Study 85A: Academic Success Basics Welcome! Study 85A: Academic Success Basics #23458 Mt. San Antonio College Fall, 2017 Tuesdays 1:10am – 2:20am Room 6-136 Professor: Kathleen E. High, M.Ed., GCDFI http://faculty.mtsac.edu/khigh/ khigh@mtsac.edu Please remember to turn off your cell phone!

Learning Pyramid: Many Ways to Learn

Brain-Based Learning: How Does the Brain Learn?

Student (Academic) Success? It’s Complicated

Student (Academic) Success? Affected by Many Things

Student (Academic) Success Student (Academic) Success? It’s Not About Being Smart Enough – Most Students are Distracted by “Life”

Student (Academic) Success. So What Should You Do About It Student (Academic) Success? So What Should You Do About It? Welcome to STDY 85A!

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! “Don’t sacrifice what you want most for what you want now.” Dr. Laura Schlessinger