The Importance Of Student Success

Imagine a room full of 30 plus 12th-grade colonists on the first day of school at Anaheim high school and the math teacher asks what is the square root of 16? Nothing but the noise of sheer silence falls across the room. How can a room full of students that have been going to school for 12 years not answer that simple question and how can we increase the success of students that go Anaheim high school? In order to increase the success of students at Anaheim schools the summer has to be shorter and the days longer. In the article “Marita’s bargain” the author Gladwell explains how time is used in regular schools compared to the KIPP Academy in the Bronx and other school systems with short summers and longer days.The article shows how more time

When I think about student success I immediately think of the term a “sense of belonging”. While there are many factors that positively impact students both academically and socially, I believe that having a supportive community serves as a backbone for all overarching areas of a student’s career. Historically the main focus was the extensions of the boundaries of knowledge (p.3 the student personal point of view, 1937).As a first-generation student, from a working class family in rural America, I was significantly influence by the supportive communities provided by student affairs professionals. My academic success and personal development went through a transformation that ended up leading me to the field of student affairs.

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be" (Thomas Jefferson). As members of a democracy we have a responsibility to educate ourselves. This is one of the reasons why in the 21st century, such a big emphasis is put on pursuing an education. The main reason is that it is seen by many as the only way to get a middle class job and live out the American dream. Unfortunately, something is not right in the education system. After six years in college, only 53 percent of students are able to graduate (Burke, 1). All students, whether they graduated or not, are ending up with enormous amounts of debt. On top of that, even the students who are graduating are struggling to find jobs and pay back their student loans.

The first year of college can be very difficult when a student has not planned ahead for a greater chance to succeed. It is often regarded with anticipation and a fear of failing. These feelings can be easily diminished by implementing the right tools that are at the disposal of students. Having the right foundation is crucial and is a key component to a successful first year of college. This will greatly increase the probability that students will return the next year to further pursue a degree in their chosen studies. Some avenues for students to explore are studying before testing for developmental courses, getting to know your staff, learning about different financial sources available, familiarizing

Defining student success and how to improve it will forever be an important endeavor. Student success has been defined in many different ways by many different people and countless methods to improve the rate of success have been discovered. In this literature review, I will summarize and analyze five papers on student success, its attributes, and methods to improve it.

Some of the main arguments the author acknowledges is the amout of students who do not succeed either in high school or college. Points are signed out by explaining how the lack of money or education frustrates the students. A topic is mention based on how even graduated students do not succeed as much in life. These people took college for four years or more, invested a lot of money, and ended up being a truck driver or working with sewage. Which makes no sense because they received a certificate to earn a good amount of money and unfortunitly have to look somewhere else because of the need of money. Topics like this or lack of money and education are frequently repeated.Freshman college students fail the most because instead of being taught

There are many problems in Anaheim High School that we can fix, but the most important one is to get students more intelligent and we can do that by having longer school days. In order to increase student success at Anaheim Schools, we need to have longer school days. “The school year in the United States is on average 180 days long. The Japanese school year is 243 days long.” This is a quote from the story Marita’s Bargain that shows that students from other countries have more and longer school days. This is one of the reasons students are doing better at school. “Saturdays they come in nine to one. In the summer, it’s eight to two.” This is another quote from the story Marita’s Bargain and it is also telling us that they even go to Saturday school. So this means that instead of going to school 5

All people can be good successful students, if they try hard and use self discipline to push them self harder. Being a successful student doesn't mean you are so smart you get to skip grades, it just means that you get good marks, work well with others, and don't get held back any grades. If you are a person who wants to keep your life on track, it takes hard work, determination, and patience.

The beginning of June, in a very large auditorium, nervously sitting in rows in their caps and gowns, the names of every college student are being called off one by one. As each name is being announced, the students walk up on stage and are handed their well earned diplomas. One can only imagine the accomplishment the students feel as they had just received their associate, bachelor 's, master 's or doctoral degree. How many students actually get to experience this moment and what did it take them to get there? About 40% of working-aged Americans now hold a college degree. There seems to be a large amount of factors that contribute to a student’s success. These factors are made up of many things including financial status, family support, and self-motivation. The largest factor that stands out above them all, seems to be a student’s mindset and how they let it affect their learning capabilities. During a student’s education they begin to develop a mindset that influences their academic success. As these students begin to reach higher education they may be able to attain an understanding and adjust their mindsets to regress the fears and anxieties that are created by the coming of new challenges and past failures throughout education.

Often times in education young teachers speak loftily of wanting the best future for their students. This expression of empathy and passion for their student’s lives is easier to say than it is to execute. Comparably, when love-struck couple promises to do anything for each, even give their life for their dearest, the words are easier to say than to live up to the daily challenges and obstacles. It’s easy for a teacher to passionately express their well wishes for a student but much harder to live out the difficult commitment to facilitate their students’ progress towards success. For me this began with a realization that my content area subject was not the most important thing for me to be teaching my students, it was literacy. Only

Do you believe the amount of time spent at school influences how smart you are or how well you do in school? At Anaheim High School if you ask students if they study at home, maybe about 50% of the students will tell you that they do and the other 50% will tell you that they do, but not as often as they should be. Majority of the students do very well on tests and other academic categories, but is all the material they are learning staying in their memory? There is only six hours of school, five days a week. It is most likely that not all of the information we have been told on a daily basis will stay in our memory for the next day. In order to increase student success at Anaheim High School, they should increase the time in class. In the essay “Marita’s Bargain” written by Gladwell, it states that when they increased the amount of time their students spent in each class, it helped them enhance in different academic categories, “I think that extended amount of time gives you the chance as a teacher to explain things, and more time for the kids to sit and digest everything that’s going on - to review, to do things at a much slower pace” (10).  This is clarifying the idea that the more time you have in class it gives you the opportunity to process every bit of information you are given. You do not have to rush throughout your work or feel pressured to finish your assignments on time. This concept should be encouraged in order to improve the consistency in the students GPA’s.

Student success, like joining an extracurricular activity has an impact on student success, but it doesn’t have to be good. Some activities might require lots of time and sometimes students don’t have that time. It can be a positive impact because it normally looks good on college applications. Lots of extracurricular and the instructions, as well as strictness, gives the students a chance to receive a seal of some sort, sashes and/or cords for graduation and their diplomas. Some of that success in high school is required to get into a school, especially 4-year schools. Students also learn from it when they are in a certain club, sport, or any other type of extracurricular activity. Anaheim schools can improve student success if the following changes take place: Anaheim schools don't have SSLANT, but it may be a good idea because in lots of Anaheim schools the students feel free of talking wherever they would like and enforce higher levels in every subject, so the students will be more advanced than their grade level, not misguiding them with praise,and providing free extracurricular activities as well as providing you with with the materials you need so that even low-income students can enjoy them. In order to increase student success in Anaheim schools, the change that needs to happen for students to be successful would be that we should have SSLANT and get into single file lines as we walk to our other classes, the only time to socialize that should be allowed is lunch. Praising a child can make them feel smarter than they really are and might not want to get anything done. When the materials are provided they feel more comfortable being in the activity because they don’t feel left out without the materials and necessities.

Society gives us the idea that education is the key to success. Most well-paying jobs require degrees, and to even hold a position in our government education is a major credential to be elected. It is a way for others to confirm qualification for whatever the job may be. Yes, education is a form of qualification, but it can lead to so many opportunities. Academic success is the gateway for networking, mastering skills, and financial stability.

In our school we believe that every student has a story to tell, and it is our job to help them learn to tell it well. We need to pull together as a staff, as a community, and help each student discover his or her voice. Some of our students will become devoted mathematicians or passionate writers; some will blossom into budding young artists or actors and actresses; and music may strike a cord in others and turn them into voices that sing; whatever their passions, whatever their career paths, it is our job - no, our joy - as teachers to help the students in our halls and classrooms to discover, not just knowledge and skills, but to discover themselves. The task is daunting. The stakes are high; but the reward is immeasurable. Through passionate instruction, empowering supervision, and uncluttered communication, our school is up to the challenge, a challenge overcome through the community, the students, the staff, and the supervisors cooperating as one.

Every student should have the ability to attend school. Young people need to be well rounded in education in order to become successful. Reading and math are two subjects that will be used daily throughout life. School also opens the door for young adults to learn about themselves and who they want to become as adults. Building a strong community for the future starts with every person attending school.