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To Become
an Excellent Student
21 DAYS
Gerald and Christy Williams
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To the parents.
If you give this book and your kids priority for the first 3 weeks of
school. You can almost put your kids academic success on
autopilot. They will know what you expect and they will live up to
those expectations.
I have provided a check sheet at the end of this book
This book is a guide to help you transform your students from
being a low performing or average student to an Excellent
student. It will also motivate and help hard working students stay
focused on the goals that htey have set for themselves.
However, your child needs you now more than ever.
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Introduction
21 days to become an Excellent Student and today is your
day 1. I already know what you are asking yourself. Why 21days? Research shows that we are creatures of habit and
that many of our habits can be made or broken if repeated
for ONLY 21 days. Many people have used this method to
get into the best shape of their lives, learn something new, or
even stop a bad habit.
Now its your turn.
Aristole said,We are what we continually do therefore
Excellence is not an act, but a habit. So in order for you to
become an Excellent student, its just a matter of creatingexcellent habits. (Yep, its just that easy. :) But it is also just
that hard. I will not sugar coat it, this may be one of the most
difficult challenges you will ever face, but the rewards will far
out way the work that is required. I am a living witness. I will
tell you about my 21 day challenge to become an excellent
student a little later. Actually my challenge turned into a year
and a half long pursuit before I was were I wanted to be
educationally. But, it was well worth it.
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Introduction continued
Two more things before we begin.
#1: I need you to say this sentence 3 times out loud,
as loud as you can. I am Committed to 21 Days of
being a Real Student. I need you to hear yourself
say these words and become COMMITTED. Many
people start programs and they are pumped at the
beginning, but as soon as it gets tough or they run
into a few obstacles, they quit. I need you to Bring
Everything You Got, for 21 days.
#2 : Since I dont really know you yet, I cant fullytrust you words. So I need you to sign this agreement
on the next page and give it to someone that will hold
you accountable.
Commitment + Accountability =
Excellent Student.
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Success Contract
I agree to:
Attend all of my classes. Commit to studying until I understand the material
and application. Only turn in EXCELLENT WORK Contact my teacher or professor as soon as I need
help.
Because I know that I am RESPONSIBLE for my own
EDUCATION!!
Student Signature_________________________________
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Become A Student
In order to become excellent at something we must know what it
is that we are striving for. So what is a student? I ask the kids in
my class this at the beginning of the school year. Most of them
say a person who learns. That is partially correct. The dictionary
defines student as a person who is Engaged in Learning and a
Person who Studies.
Then I ask them how many of you were students last year?
Many are honest and say that they must not have been a student,
because they rarely studied and they rarely learned anything. I
am telling you that if you are going to be Excellent you will have
to become a student.
Also a student has the resources that are needed to succeed. I
will cover this in the next chapter.
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RESOURCES
Comparison:
The Football Player
What are the resources you expect to see a real football
player with? (Cleats, Helmet, Pads, Jersey, Mouthpiece) If
he is missing any of these items, coaches would question his
seriousness about the game of football. The real footballplayers shows up EVERY GAME with the resources they
need to be a successful football player.
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Resources
The Student:
What are the resources you expect to see a real student
with? ( Book bag, Pencils, Pens, Notebooks, Highlighters) If
he or she is missing any of these items, teachers would
question his seriousness about his education. The real
student shows up EVERY DAY with the resources needed to
be successful.
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Resources continued
Here is a basic list of your Success Resources:
-A notebook for each class.-10 pencils: Just in case one breaks you have 9 more.
-3 Pens: Prepared to write down information that you would like to
keep.
-3 Highlighters: Used to bring emphasis to important notes and topics
discussed in class.
-1 Planner
Laptop (Optional)
You MUST secure all of your supplies in order to transform from being
an AVERAGE studentto an EXCELLENCEstudent. If you are still in
grade school, and you do not have the resources you need, beg for
them. Thats right, BEG. If you wanted a pair of Jordans or to go on a
school trip, you wouldnt mind begging. You would not take no for an
answer. If your parents cant afford it, ask another family member. If
they have an excuse, ask a teacher at school. Bottom line, Get the
resources you need.
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The Truth
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________ Success
Team
Write your name in the blank above. Then list your teammates
below.
Family Member________________________
Coach________________________________
Teacher_______________________________
Mentor (Someone who is already doing what you want to do)
___________________________________
Fellow Student (One who is handling his or her own business)
_________________________
Meet and or talk with these people at least once a week.Discuss your goals. Your problems, Your concerns. Ask
questions. Listen and apply GOOD ADVICE.
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Success Team
Life is like basketball and football. You can not win trying to do it
alone. You are not a boxer, but even boxers have a team of
trainers to get them ready for their next fight.
Also you need to understand you need to be very selective about
who you put on your success team. Only allow people who will
encourage you, be truthful with you, give you wise advice, and
invest in you.
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Get an Education
My mom would tell me all the time to get a good education, but I
never really realized what she was asking me to actually do. I
was going to school everyday and turning in my work, but was I
really getting an education. As I got older, I understood, what a
GOOD EDUCATION was. She not only wanted me to get good
grades, she wanted to UNDERSTAND and be able to APPLY
(use) what I learned in the real world.
Listen, let me be clear about and education.
1. You are responsible for your own education.
2. Middle School and High School are just step to help you
get to DREAM.
3. The more EDUCATION you have, likely the more money
you will make. (Remember, Getting and Education means
to understand and apply what you have learned.
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Set Your Goals
When I think about setting goals I think about going on a trip. We
dont just jump in the car and start driving and hope that we will
end up in the right place.
First, we select a destination. So what your destination? Where
do you want to end up? You have to be very specific.
For example: Josh wants to be a dentist in Houston Texas by
the age of 22. He would like to have a wife and 2 kids and live in
a 4 bedroom home by the age of 25.
Second, we would plan our mode of transportation. How would
we get to our destination? Plane, Car, if he Boat, or etc.
Example: Josh has been researching colleges and their tuition
cost since 8th grade. He is in the Band and he found out that
plays his instrument well, colleges will offer him a scholarship tocollege. He also knows that with a high GPA and a
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Its Not Play Time
Its Time To Go To
WORK!
21 DAYS UNTIL EXCELLENCE
Many people claim that they want to be successful but manyare scared of the Gate-keeps; HARD WORK AND
PERSONAL SACRIFICE. Real success will come when you
pay these two gatekeepers FULL PRICE. There are no
bargain prices and SUCCESS will never go on sale. Now
before we get started, I need you to research and write
down the definition to these 2 words:
Hardwork:
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
____________________________________
Personal Sacrifice:
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
_____________________________________
Its Not Play Time
It Is Time To Go To
WORK!
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DECIDE-As a man thinketh, so is he.
Proverbs 23:7
-The man who says he can and
the man who says he cant areusually both right.
That means that the power to become an excellent
student rest with you. I need you today to just decide.
Its just that simple. You may be saying yeah right.Have you ever seen a team who battles back and win.
Part of the reason they are able to do such an amazing
feat, is partly due to DECIDING not to quit.
Once you make a firm decision, your actions will follow.
How? Because, the body parts are only tools for the
brain.
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Your Reason
If you are still reading, then, I believe that you have made thedecision to take the 21 Day Challenge. Great!!
Now you need a strong reason. This is key, because as
soon as you decided to improve your life, there will beobstacles and forces forming to keep you from achievingyour goals.
Here is the question. Why do you go to school?
I want you to think of the real reason you come to school
everyday. I know that when many students are asked thisquestion, they answer with that old cliche answer. To learn.Most of the time, this is not the whole truth. Some of youcome to socialize, cause trouble, eat free food, play sports,
and various other reasons. But what is your real REASONfor going to school?
It must be deeply rooted and be something that you care a
great deal about, because if it is a surface answer, like ToLearn you will have many excuses as to why you are not anExcellent Student. Dont get me wrong, coming to school to
learn is important, but in most cases it is not enough tocompel you to work hard.
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continued
What is your REAL reason for coming to school?
1. I want to use my education as the vehicle that drives me and
my family out of poverty.2. I want to be Valedictorian or Salutatorian of my school.
3. I want to become a professional in sports or another career field.
4. I am tired of just being an AVERAGE student.
Cut out the reason card below, write your reason on it, & have it
laminated. Keep it with you everyday as a reminder.
When you want to turn in sloppy homework, look at your reason card.
When you want to not study, look at your reason card. When you dont
like the teacher and you want to skip class, look at your reason card.
When you want to give any lame EXCUSE,as to why you are not being
EXCELLENT, look at your reason card.
My Reason To Be An Excellent Student
ReasonC
ard I come to school in order to
_________________________________
_________________________________
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Excuses
While I have your mind on the word excuses, let me give you
a simple yet powerful definition.
Excuses are tools of the incompetent, that buildsmonuments of nothingness, and those who use them
seldom amount to anything in life. (Go to this link and
watch the 2:25 youtube video about Excuses) http://youtu.
be/aqht0evQoMI
Examples of Student Excuses:
1. I am late because________
2. I didnt study because________
3. I cant do this work because______
4. What are your
excuses________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________.
Now let the excuses go and think about how you can still
move forward in spite of your obstacles.
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Excuse to Quit
The following story took place while I was in college.I enrolled in a higher level Business Math Class. I had
decided that I was going to work hard and pass all of myclasses with either an A or B. Life loves when you makecommitments like that, because it will through obstacles inyour way to see just how committed you are.
I grabbed my seat up front, and the professor walked in.
She was a short Asian woman who had a bright smile andshe seemed to be really nice. Then she began to speak tothe class about the requirements. As she was speaking, Iwas saying to myself, I can not understand anything she is
saying. She was speaking, but it was obvious that Englishwas not her first language.
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Excuse to Quit
Class began and we started working on Math problems
that I could not comprehend and a professior that I could
not understand . I looked up and to the sky and asked
God why? The class continued for days and I knew that
if I did not get some help, I would fail this class. I started
raising my hand and asking questions about every
problem. She realized that I wanted to learn, but that I
was having a hard time understanding her and the
problems.. She stopped class and said, Mr. Williams, I
see you want to learn, however I cant keep answering
questions of every problem. But, if you would like, you
may come to my office at 4:00 and work with my grad
assistant. That was a perfect idea. (So I thought!!)
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Excuse to Quit
I arrived to my professors office and she directed me to the study
room. I went inside and waited for the graduate assistant. He
was Asian as well and he was not able to speak fluent English
ethier. My heart drops and I really think God is testing me. He
begins to try to explain the problems and I become frustrated and
so does he. I stayed for my hour and learned what I could. But I
was at a cross roads. I could just quit or try pass this class with a
low grade., I mean what else could I do. I thought to myself,
This is a reasonable EXCUSE. I can not understand what the
professor nor the grad assistant is saying. At that point it was
time to be responsible for my own education. I decided to dig in
even deeper and study even harder. I also found students in the
class that I could study with. I will get my A out of this class, no
matter what. I spent hours on 1 and 2 problems, until I
understood the concepts. It took a lot of grinding and overcoming
obstacles, but I got my A.
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I get to my professors office and she directs me to the study lab.
I go inside and wait for the graduate assistant. He is Asian as
well and he can not speak understandable English ethier. My
heart drops and I really think God is testing me now. The
assistant begins to explain the problems and I become
frustrated. I stayed for my tutoring hour and learned what I could.
But I was at a cross roads. I could just quit or try to pass this
class with a low grade., I mean what else could I do. I thought to
myself, This is a reasonable EXCUSE. I could not understand
what the professor nor what the grad assistant was saying. At
that point it was time to be responsible for my own education. I
decided to dig in even deeper and study even harder. I also
found students in the class that I could study with. I will get my A
out of this class, no matter what. I spent hours on 1 and 2
problems, until I understood the concepts. It took a lot of grinding
and overcoming obstacles, but I got my A.
Excuse to Quit
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Excuse to Quit
Forget an Excuse and look for ways to overcome. I know I said it
before, but Excuses are tools of the incompetent and those who
use them seldom amount to anything in life. If you use Excuses,
you will build yourself a whole lot of nothing. You gotta choose:
Make Excuses or Make Results. You cant have both.
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Adapt
Improve
Overcome
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Vision Board
This is where you make your dreams come alive. You take the
idea from your mind and you put it on paper.
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Whining Dog Story
There was an old man sitting on the porch rocking in his rocking
chair as he would do every day. His old hound dog continued to
whine and moan as if he was in pain The mail man walked up
and gave him his mail and said sir why is your dog whining and
moaning. He said, Sir he is sitting on a nail. The mail man
said, Why wont he move? The old man looked up and said,
He is not hurting bad enough.
Are you hurting enough or are you still just whining and
complaining everyday. I do not know what your personalstruggles are. It may be a bad relationship with your parents,
mean students at school, a subject that you cannot master. That
all may be true, but what are you going to do different in order to
make your situation better.
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Responsible for Your
Own Education
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Dont Rest on Your
Talent
This chapter is for the students who are already working hard and
have become an Excellent Student. You are on your way to
achieving your goals. Dont get side tracked by students who are
slacking off, or those who are not engaged at all. Thier dream is
not your dream. Their goals are not your goals. You focus on
you. DOnt rest on your talent. Trust me, their is someone right
now who might be as smart as you, they might not have the
resources that you have, They might not have the loving family
and support that you have, and they might not be as talented as
you are. But they are tired of being at the bottom and a fire to
succeed has been ignited in them.
This type of person is hard to stop. Your talent may have got you
to this point to where you are good. But they will out work you to
greatness. You can not peak in middle school or high school.
Again dont rest on your talent. If the teacher ask for a one page
report, you do 1 - 2.
Will Smith said it best. You might be smarter than me. You
might be faster than me, You might even be more talented than
me. But you will not OUT WORK ME!
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Day1: Show up to class with all of your resources. Greet each
teacher with a firm handshake, Pull out your planner and
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Parent Checklist
_____ Tell me one good thing about your day today.
_____
_____ Do you have any homework today?
_____
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