R Responsibility and Respect – Accept personal responsibility for both your achievement and lack thereof. Demonstrate respect for your teachers, school administrators, parents, and peers.
A Attitude – Monitor your attitude and adjust when needed. Good study attitudes are equally important as good study habits.
D Determination – Persevere and maintain diligence and consistency in your academic work effort. Your full-time job is to be a student!
U Understand – Be knowledgeable of accepting your teacher’s and school’s expectations of you as a full-time student and work to meet these expectations.
A Acknowledge – Set both long term and short term goals, ac-knowledge them daily and take action each day to reach these goals
T Timely – Complete and turn in all assignments on time. Make academics a priority, be tenacious in earning grades indicative of your ability and be truthful about your effort when falling short.
E Elevate – Elevate yourself to a level higher than you think you can achieve and expect nothing but your best effort, focus, and academic engagement.
Carol Wood is the Founder & CEO of Total Learning Concepts, Inc. Visit www.totallearningconcepts.com for information about their tutorial and test preparation services. For more information about Total Learning Concepts, Inc., please call 770-381-5958 or visit their website at http://totallearningconcepts.com
