Student success, it is a part of the lives of every student, but what is it and how does it help us strive as students? Student success is defined as “a favorable or desirable student outcome”. This definition as simple as it is means many things to many different people. Some may see this as getting good grades, while others may see this as getting an award or scholar ship, but to me this means doing what it takes to do your best in school.
What I mean by my definition is to strive to be the best student you can be. Push yourself to do all your work, nothing looks worse than a student who is failing because they aren’t doing their work. Make an effort to make it to all your classes, don’t just skip because you don’t want to go to class that day. Don’t procrastinate and allow yourself to fall behind on class work. But of to some these things are easier said than done, and this may be because of a “barrier”.
In terms of student success barriers are defined as something that hinders your ability to be a successful student. Barriers can be physical or psychological i.e. a physical barrier could be something simple as lacking transportation, while a psychological …show more content…
As we all know college is expensive. Just this semester I had to pay $1000 plus for only 4 classes (books included). $1000 may not seem like much for most people, but when you live in a family of 5 where only 1 parent is bringing in money it is quite a bit. Not too long ago my dad lost his job leaving my mom as the sole money maker in our house hold. Now every day I worry if we have enough money to keep me going through college as well as having enough money for basic living. This constant worrying could possibly affect my school work especially if worse comes to worse and I’m and I need to drop out and work full time to help keep us financially
What I mean by my definition is to strive to be the best student you can be. Push yourself to do all your work, nothing looks worse than a student who is failing because they aren’t doing their work. Make an effort to make it to all your classes, don’t just skip because you don’t want to go to class that day. Don’t procrastinate and allow yourself to fall behind on class work. But of to some these things are easier said than done, and this may be because of a “barrier”.
In terms of student success barriers are defined as something that hinders your ability to be a successful student. Barriers can be physical or psychological i.e. a physical barrier could be something simple as lacking transportation, while a psychological …show more content…
As we all know college is expensive. Just this semester I had to pay $1000 plus for only 4 classes (books included). $1000 may not seem like much for most people, but when you live in a family of 5 where only 1 parent is bringing in money it is quite a bit. Not too long ago my dad lost his job leaving my mom as the sole money maker in our house hold. Now every day I worry if we have enough money to keep me going through college as well as having enough money for basic living. This constant worrying could possibly affect my school work especially if worse comes to worse and I’m and I need to drop out and work full time to help keep us financially