Tips for Staying Motivated

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To succeed in high school and college, you have to do your best at all times. But sometimes it’s hard to stay motivated, even when you really care about the work you’re doing. Here are five ways to stay on the right track.

1. Focus on High-Impact Activities

The key to success in school is staying focused on your course work. Make a list to get an overall picture of your workload before you start to tackle any of it. Then, make a plan. Although it’s tempting to do the simplest assignments first, those that take more time and effort to accomplish are probably the ones that you’ll learn the most from.

To determine what your priorities are, rank your assignments in the order of their importance. Then rearrange your time and devote more energy toward those that have the greatest impact on your course work and grades. For example, even though all homework assignments are important, studying for a midterm exam takes priority over writing a paragraph for English class. As you complete each task, think of it as another step on your way to college success.

2. Create New Challenges

Changing your approach can help you stay interested in what you’re doing. If you’ve been given an assignment similar to one you’ve done in the past, think about it in a different way. If you wrote an essay for a creative writing assignment last year, try a poem this time. For book reports pick a history book instead of another biography.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

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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

You can always choose the right, the option is always there. Whether you choose it or not is up to you, you will gain the most from choosing the right, maybe not in a materialistic manner but in a spiritual way. When you are doing the correct thing, you will feel good about yourself and about your life, this is because you conscience knows that you are doing what is correct and it appreciates you doing so because it is what your conscience wants, you don’t want to feel bad, and this is what will happen if you do not do the correct action. Choose the right and be the champion you are meant to be.

 

For example, if you steal from someone or somewhere, your conscience will not be approving, and it will haunt you for your wrong doing, now if you chose the right and obtained a materialistic item in a rightful manner you will have an approving conscience and feel great.



Take Control of Homework

So It Doesn’t Control You

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Take Advantage of Any Free Time

If you have a study period or a long bus ride, use the time to review notes, prepare for an upcoming class or start your homework. Flash cards are a great learning tool. They are easy to make, easy to handle, and are a marvelous tool to help you learn and remember anything. Punch a hole in the upper left corner of each index card and connect the stack of your flash cards with a ring. Then the cards are bound and not flopping around. Flash cards bound like this act

 

Study with a friend

Get together with friends and classmates to quiz each other, compare notes and predict test questions. Consider joining a study group.

Communicate

If you have concerns about the amount or type of homework you have, you may want to talk to your family, teachers or counselor. They can help you understand how much time you need to allot for homework and how to manage your tasks.

Celebrate your achievements

Reward yourself for hitting milestones or doing something well.

Choose The Right!!!

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Student Success Statement

“Be always sure you’re right, then go ahead.”

-Davy Crockett

If you are sure what you are doing is right, then go ahead and do it, if it is the right thing to do there is no reason to hesitate and not do it. If you are right and are doing what is right then that can only benefit you, it will never come back and haunt you, you will have people looking up to you because you were righteous and great.

Take Control of Homework

So It Doesn’t Control You

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Keep Things in Perspective

Know how much weight each assignment or test carries, and use your time accordingly. Don’t waste time, but be wise and smart. Doing the most important things first is being wise and smart.

Get More Involved

Keep your mind from wandering by taking notes, underlining sections, discussing topics with others or relating your homework to something you’re studying in another class. Learn actively and not passively. Be anxiously engaged in your studies and you will have a great experience. Demonstrate a good attitude toward home assignments, and you will begin to love doing it.

Organize the Information

People process information in different ways. Some people like to draw pictures or charts to digest information, others prefer to read out loud or make detailed outlines. Try to find the methods that work best for you. Ask your teacher for recommendations if you’re having trouble.

 

Choose The Right!!!

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Amazing simple facts from Bhaswar Goswami

Student Success Statement

“Character is higher than intellect.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Character is higher than intellect, this is true. Personality is a lot more important and better than intelligence or a strong brain. A strong personality and character can lead you to stronger and more righteous things than a strong brain. What’s the point of being smart if you are not using it to you advantage and to the betterment of the world? Now however if you are using it for bad reasons then that is when it would be better if you were not even smart at all, there is no point in being smart if you aren’t going to use it for what’s right. Now if you have a good personality or character, you will most likely always use it for what is right (best) and that will lead you to being a better person in turn creating a better world by bettering yourself.