Student Success Statement

“We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and the courage to stop what we shouldn’t do”

Richard L. Evans

Student Responsibilities Part 3

What is important to you is that you, as you start to reach milestones in your ambitions, you appreciate your own achievements. It is a boost, of course, if others appreciate what you have done too, but appreciating, yourself will strengthen your self-belief, and reinforce your determination to succeed.

Some of the key characteristics you will find in those who are successful are successful are perseverance, prepared to research, plan and work hard, practice a lot even when things do not seem to be going well, and an ability to recover and learn from setbacks. At the outset of whatever it is you are trying to succeed in, a strong vision of your future, planning, and setting yourself achievable targets can all play an important role.

If you feel you do not naturally have all those characteristics, then do not despair. Each of them can be accomplished by your own application. You can use meditation and visualization techniques to initiate your vision, and they can certainly be learnt both for that purpose and for each step you take to reach your goals. Setting goals and objectives can be a personal or business technique that can be learnt. You can develop inner strength to succeed if you apply yourself to doing just that; that will enable you to recover from setbacks more easily.

Student: These are YOUR Responsibilities!

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Student Responsibilities
Part 2

7.   I have the responsibility to do every bit of assigned homework with proper attention and thought.
8.   I have the responsibility to view my teachers as a partner in my education.
9.   I have the responsibility to understand that I am not the only student in my class, and that if I fall behind the class, not all of my catching up is appropriate for the classroom setting.
10.                     I have the responsibility to act as a competent adult.
11.                     I have the responsibility to trying to integrate the concepts being taught into other course and other areas of my life.
12.                     I have the responsibility to be polite and open to my teacher and classmates.
13.                     I have the responsibility to accept that my work will be evaluated in terms of what skills any students in course is expected to master.

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by Lynne Marie Rodell, Christian Brothers University, Tennessee. From: The Teaching Professor, January 1994, p.3

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Student Responsibilities

Part 1

Students have the right to seize the responsibility for their own destiny and should be encouraged to do so. With every right comes responsibility!

1.       I have the responsibility to come to every class prepared to listen, to participate, and to learn.
2.       I have their responsibility to read the text carefully, nothing important ideas and rephrasing concepts in my own words.
3.       I have the responsibility to work examples in the textbook and those given in class.
4.       I have the responsibility to consult other students, the teacher, an assistant, and other resources whenever I need the extra help.
5.       I have the responsibility to understand that the teacher is not primarily responsible for making me understand, but that it is my job to study and to learn.
6.       I have the responsibility of keeping an open mind and trying to comprehend what the teacher is trying to get across.

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Student Success Statement

“My basic principle is that you don’t make decisions because they are easy; you don’t make them because they are cheap; you don’t make them because they’re popular; you make them because they’re right.”

-Theodore Hesburgh