Study 80: Studying & Learning: Foundations for Success - #41578 Welcome! Study 80: Studying & Learning: Foundations for Success - #41578 Mt. San Antonio College Spring, 2012 Mondays & Wednesdays 6:30pm – 7:55pm Room 6-137 Professor: Kathleen E. High, M.Ed. http://instruction.mtsac.edu/khigh/ Please remember to turn off your cell phone!

Square Watermelons Forcing conformity makes the world more "efficient." (Nature vs. Nurture) (Watermelons grown in a square box to make them more space-efficient for storage and shipping purposes.) Positive shaping – Develops Natural Talent & Compensates for weakness Negative Shaping – Does much damage to the individual’s psyche

Natural Watermelons

Environmental Shaping Factors* *According to Urie Bronfenbrenner’s theory of Ecological Model of Child Development

Floundering to Focused: Compartmentalized Living Purposeful Living

The process for achieving the dream is similar Developing Purpose: The process for achieving the dream is similar

Most Memorable Quotes: “I understand you have a lot going on in your life, but I’m trying to prepare you for the university and the “real world”. … They don’t want to hear excuses.” Countless Unnamed Professors, Rio Hondo College “A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.” Author Unknown "You can always find a million excuses for not doing something. …The problem is that excuses do nothing more than pacify your own guilt for not doing what you should have done in the first place." Richard Young, Retired Fitness Coach, Rio Hondo College “If you fall down, get up, dust off, and get going again." “You know, Kathleen…Only ‘boring’ people get bored.” (Attitude is a choice.) MiMi High, My mother…in response to my adolescent whining!