The Importance Of Academic Success

A child's main focus in life has always been being successful in school in order to achieve many riches in adulthood. Many people have supported these children to reach this goal by preparing them for about two decades. In return, their family members expect them that these clueless kids return the favor by going to college. Some have put their immense effort beyond their reach, but unfortunately there is a vast majority of students that do not have what it takes both academically and emotionally to earn a college degree or to even meet their own personal standards. Although they received all the help they could get, their parents forget to even consider that what matters the most for these young adults to go to college is their own willingness

While being responsible for our academic success, prioritizing work to achieve goals can be valuable to students without a success driven mindset. Responsibility and action along with ethics help set the path for proper results and set standards for academic achievement. As I explore this new endeavor in my life, I will outline my failures, successes and the lessons I have learned along the way.

Strength’s Finder 2.0: I learned a lot from taking this assessment. My top 5 themes are as followed; Harmony, Consistency, Analytical, Adaptability, Intellection. Although I was unaware that I held these strengths, I am now confident in saying that I indeed excel in these areas. As far as Harmony goes, it is true that I do not like to spend all my time in one area. I also do not like to take sides in conflicts and would rather stay out of it. I am not good with confrontation, unless I have to be. Consistency is also something that

In learning my critical thinking traits, I have discovered that I need to get the facts together and evaluate them based on my ethical characteristics. This process of thinking has directed me to understand that things have to be understood and communicated correctly in order to paint the picture of information that I want others to see or hear. This plays an important part in my professional life. When preparing for presentations or work reports, all data needs to be analyzed and

Achieving academic success is something that many individuals consider to be a challenging task. Some people even think that it might be too difficult to worry even about trying to achieve it. While attempting to reach your goal in obtaining academic success, you must meet your university’s expectations and guidelines to reach your goal of being awarded a degree. If you want to thrive in school, you have to be willing to work hard and make sacrifices. The same initiative will also be needed to be successful in whatever career path you choose for yourself. By proving not only to yourself but others that you can see it through in getting your

Although student-athletes are supposed to be attending college to receive an education, for most their academic success takes a back seat to athletics. Due to the athletic stressors placed on student-athletes and the demanding time commitments they have, it is difficult for them to get the best academic experience possible. It typically takes the average student-athlete six years to graduate rather than the normal four years and 88% of all student-athletes obtain their degree by the age of 30 while the average student graduates by the age of 21 or 22 (Brown, 2011). The Adjusted Graduation Gap (AGG), a model that compares athlete’s graduation rates by conference as well as compares them directly to the rates of non-athlete students at the same institution. According to the AGG, in most conferences,

As a student that has achieved a high-level of academic success while staying active in extra-curricular activities and working a job I have faced a daily challenge of balancing the workload. From a social perspective, I feel it is important to be active in a variety of extra-curricular activities; however, from an academic perspective it is critical to put in the time necessary to maintain good grades. Along with that, from a financial perspective it is important for me to earn an income to save for my college expense. It has not always been easy, and through the last few years I have learned some valuable life skills from this challenge.

There are millions of students currently enrolled in colleges and universities around the world trying to obtain a valuable education that will propel them to secure a high level paying job that will lead to personal and financial success in life. But as one thinks of the countless hours that are needed to receive high grades in the classroom, one must ask, what is the value of those high grades? Is a person that succeeds academically truly prepared to enter the workforce and be successful? Does a person with a college education have the skills and knowledge necessary to actually put all the things that they have learned in a classroom setting to practical use in the real world? Benjamin Franklin once said “Tell me and I forget, teach me and

Continuing Academic Success remain beneficial to my life by reason of I hunger a better paying job to provide for my family and I realize studying strong and working hard will secure success in school and in life. The benefits of creating an educational goal remain as follows limitations of stress, focus on time management and lastly exceptional writing skills.

“Table 1. Percentage of public school seniors reporting selected indicators of school success by participation and nonparticipation in extracurricular activities, 1992

The variations of my strengths are expressed in many aspects of my daily life. Being a university student is a part of a lifetime experience that adds on to the many aspects in life that molded my identity and characteristics. My desire for success in life is a core strength of mine, because my goal is to achieve success through being determined, and to make sound choices. My journey in life will be influenced by my passion for life. If I am ready every day for the unexpected and unknown, then I can reach my long-term goals. A daily challenge will be setting specific goals and sticking to them. If I let fear take a hold of me, then I could be derailed from my goals.

for me, these talents are represented through my top five strengths that were given to me from a test I took. Two of my signature strengths that I think best fit me and are the ones that will help me be successful are Competition and Analytical. Competition by definition is when someone measures their progress against the performance of others, they also strive to win first place and revel in contests. Growing up playing competitive sports at a young age is what I believe led me to be in the competitor I am now. I think my Competition strength not only best describes me but, it may also be my best feature that I can tie into to my daily life to reach success and the goals I have set forth. Being competitive got me where I am today. I’ve be running for nearly my whole life, this year makes 11 years that I have been running track and cross country and it has truly paid off for me in the biggest ways. I think that having the competitive nature will always help down the line in life. When having the competitive nature my talent is valuable because it will influence and even push people in a group to achieve more than others. I will also bring energy to a group and will be capable of energizing others to move to higher levels of excellence. Also, being competitive also gives me capability of adaptation go different obstacles of life. It often applies to the class room such as seeking out highly competitive people and study with them. You will know that you will push each other to learn more, faster. Because of hardships and challenges I have faced during my running career I feel as if I will be prepared well enough for anything coming fast at a me in life, which will also help me achieve success in the

What is academic success dependent on? This has been the question for many psychological studies. To answer this question qualitative research needs to be done to investigate what hinders or promotes academic success. This essay will investigate these factors by way of interviews, while framing them in the context of current research. It will then be demonstrated how the Job Demands-Resource model can be used to inform such a study. First though it will be shown why it is of the utmost importance to identify and understand these factors, in essence why such research should be conducted.

Education is one of the important things in today's environment. Moreover, people are more concerned about the literacy rate in their country compared to the past. Also, the parents want to give their children the best possible education, and the government of the countries is also trying to provide best education to the students because the future of a country depends on the literacy rate of that country. There are many factors which have great influence on academic achievement such as the education environment, the facilities available to students, and the personal life of the student. However, nowadays countries are showing more interest in reducing the class size. It seems obvious that smaller classes have significant influence on the academic achievement of students. The positive influence of class size on academic achievement can be shown by circumstantial evidence, anecdotal evidence, and research that were carried out in order to illustrate that academic achievement can be attained through class size reduction policies.

I learned a lot about this area of leadership by completing the activity on effective school correlates. I learned that many of the successful schools are alike in that they all implement common effective practices. I also learned that to be an effective school, you should have a mentality of continuous school improvement. Things may be going good for your school, but to be an effective school you will continue to look for how to do the good things better, or you will look at what areas you still need to improve on to help all students learn.