to living your life with integrity.”

W. Clement Stone

Reflection: All Mr. Stone is trying to say is that when you do something wrong (hopefully you won’t) you need to gain courage to speak up own up to what you did. You need to gain a sense of reality to know that you’re going to be on the right track in life to gain an understanding of what you did was wrong and how to make it right and never do it again. It’s like if you steal you shouldn’t but if you do you must give it back and suffer the consequences because that’s the right thing to do.

Selecting Your Courses Part 3

Selecting Your Courses

Part 3

Science

Science teaches you to think analytically and apply theories to reality. Colleges want to see that you’ve taken at least three years of laboratory science classes. A good combination includes two semesters of each of the following sciences:

·      Biology

·      Chemistry or physics

·      Earth\Space science

More competitive schools expect you to take four years of lab science courses. You can add two semesters in one of the following subjects:

·      Chemistry or physics (the science you didn’t already study)

·      Advanced biology

·      Advanced chemistry

·      Advanced physics

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Stolen Money?

Stolen Money?

Well this story was about a man who after 60 years finally returned money that he stole to the Washington Sears. Actually having it for that long, the guilt must have been eating him alive for so long. After the 60 years with no form of indication he stole it that must have complexly messed up his morals in some way. But we have to give him credit who would do that? Return stolen money, if he didn’t he wouldn’t have forgiven himself and where would that have gotten him. to summarize it would be always choose the right and see about your decisions.

Selecting Your Courses: Part 2

Selecting Your Courses

                                          Part 2

The following subjects and classes are standard fare for success in high school and beyond, whether you plan to attend a four-year or two-year college.

English (Language Arts)                                                                               Take English every year. Traditional courses, such as American and English literature, help you improve your writing skills, reading comprehension and vocabulary.

Math                                                                                                        You need algebra and geometry to succeed on college entrance exams and in college math classes ---- and in many careers. Take them early on. That way, you’ll be able to enroll in advanced science and math in high school, and show colleges you’re ready for higher- level work.                                                                                                       Most colleges look for students who have taken three years of math in high school. The more competitive ones require or recommend four years. Each school has its own program, but some of the courses typically offered are:

·      Algebra I

·      Algebra II

·      Geometry

·      Trigonometry

·      Calculus

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!