Student Success Statement

"Many think that the short-term gain will be worth the long-term pain, but it isn't. In addition, using steroids is cheating, and there is nothing worse in sports then a cheater. Don't do it." ~ George Mitchel

An individual must always think of the repercussions before they decide to choose the wrong and cheat. For example, you must always be true to yourself and nothing less. If you don't know a curtain lesson or topic that isn't a reason for you cheat on the test or to have someone else do your homework. On the contrary, that is the class in where you should try harder to pass the course. I am currently in a psychology college course and it's not an easy class, so I know better than to cheat. Instead I am trying harder in that course and I spend most of my time studying than hoping for a miracle. 

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"Only those live who do good." ~Count Leo Tolstoy
         When you do something good, you feel good. For example, when you study for a test and get a high score, you are living your best life. You have nothing bad to feel about when you know you did the right thing. Also, if you help out in your community for the better you will feel good that you are helping some organization for the better. Making you live your life to the best of its ability.

Student Success Statement: Dr. Ben Carson

"I hated poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and I can change that (poverty). It depends upon how hard I want to work, and I decided that I would change it." ~Dr. Ben Carson

It really depends on you for your life choices. If you want to become a doctor, you will work to the best of your ability to get your title. And it may also work the other way around. For example, I want to become an english teacher and I know that in order to become one I need to know what I am getting myself into so I decided to take AP English and read a lot of books so that I can be a good english teacher. And it will be up to me on how I get there. Dr. Carson has every right to let us know that we are the ones that control our destiny. And he is nothing, but 100 percent true.

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"Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education." ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

What this student success statement means is, you must be a good person at heart and a good person in school. For instance, if you are a bad person at heart, you won't be liked, but if you are good in school and good at heart, you are a great human being. I, for instance have always been a decent student, sometimes I may be considered an over achiever, but I am also good at heart. That means that I am considered to be a great person because I do well in school and because I tend to have a good heart. So I am a good role model for students who are young than I am. 

Student Success Statement

"Always do right" ~Mark Twain

What this Student Success Statement means is that you must always do what is the best option, always choose to be kind, humble, and smart. For example, when you see a woman in need of help when crossing the street, don't just walk past her, but instead help her. This will not only make you look like a great person, but it will make you feel great. If you see that a girl or guy is being bullied, don't take out your phone and start recording for five minutes of fame, instead tell that one other kid to stop or call over a teacher to help you out. Don't do what is wrong, just because everyone is doing it, do what is right because it will benefit you the most.

Student Success Statement

"Develop the attitude of gratitude" ~Thomas S. Monson

      Everyday, you should have some gratitude and be thankful for everything around you. You should be thankful for everything you have and for everything that you have done for another person. We should all have at least one thing to be thankful for and some examples of that are being alive, having food,having clothing, having people care about you. For example, one thing that I am extremely thankful for is having friends that care for me, because they will always have my back in anything and because they help me out the best as possible.
       For instance, I remember my junior year my bestfriend said that we should take advanced placement courses and I said no. But she then convinced me to say yes because she knew that it was the right thing for me to do. A year later, now, im in advanced placement courses and I am finally focused in school and doing my best because I know that it is considered a challenge and if I put my mind to it I will pass the class. Anyways I will always be thankful for her because she pushed me to do what my other ex friends, no, would never let me do. Instead, they would have put me down and just made me feel bad.

Student Success Statement

"Kindness is the essence of greatness." ~Joseph B. Wirthlin

In other words, what this means is that if you are kind you are considered greatness. You need to be kind at all times in order to be considered a great human being. For example, if you are a person who likes to give back to the community you will are considered to be a great person. I tend to help out in and outside my community as much as possible because I don't only feel good but I know that I like to help out as much as possible. For the past three years I have helped out my community church as much as I possibly could, no matter the weather as well. And each time I help out I get to work with children of the ages 12-17 with their problems and help them to the best of my ability. And even after I intend to help out with whatever the coordinators of the programs need help in. So on a daily basis i'm at church for like three to four hours, just helping out and trying to make peoples life much more easier. And I know that since I help out I am a great person for that because I am changing someones life to the best of my ability.

Student Success Statement

" It's not about how to achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the RIGHT WAY, the karma (good results, destiny, fortune, good luck) will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you." ~Dr. Randy Pausch.

         This quote's meaning is very powerful, it is telling the reader that it's important to lead your life the right way because that will determine where you will end up. For example, if I really do want to go to California State University at Fullerton, I will need to lead myself into studying a lot, as well as passing all of my courses. I know that it won't be easy, but it is up to me if I really want to go to that university. I know that some times challenges will take the best of you, but it is up to you on how you will handle the challenges. In the end, if you do decide to be an overachiever good things will come to you, but if you decide not to, bad things will happen to you. Lastly, its important to not give up, some things will take time, but it is up to you on what will you do to reach your goal(S).

Student Success Statement

"Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it."
                                           ~ William Penn

                 What this statement means is that right will always be right and wrong  will always be wrong. For example, when I do my homework and my classmates don't, I did the right for doing my homework, and they did what was wrong by coming up with excuses and not doing their homework. Also, wrong is wrong even when you feel like you are doing right. If you lie to make someone feel better then you actually just hurting them more. For example,if you cheat on a test and you say that you passed the test, even when you actually didn't because you cheated, then you chose the wrong.

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"Obedience is central to becoming, being, and remaining happy" ~David Bednar

What this reflection means is that you must be obedient in order to be happy. For example, in my household I must be obedient at all times because if I am not my mother and father will not let me be on my phone too much or go out with my friends. But, if I am obedient at all time my mother and father will let me out and will let me use my phone as much as I want. So following rules and obeying my parents at all times causes me to be happy all the time since I get to do what I want to do. Another example may be when I do all my homework and not slack off in class, my teachers trust me and see me as a responsible young adult. And that makes me really happy since I know that they trust me and know that I wouldn't do anything that was ever wrong. 

Student success statement

'True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse" ~ Pathros

          What this quote means is that you are wealthy as long as you do something that comes from your heart. For example, when I do something that comes from the bottom of my heart I feel really happy because I know that I'm doing good. When I first joined the catholic church by my house and started helping out, I was so happy because I started doing what was right. I was doing what was right by helping not only the coordinator of the church but the entire community. Little by little I was getting to know the entire church and their stories. And that honestly made me very happy, because I was doing what was right. In the end true wealth comes from the heart not from the amount of money.

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"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad."~ Abraham Lincoln.

This quote means that when you do good it'll make you really happy because you are doing the right thing. But, when you do wrong things you will not feel as good as you did with the good things. For example, when I do the wrong by not following the rules or for whatever reason it is I dont feel so good. but when I do the right thing I honestly feel good. The reason for this is because you are doing something that should be done all the time.

In other words, when I help out the elderly I feel good because I know that I am doing the right thing. So, when I help out the coordinator of the yoth group for my community church I feel good because I know that she is a very forgetful person and she needs help throughout the way. But, when I don't have time to help her out I feel really bad because I know that she needs help in managing things.

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The key to freedom is obedience. The more obedient we are, the more freedom we have" ~Boyd K. Packer

     What this quote means that we have to behave good in order to be able to go out and have fun. For example, when I want to go out my mom always tells me to do chores and finish all my homework in order to go out. I also need to tell her one week in advance just so that she can keep an eye on me and know if I am behaving good or not. 

This quote also works for prisoners. If they behave good enough they will be able to come out soon enough to their family. But, if they don't they wont be coming out soon. 

Student Success Statement

"OBEDIENCE IS THE GREATEST TEST OF LIFE"~ THOMAS S. MONSON

 What this student success statement means is that you must be obedient at all times. Obedience isn't something that learned from any type of school test but a life test. For example, I learned to be quiet when someone else is talking due to it being disrespectful and rude. And I learned that from people always telling me that its wrong. 

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"Decisions Determine Destiny"~ Thomas S. Monson

What this quote means is that whatever choices you make in life will reflect in where you end up later in life. If you choose bad decisions you will end up in a bad life style. But, if you choose great decisions you will have a good life style.

For example, if you have consumed drugs and continue to do so you are choosing a bad life style for yourself, because you are going to get addicted and you won't ever try to stop. But, if you focus on school and continue to do so you will have a great lifestyle since you chose the right in your decisions. That is the real reason why it is important to always choose the right. 

When it comes to me thinking about my decisions,  I just don't think about myself but about the people around me. Like for example will my decision impact them positively or negatively. So yes Decisions Determine Destiny.