Student Success

The most important realization that a student can make in their hunt for success and personal growth is that there is no such thing as the correct chronological order of reaching success but rather what are the correct steps and attributes. Success is a word that can be defined in multiple ways depending on the individual being asked. The definition could either consist of personal experience or from what they have observed and learned in the past. Most students, especially those in high school, define their success by going to college and earning a degree in a high paying career. A successful student should have a specific purpose or aim in life. It could either be attending a four year university, community college or simply in grade school …show more content…
It allows students to open their mind and see how the living standards are in that country. They see with their own eyes and feel how these children live everyday in poverty but still remain happy. They are able to pay hundreds of dollar for a plane ticket to Costa Rica and should be grateful because these foreign children might not even be able to receive three meals a day. There is nothing wrong with leaving the country and helping others, but it is how you interpret the experience. Success is not determined whether you are able to afford a plane ticket but rather how on the flight back to their beloved home, are able to reflect on this experience, which most students fail because they do not balance their personal desires. In the end, “Kids don’t know how to connect these experiences to the rest of their lives, to the bigger picture,” they just see it as an act of kindness what will look great in their college applications …show more content…
The majority will agree that the first couple of days, you will need someone to guide you and help you through this new process in your life which will help you become a better and successful person in the future. They need that guidance, which would be unrealistic. Students who want to succeed will not always have that helping hand. In college the professor will hand you out worksheets, lectures, power points that will help you succeed in the exam but it will not be mandatory to do, it will be optional but it is highly recommended. In times like this, the professor is not going to insist and push you to do your homework because they are only there to teach and provided the necessary information for the semester exams. Yes, the professor will have office hours in which the student can go in and talk about what they're struggling in the course but the professor not will not email the student and insisting into coming in. This is where self motivation is needed from the student to push himself into asking for help. Just like Kewauna, she had grammar and vocabulary issues but when she did not know word during a lecture, she would write it down and put a red star next to it so she could go back home and review (Tough). This is what helped her succeed in college, self