0:00:00.574,0:00:19.958 (music) 0:00:19.958,0:00:24.810 It would be a great benefit to you to be a SAGE member. I can guarantee that. 0:00:24.810,0:00:29.339 because it has made a difference in my learning. Umm...like I said, I'm proud to be a SAGE member. 0:00:29.385,0:00:34.812 Hi, my name is Anthony and I'm a displaced worker. I worked in the furniture industry 0:00:34.812,0:00:39.673 for 24 years and I ended up coming back to school. 0:00:39.673,0:00:45.707 If you're struggling in a class, SAGE tutoring will be really beneficial. It helped me a lot. 0:00:45.707,0:00:51.530 When I was struggling in a class they had tutoring that was able to help me pass my class. 0:00:51.530,0:00:58.002 In the math program, I had to start with the basic math and I've had tutoring all the way through my math program 0:00:58.017,0:01:03.885 And, if it hadn't been for that, I don't think I would have passed any of the math. 0:01:03.885,0:01:10.149 What helped me the most is obviously the tutoring. I mean, it's drastically improved my grades; 0:01:10.180,0:01:11.387 it's kept me focused. 0:01:11.567,0:01:18.497 Ummm, but with SAGE, I found that I had support, guidance, and counseling. 0:01:18.513,0:01:26.684 And, SAGE has been my peace haven. I come here; I study. I've made close friendships. 0:01:26.684,0:01:32.123 I'm here in between every one of my classes everyday. I've actually started out 0:01:32.154,0:01:38.462 as a tutee. Now I tutor quite a few different subjects and I've had 0:01:38.478,0:01:44.197 just so many different days I've broken down and cried; I've just 0:01:44.197,0:01:48.838 been so happy. I've gotten hugs from everyone for my accomplishments. 0:01:48.838,0:01:51.086 SAGE has been very, very beneficial to me. 0:01:51.194,0:02:00.520 The other thing that I'll really stress to you is that you can meet other students 0:02:00.520,0:02:05.660 in the same situation that you are and you have that commraderieship that 0:02:05.660,0:02:11.308 helps you through school. And I just encourage you to take advantage 0:02:11.308,0:02:13.808 of the SAGE program here at Wilkes Community College. 0:02:13.838,0:02:19.845 And also, in SAGE, they have a book loan program that i've taken 0:02:19.845,0:02:24.920 advantage of. I've borrowed some calculators and have had calculators loaned to me, and books. 0:02:24.920,0:02:28.809 It's saved me a great deal of money. And, you have to return them. 0:02:28.809,0:02:31.986 But it does, it saves you a great deal of money on books that you're 0:02:31.986,0:02:34.520 not going to keep with you anyway. You don't have to go through the 0:02:34.520,0:02:37.362 buying a book and selling them back. Like I've said, it's very 0:02:37.362,0:02:39.480 convenient, very helpful. 0:02:39.496,0:02:43.671 I think it's very helpful. Yeah. they let you check out books. 0:02:43.671,0:02:46.873 yeah, it's free. Free is good! (laughter) 0:02:46.873,0:02:54.204 You can earn shirts if you meet your goals. Counseling is good. 0:02:54.204,0:02:57.603 Always very nice people. Very helpful...people! 0:02:57.603,0:03:03.915 I've had advisers help me with registering for classes when my personal 0:03:03.915,0:03:06.463 adviser couldn't get to me. That's been a big help. 0:03:06.509,0:03:10.717 They've helped me with my financial aid. I've also received the scholarship 0:03:10.779,0:03:13.220 from SAGE, that's been very helpful. 0:03:13.220,0:03:19.983 You can get tutoring. You can be tutored. I got tutored (laughter) 0:03:19.999,0:03:22.413 You can be a tutor. Yeah. 0:03:22.413,0:03:29.154 Hi, I'm Danny. SAGE is a really great place to come to in order to study 0:03:29.154,0:03:31.314 and improve your study habits. 0:03:31.329,0:03:36.267 Yeah, tutors do get paid. I was a tutor! I wish I was one. (Laughter) 0:03:36.267,0:03:44.150 Umm...it really helps to have a special place on campus to go to 0:03:44.227,0:03:45.753 away from all the noise. 0:03:45.814,0:03:49.601 SAGE has helped me becuase they've got a computer lab that I can use to do my 0:03:49.601,0:03:54.520 homework assignments. They have tutoring to help with classes I need help in. 0:03:54.520,0:03:58.066 If I need to just talk to somebody they're here to talk to. 0:03:58.066,0:04:06.747 It's a good place to study for homework, tests, quizzes, get caught up in all your classes. 0:04:06.932,0:04:13.173 Hello my name is Danny. And, I'm Rebecca. And I'm a displaced 0:04:13.173,0:04:19.108 worker and I've returned to school, uh...returned to college after being 0:04:19.108,0:04:23.692 out of school for about 15 years now. 0:04:23.692,0:04:28.543 SAGE can be a great benefit to you because they've helped me with getting 0:04:28.543,0:04:34.544 tutoring, getting help, actually even advising me on things. They helped me 0:04:34.544,0:04:35.691 get my schedule together. 0:04:35.691,0:04:39.739 There's many, many people here to help you with the question you 0:04:39.739,0:04:47.072 would have about advising you for classes, financial aid and 0:04:47.072,0:04:50.796 those sort of things that you'll need. 0:04:50.796,0:04:54.945 And, I've decided to come back to school. I've also been out 0:04:54.945,0:04:59.142 of school for about the same amount of time, for about 15 years. 0:04:59.142,0:05:07.940 SAGE means the most to me for the guidance and the support that I get. 0:05:07.940,0:05:13.176 But, it's a great program. you can't ask for anything better. 0:05:13.176,0:05:19.077 (music) 0:05:19.077,0:05:24.909 Actually networking is building a group of people that 0:05:24.909,0:05:32.442 can help you in your success as a student. That would be fellow 0:05:32.442,0:05:40.302 students, instructors, the SAGE staff, especially the SAGE staff. They're here to help you. 0:05:40.302,0:05:44.936 It doesn't hurt to raise your hand, ask quesitons, all the time. 0:05:44.936,0:05:47.386 Just ask questions. That's what they're here for! 0:05:47.386,0:05:50.540 They can guide you in some of the classes you need to take 0:05:50.540,0:05:53.969 in order to be successful when you get out into the job market. 0:05:53.969,0:05:59.745 You have to think of yourself as a selling tool so that when 0:05:59.745,0:06:03.025 you're in the market you're really selling yourself to your employers. 0:06:03.025,0:06:07.915 So you want to make sure that you get the best instructions, you get guidance 0:06:07.915,0:06:09.327 from the SAGE staff. 0:06:09.342,0:06:14.119 Don't be afraid to reach out and make friends with people. 0:06:14.119,0:06:17.919 Our instructors are people, too. And it's good to get to know your instructor 0:06:17.919,0:06:19.336 and for them to get to know you. 0:06:19.336,0:06:24.403 (music) 0:06:24.403,0:06:29.820 College is different from high school because you don't have 0:06:29.820,0:06:32.851 teachers telling you to hurry up and get to class so you're not late. 0:06:32.851,0:06:36.869 You have to work time management so you're not late. 0:06:36.869,0:06:41.246 College is different than high school in the fact that you have a 0:06:41.246,0:06:44.465 lot more freedom but with that freedom comes a whole lot more responsibility. 0:06:44.465,0:06:48.809 Making friends is a lot easier. You don't have to be under pressure 0:06:48.809,0:06:52.586 There's all different kinds of age groups, and if you're in class 0:06:52.586,0:06:55.771 you're there for the same reason, so you have a different way of 0:06:55.771,0:06:57.353 bonding. 0:06:57.353,0:07:03.908 Uh...you have less class time, but you to have a lot more time studying what 0:07:03.908,0:07:07.152 you've learned in that class. So, it's almost flip-flopped. 0:07:07.152,0:07:10.115 I wouldn't say it's easier, but it's easier if you make it that way. 0:07:10.115,0:07:16.317 You become more sociable in college. Because, in high school you don't have to ask 0:07:16.317,0:07:20.074 your neighbor for help, you just go straight to the instructor. But, in college 0:07:20.074,0:07:23.109 the instructor is not always there to help you where you have to go to 0:07:23.109,0:07:24.780 someone else. 0:07:24.780,0:07:28.847 (music) 0:07:28.847,0:07:32.482 Uh..I think another good thing about being in SAGE is the campus 0:07:32.482,0:07:36.130 visits you go on. It's especially important if you're planning 0:07:36.130,0:07:40.150 to transfer to a four-year university. On the campus visits you 0:07:40.150,0:07:44.732 get to meet with the professors, um...you get to take the campus tours, kind 0:07:44.732,0:07:48.232 of get a feel for the campus so you know whether it's too big for you 0:07:48.232,0:07:49.280 or too small for you. 0:07:49.280,0:07:56.714 Yes, I plan to go NC State for a campus visit since I'm going into 0:07:56.714,0:08:02.149 veterninary medicine. So, I can get a feel for what the school is like, see if 0:08:02.149,0:08:07.730 I really want to go there when it gets time to graduate from WCC. 0:08:07.730,0:08:13.027 I'll be transferring to Winston-Salem State for their nursing program, and hopefully see what their school 0:08:13.027,0:08:16.864 is like and how their nursing program will be beneficial to me. 0:08:16.864,0:08:20.514 (music) 0:08:20.514,0:08:28.532 Being selected as a mentor in the SAGE program was very exciting for me. It helped me with my leadership 0:08:28.532,0:08:37.176 skills..uh..and it helped me to focus more on the techniques that SAGE presents to you when you in the beginning when you become 0:08:37.176,0:08:40.854 a SAGE member. As far as mentoring goes it's been beneficial 0:08:40.854,0:08:46.022 to me in order to help people, to guide people along with their 0:08:46.022,0:08:51.887 studies, areas to go to for assistance whether it be Student 0:08:51.887,0:08:59.653 Services, the library, SAGE, and helping them find tutors that will help 0:08:59.653,0:09:02.733 them with the subject matter they are having difficulty with. 0:09:02.749,0:09:08.697 The mentoring program is um..a program where your peers 0:09:08.697,0:09:14.452 your fellow students, that guide you through some of the materials 0:09:14.452,0:09:19.751 that are very helpful to you that may not go so in depth with 0:09:19.751,0:09:22.933 some of your other classes. It's having someone to go to 0:09:22.979,0:09:24.817 knowing that they're not alone 0:09:24.848,0:09:32.486 and the experiences that they're having is in general just the 0:09:32.486,0:09:37.356 same experiences all the students are having. And, not everyone's willing to talk about it 0:09:37.418,0:09:42.176 and instead of keeping it bottled up inside, effecting your studies, 0:09:42.192,0:09:45.854 it's great to have someone to go to and talk to that's already 0:09:45.854,0:09:48.320 been through the same experiences. 0:09:48.320,0:09:52.720 (music) 0:09:52.720,0:09:55.561 There's different types of study methods and learning methods. 0:09:55.561,0:10:01.093 You have to find out what your's is so that you can take advantage 0:10:01.093,0:10:04.668 of that and be able to prosper in your classes. 0:10:04.668,0:10:09.186 Um...you're new to school and everything is totally different 0:10:09.186,0:10:13.238 from what you've experienced before in high school or even 0:10:13.238,0:10:16.553 in the workplace. Myself, I'm a dislocated worker after over 0:10:16.553,0:10:20.769 30 years from being out of school, coming back to school has 0:10:20.769,0:10:23.403 been a whole new experience even still. 0:10:23.403,0:10:25.935 I have learned that the more you get involved on the campus 0:10:25.935,0:10:32.311 involved in SAGE, involved in your clubs, the better student you are. 0:10:32.311,0:10:35.139 You prosper more, you learn leadership skills. 0:10:35.262,0:10:41.636 Well, my first study tip will be to study your notes in every 0:10:41.636,0:10:44.536 class every day and it doesn't need to be a huge study 0:10:44.536,0:10:48.120 session, just small study sessions each day, so you don't 0:10:48.120,0:10:51.320 end up having to cram the last day before a test, because 0:10:51.320,0:10:54.032 you won't keep it in your mind that way, If you study each day 0:10:54.032,0:10:57.929 in small amounts it will stay in your brain more. 0:10:57.929,0:11:01.870 Set yourself a specific time, find yourself a specific place 0:11:01.870,0:11:05.299 and that's another thing I like about this SAGE program. You've got 0:11:05.299,0:11:09.092 an area here where you can get by yourself. It's quiet; you can study. 0:11:09.092,0:11:13.576 Uh...you have to have a place where you can just focus on 0:11:13.607,0:11:14.437 what you're doing. 0:11:14.437,0:11:17.321 When I review I look over someone else's notes to make sure 0:11:17.321,0:11:21.435 that we've got the same thing where if I miss something, they might have caught it. 0:11:21.435,0:11:25.820 I had a math class that was a very difficult class with 0:11:25.820,0:11:31.970 minimal instruction. It was mostly you do the material on your own 0:11:31.970,0:11:36.220 and then if you have questions the instructor would help you 0:11:36.220,0:11:40.337 out with that. So, we formed a study group and that was 0:11:40.337,0:11:43.850 very beneficial because we could bounce off ideas from 0:11:43.850,0:11:46.444 what we've read and learned and tried examples. 0:11:46.444,0:11:51.597 Hmmm....create study groups. Have your friends come and 0:11:51.597,0:11:52.488 study with you. 0:11:52.488,0:11:55.303 The best thing I found about SAGE is the study group, where 0:11:55.303,0:11:59.078 a group of students get together for a certain subject or class 0:11:59.078,0:12:02.153 and they make up their own test questions becuase anyting 0:12:02.153,0:12:05.716 is possible for a test. So, make as many as you can and just 0:12:05.716,0:12:09.903 go through them and try the best you can to make them accurate 0:12:09.903,0:12:11.135 as they can be. 0:12:11.135,0:12:14.770 Always do your assignments two days before they're due. 0:12:14.770,0:12:17.901 That way you can review them and you're not rushing for the 0:12:17.901,0:12:23.153 last minute. Yeah. Because you don't want to be pressed for time. 0:12:23.168,0:12:26.754 Do not procrastinate! Because, procrastination is the worst 0:12:26.754,0:12:32.486 thing, in my opinion, that will hurt your success in school. 0:12:32.486,0:12:35.653 Depending on the classes that you're in even if they don't assign 0:12:35.653,0:12:37.837 you homework, you have to assign yourself some homework. 0:12:37.837,0:12:43.336 To be in college it's required to have time to study. If you don't 0:12:43.336,0:12:48.236 have time.....you don't do as well. You won't be successful. 0:12:48.236,0:12:52.778 Whatever you do, don't wait unitl the last minute! Prepare 0:12:52.778,0:12:59.070 a week to two weeks in advance before you take an exam, and 0:12:59.070,0:13:01.486 it will make it so much easier to get through the exam. 0:13:01.486,0:13:05.850 I find that if you dedicate a certain amount of time even if 0:13:05.850,0:13:10.552 it's 30 minutes a day studying a particular, you know whatever, 0:13:10.552,0:13:14.050 subject that you're in, that you're doing and studying for that you 0:13:14.050,0:13:20.506 don't have to wait until the night before to do it. You're constantly 0:13:20.522,0:13:24.704 moving that information around in your head and studying it 0:13:24.704,0:13:28.602 and learning it and uh, because if you put if off until the 0:13:28.602,0:13:34.547 night before you can't process all that information in one night. 0:13:34.547,0:13:35.743 It makes it really hard. 0:13:35.743,0:13:39.684 Uh...study to where you understand, not just to memorize 0:13:39.684,0:13:44.343 a fact. If you understand why something is, the way it is, 0:13:44.343,0:13:47.300 then you'll understand the concept a lot easier. 0:13:47.300,0:13:51.514 I would suggest to be self-motivated. That's very important. 0:13:51.514,0:13:54.837 I'd just like to share another tip. For me, what has really made me 0:13:54.837,0:13:58.683 make things work good for me to be a success in college is 0:13:58.683,0:14:03.504 to have the right attitude. And you know, don't be afraid! Don't be afraid to step 0:14:03.504,0:14:04.776 out there and give it all you've got! 0:14:04.776,0:14:08.485 There's help here that's provided for you. You just have to 0:14:08.485,0:14:12.003 ask for it. And uh, people are willing to help you. 0:14:12.003,0:14:17.586 Umm...I spent the last two years learning all over again 0:14:17.586,0:14:18.987 and it's been a great experience! 0:14:18.987,9:59:59.000 (music)