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College Success Making Transitions

College Success Making Transitions. Spring 2009 Bessie LeBeau. You can save money now and make more later. Your college education is one of the most expensive things you will ever buy. Most students don’t think their classes are worth the money they pay for them.

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College Success Making Transitions

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  1. College SuccessMaking Transitions Spring 2009 Bessie LeBeau

  2. You can save money now and make more later. • Your college education is one of the most expensive things you will ever buy. • Most students don’t think their classes are worth the money they pay for them. • You control the value you get out of your education. • College graduates make more money in their lifetime than their nondegreed peers. • The income advantage you gain through higher education could total over half a million dollars.

  3. You can rediscover the natural learner in you. • You will learn to gain knowledge in the most effective ways by discovering the joyful, natural learner within you. • For some students learning can become a drag. • Reverse that process and rediscover what you knew as a child, laughter and learning go hand in hand. • Learning takes effort, hopefully you’ll learn different ways to get the most out of that effort.

  4. You can choose from hundreds of techniques. • Through this course we will learn about many different practical techniques on how to become a more effective student. • There are many different styles of learning and hopefully you will find one that you can use for the rest of your life.

  5. You get the best suggestions from thousands of students • The concepts and techniques we will be using, were used by many other students from all different backgrounds have tried them and say they work. • These people dreaded giving speeches, couldn’t read their own notes, and fell behind in their course work. • Using their ideas we can resolve these problems.

  6. You can learn about you. • Self-discovery is an important theme in being a college student from organizing your desk to choosing long-term goals. • Studying for a quiz is a lot easier with a clean desk and a clear idea of the course’s importance to you.

  7. You can learn the secret of student success. • The secret is…there are no secrets. • Strategies and tactics that successful students use are well known. • Use them. Modify them. Make them your own. • What makes any technique work is commitment, action and participation…this will make your education priceless.

  8. Discover what you want. • Mastery lies in the details • Discover the benefits • Put it in writing • Move from discovery to action • The sooner you discover what you want, the sooner you can create the conditions that transform your life.

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