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"Always choose the right, even if you don't see it, it will always pay of."

Final Exam Power Point and Written Assigment

Final Exam Power Point and Written Assigment

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"You will never regret doing what's right"

Anon

If one choose what is right, one will have no regrets. In the other hand if one chooses to do what is wrong one will have many regrets in life. If one always choose to do what is right one will be in peace with one's self, with no regrets because one did what was right.

Academic Success Part 2

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 a good student. The information that I took for notes in class usually sunk in enough for me to be able to bet by on the tests by simply reviewing the material just before the class began.  It wasn't that didn't try, I had a 4.0 all throughout high school, but I never really had to put forth much of an effort to get the results that I wanted to see. 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: If do the reading that is required for the classes, and I try to keep up. If I fall behind, I usually use the reading that I did not get to as additional study aid. I take good notes in class and actually attend every class that I can. Sometimes, with volleyball I make sure that I get the notes from another student in the class. Also, for a subject such as chemistry, I do practice problems to help me understand what the material means.

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My Dreams

I dream of being able to graduate from a good college.

My dream is to become a pharmacist, or a pediatrician.

I also dream of helping others who need it.

I also dream of having my own home.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

·      “Light and darkness can’t occupy the same space at the same time. CTR is light-CTW is darkness”

Call/Haymore

·      I think that this means that one cannot choose to do the right thing and the wrong thing at the same time. One can only decide to choose either one. 

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Academic Success Part 1

Academic Success

Part 1

My great academic success: in my principles of 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 our 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, foreign 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

Student Success Statement
"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience"
French Proverb
I think this means that as long as you have a clear conscience you will not have to worry about anything, causing you to literally be able to have a good night sleep  In the other hand if you don't then you will stay awake all night thinking about all the wrong you have done.

I Will Persist Until I Succeed Part 2

I Will Persist Until I Succeed

Part 2

How I've overcome and initial 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.

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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 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 final 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 process.

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 better than waiting until the night before the 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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Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

 "The Metamorphosis of  Narcissus" 

1. Describe what you see?
2. What is the feeling/mood of the painting?
3. What are your thoughts about Dali, hiss paintings and surrealism? 

• I see clouds, a lake, stones.
• The mood seems to be dangerous.
• I think Dali was a very confuse man. His paintings are confusing, I see what he is trying to project his viewers with his paintings. 

Student Success Statement

                                                          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                                                  

I think this means that if you practice doing the right things then it will become a habit and your conscience will be clean.

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 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 self-value.”

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Salvador Dali "Swans Reflecting Elephants

1. Describe what you see.
2. What is the feeling/mood of the painting?

• I see three swans in a oasis, there reflection is not there own but those of an elephant.
• The feeling of the painting feeling is sad, depressing and some what confusing.    

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 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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Salvador Dali

Famous Artist

• Gerard Way
• Sandra Cisneros

Gerard way is the lead singer of a band named My Chemical Romance.
Sandra Cisneros is an author and she is well known for her book The House On Mango Street.
Salvador Dali
"The Persistence Of Memory"

1. I see clocks, an island.I see a man laying in a couch kind of sinking. 
2. The painting seems sad and confusing.

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 admissions policy.

It took too 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, and 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 chances for outstanding success now and later.

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Powerpoint

Drop Box; The Universe: POWERPOINT

You Can Succeed in School If you will Part 2

DROP BOX

You Can Succeed in School

If you will

Part 2

“Though I graduated from an associate 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,” Misak 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 MTL 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

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 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 laboratory science at DCCC. Many of the clinical applications that I learned there I still use today either in volunteering in phlebotomy or in the duties of my current job, which includes training new technologies on cell identification,” said Miskah.

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 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 life time.

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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 do those things which will inevitably leads us to unhappiness and misery and loss of freedom"

N. Eldon Tanner

When someone does something wrong they will never feel happy about it. Maybe at first they will but the happiness wont last. When someone begins to do what is wrong continuously it will lead to unhappiness, misery and loss of freedom. Because of the wrong decisions one makes constantly one will have negative effects. 

Student Success Story
Part 6

Andrea Packer anticipates graduating with a B.A. in Education from Catawba in December 2011 and the 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 29 hours a week as teaching assistant for instructors in the DCCC Early Childhood Education program.

“Not only did receiving this scholarship make me study harder and be the beast I could be, 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 toward 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 in the time, study time. All the 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, then 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 on a super high note.  Then you can:

Write your own Student Success Story.                             CHOOSE THE Right!!!

Student Success Story Part 5

Student Success Story

Part 5

Andrea Packer – Without the prestigious DCCC Presidential  Scholarship she won 2008, Andrea Packer, a 2010 DCCC honor graduate, says she doubts she would already be pursuing her baccalaureate degree from Catawba College. “I cannot say thank you enough to whomever paid my education, and I am going to continue to do my best to make them happy that they have invested in me,” she said.

Since August 2010, Packer, 20, has been working towards her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Catawba College, and she doesn't have to leave DCCC’s Davidson Campus to do so. She said she likes the convenience of leaving 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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Poverty and Living Providently

1. How much money would you like to earn for year?

• I am not sure how much money I would like to earn per year. I still need to think about what career I want. Also what kind of life I want to have and if I will be able to afford it with the career I want to have. 

2. Why would you like to earn this money?

• Like I said, I am not sure how much I want to earn yearly. I want to earn enough money so that can pay for my bills, my house, a car,and  life insurance. I would also like to have enough money to afford other things that are not necessary like internet, or cable. Also I would like to have enough money so that I can afford the things I need/want now and have some money left to earn to travel once I am older. I would also like to have enough money to help other people and yet enjoy my wealth that I worked for.

"True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse." (Pathros)
I  think this means that in the end (like once your dead) money is going to stay here, you won't be able to take it or do anything with it after your death. Unlike if you are happy and help others be happy, and do what is right you will be remembered and maybe someone else that is living after your death will try to be like you and etc.    People will look at you, and be inspired by your actions and your heart and not your money. Money is needed in our society but what matters most is what you do with the money that you have.

Student Success Stories Part 4

Student Success Stories

Part 4

Porter said she was impressed at everything Noah accomplishes, including earning several professional certifications and still making time to tutor other students in her classes as well as others in the information technology area.

“Shane Noah helps other students troubleshoot software and hardware issues only in the networking classes but other information technology courses while maintaining a positive, professional attitude. He goes above and beyond the minimum requirements of an assignment while being a full-time student.”

Noah earned professional certifications in A+, NET+ and Security+ in 2010-20111 and will receive his CCNA certification in the summer. In addition, he implemented the deployment of Windows 7 using Server 2008 in the DCCC computer lab without the help of instructors. He also documented the procedure with step-by-step video and written instructions to help others get through the procedure.

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"The most valuable assent you will ever have is your mind and what you put in it."

Anon 

I think that this means that if you use your mind to do whats right, it will lead to you becoming successful.

Link; How to Use Your Mind to be Successful

Student Success Stories Part 3

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 in DCCC 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 Porter, his DCCC instructor.

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

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Kamani

Kamani is a great student, he has a grade point average of 3.7. Not only this, but he is also  in the all man's basketball team for the storms.

I think that when ever you really want to do something, you could accomplish it if you put the effort, just like Kamani, you could accomplish it.
Kimani playing basketball

Student Success Story Part 2

Student Success Story

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 deserves 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 Feb. 18h, Hunt’s academic excellence and athletic abilities attract attention. Recently, he caught the attention of recruiters from the University of Northwestern Ohio who offered him a full scholarship there to play basketball. Named to the 1st 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 de 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 Kirk, 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 career in sports management.

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