Student Success Seminar

From day one, I noticed the relative ease of the course. The two friendly instructors welcomed the entire class, and they presented the material in a simple and comprehensible manner. My seven classmates and I bonded immediately. I recall

The most impactful elective course that I took in my undergraduate program was PHIL211 Critical Thinking. My learning in this course revealed the many barriers that I had that were inhibiting my ability to discern truths from falsehoods. When I exposed the defects in my thinking, I was able to overcome the defective biases, prejudices, close-mindedness, intolerance and arrogance distorting my reasoning. Eliminating these to become a more rational and inquisitive thinker. This course encouraged students to think about thinking actively. When doing this I could question previously held ideas about myself and others and evaluate how these ideas could be holding me back in my experiences, relationships, and new opportunities.

One really fun class is Military History. What makes it fun is Mr. Seneker being a great teacher. He is always telling stories and his past experiences in class but at the same time the class learns something. The material covered in class is pretty enjoyable to learn about. It covers the United States past military experiences and great war leaders. Another fun class is Auto Shop. There are several different types of auto classes to take, and they are all enjoyable because there are opportunities to learn a lot without doing much. Students can even work on your car in class. An additional fun class is American Culture and Baseball. Students learn all about Americas past traditions, along with some baseball history/statistics. There is also a field trip to a baseball game in the spring. In short, there are quite a few PCEP classes that are very enjoyable and are potentially good learning

The one class that I did not like would have to be Race, Class, and Gender with Dr. Rodgers. When we talked about gender in class, we learned about the way that society sees men and how they have to be masculine in order to be considered men. And how women have to be quiet, venerable, and look seductive. We also talked about how the media plays a major role in the stereotypes that people are influenced by. At my internship, the students are trying to "fit in" and "play the role" that society says they have to play, and they are getting in trouble for it.

This semester I learned a bit more about how and why Marbury vs. Madison established the powers of Judicial Review. My previous classes in political science had treated the case as a footnote and it was nice seeing the whole picture. Second, I learned about how the death penalty has changed over time. Lastly this class reaffirmed my belief that in Texas the only way to make lasting change is to prove ones point over the other rather than to simply win in a debate of opinion.

This quote means that the key point, in order to be successful, is that you are confident in yourself. Confidence is the feeling or belief that you can rely on yourself with firm trust. Success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. If you are not positive in what you are trying to achieve, it will be difficult for you to complete that goal. Having belief in what you are doing is a crucial part of carrying out the goal at hand. For example, if a student was trying to make the sports and was consistently telling themselves negative mental comments, that student is not expected to push themselves in the direction of their goal. That student does not have the momentum to reach for their dream. They are placing themselves in a pessimistic

A course is memorable if it challenges you for the better. While most courses test a student's ability to retain and regurgitate information about that subject, few are able to test a student's ability to truly understand the information. Such courses should provide students with specific questions and prompts that students have not previously encountered, but have concepts similar to what has been studied. Courses that look in depth at a piece of work, such as literary classes, should focus on the themes, as opposed to the plot. Simply remembering that Iago deceives Othello is different than understanding why. Additionally, a memorable course should be able to teach students to effectively make and defend a strong argument. These courses should

Last fall semester is when I started college here at Del Mar. I had only enrolled in three classes, and being how I was only a freshman starting my first semester in a whole new environment, I wanted to make sure I was taking things slow. The class that stood out to me the most, concerning banking education, was my history 1301 class taught

I want to thank you for listening to me yesterday afternoon. After a much needed soul search I re-evaluated my purpose for why I come to work Monday-Friday and my purpose is to serve kids. That’s my sole purpose and my only purpose. You asked me to send you the criteria for entering PASS. I gave you a hard copy of this information before school started, but will be happy to submit another copy to for your records. As an Aspiring Leader I know that I will encounter conflicts from both staff and students. My number one priority is to remain professional at all times. Next, find a positive solution to solve the problem. My solution to the problem that I brought to you on yesterday is this, do not give adults power to take away from the focus

If I had to narrow it down to my two favorite things about this class, I would say Leadership Journeys and the third reveal. I choose these two because they had the biggest impact on me. Presenting our Leadership Journeys allowed each of us to learn more about one another and was really the first major step in us forming such close bonds with one another. In my twelve years of schooling, I’ve never had to do an assignment quite like that where I have to spill my guts to my classmates and tell them all about the ups and downs of my life. We all had to trust one another and trust that we were in a safe environment so that we could share such personal information. I was really nervous to give my presentation, but as I was giving it, I realized that I had no reason to worry because everyone was supportive and really listening to what I had to say. I allowed myself to really open up and tell people that I barely knew parts of my life that I don’t even like to talk to my closest friends with.

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My favorite aspect of this class was reading to the kids in Garden City. I dreaded it all semester because it is out of my comfort zone and I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. However, interacting with them was so much more fun than I had anticipated. The actual reading of my book I created only took a couple of minutes, but I chatted with the kids and the bus driver for much longer. Some of the kids on the bus would bring up anything and everything to keep me talking. After the first couple of random topics they brought up I figured out they didn’t want me to leave! It was all a ploy to increase the duration

History has always been something that I have really enjoyed. When I saw this class as an elective choice, I was all over the idea of taking it. The professor was extremely quirky, but he made the class interesting and fun. He went in depth on a lot of topics from history and made lecture more

One course that I feel made a big impact on me through this program was week 5 of PEDG 5373 Student Expectations and Motivations. I completed this course the summer before my second year of teaching. My first year of teaching was all about learning how I would function in the classroom and thanks to this course, my second year became about how my students functioned in the classroom. I learned how to recognize the different types of motivations and how to tap into that for each student. With that in mind, I can now create lessons that will appeal to my students by motivating them and giving them some ownership in their learning. The week five presentation was one that I was very proud of and was able tweak this year and use to train other teachers about student motivation.

On the first day of class when I first stepped foot into the classroom, I thought this class was going to be like every other class where we listen to the teacher preach and write down notes. That was not the case, the class turned out to be a wonderful experience. I have learned so much about myself and about the people around me. This was possible by attending the different seminars, participating in class discussions, sharing about my experiences, and learning about others cultures.