WEBVTT 00:00:00.574 --> 00:00:19.958 (music) 00:00:19.958 --> 00:00:24.810 It would be a great benefit to you to be a SAGE member. I can guarantee that. 00:00:24.810 --> 00:00:29.339 because it has made a difference in my learning. Umm...like I said, I'm proud to be a SAGE member. 00:00:29.385 --> 00:00:34.812 Hi, my name is Anthony and I'm a displaced worker. I worked in the furniture industry 00:00:34.812 --> 00:00:39.673 for 24 years and I ended up coming back to school. 00:00:39.673 --> 00:00:45.707 If you're struggling in a class, SAGE tutoring will be really beneficial. It helped me a lot. 00:00:45.707 --> 00:00:51.530 When I was struggling in a class they had tutoring that was able to help me pass my class. 00:00:51.530 --> 00:00:58.002 In the math program, I had to start with the basic math and I've had tutoring all the way through my math program 00:00:58.017 --> 00:01:03.885 And, if it hadn't been for that, I don't think I would have passed any of the math. 00:01:03.885 --> 00:01:10.149 What helped me the most is obviously the tutoring. I mean, it's drastically improved my grades; 00:01:10.180 --> 00:01:11.387 it's kept me focused. 00:01:11.567 --> 00:01:18.497 Ummm, but with SAGE, I found that I had support, guidance, and counseling. 00:01:18.513 --> 00:01:26.684 And, SAGE has been my peace haven. I come here; I study. I've made close friendships. 00:01:26.684 --> 00:01:32.123 I'm here in between every one of my classes everyday. I've actually started out 00:01:32.154 --> 00:01:38.462 as a tutee. Now I tutor quite a few different subjects and I've had 00:01:38.478 --> 00:01:44.197 just so many different days I've broken down and cried; I've just 00:01:44.197 --> 00:01:48.838 been so happy. I've gotten hugs from everyone for my accomplishments. 00:01:48.838 --> 00:01:51.086 SAGE has been very, very beneficial to me. 00:01:51.194 --> 00:02:00.520 The other thing that I'll really stress to you is that you can meet other students 00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:05.660 in the same situation that you are and you have that commraderieship that 00:02:05.660 --> 00:02:11.308 helps you through school. And I just encourage you to take advantage 00:02:11.308 --> 00:02:13.808 of the SAGE program here at Wilkes Community College. 00:02:13.838 --> 00:02:19.845 And also, in SAGE, they have a book loan program that i've taken 00:02:19.845 --> 00:02:24.920 advantage of. I've borrowed some calculators and have had calculators loaned to me, and books. 00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:28.809 It's saved me a great deal of money. And, you have to return them. 00:02:28.809 --> 00:02:31.986 But it does, it saves you a great deal of money on books that you're 00:02:31.986 --> 00:02:34.520 not going to keep with you anyway. You don't have to go through the 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:37.362 buying a book and selling them back. Like I've said, it's very 00:02:37.362 --> 00:02:39.480 convenient, very helpful. 00:02:39.496 --> 00:02:43.671 I think it's very helpful. Yeah. they let you check out books. 00:02:43.671 --> 00:02:46.873 yeah, it's free. Free is good! (laughter) 00:02:46.873 --> 00:02:54.204 You can earn shirts if you meet your goals. Counseling is good. 00:02:54.204 --> 00:02:57.603 Always very nice people. Very helpful...people! 00:02:57.603 --> 00:03:03.915 I've had advisers help me with registering for classes when my personal 00:03:03.915 --> 00:03:06.463 adviser couldn't get to me. That's been a big help. 00:03:06.509 --> 00:03:10.717 They've helped me with my financial aid. I've also received the scholarship 00:03:10.779 --> 00:03:13.220 from SAGE, that's been very helpful. 00:03:13.220 --> 00:03:19.983 You can get tutoring. You can be tutored. I got tutored (laughter) 00:03:19.999 --> 00:03:22.413 You can be a tutor. Yeah. 00:03:22.413 --> 00:03:29.154 Hi, I'm Danny. SAGE is a really great place to come to in order to study 00:03:29.154 --> 00:03:31.314 and improve your study habits. 00:03:31.329 --> 00:03:36.267 Yeah, tutors do get paid. I was a tutor! I wish I was one. (Laughter) 00:03:36.267 --> 00:03:44.150 Umm...it really helps to have a special place on campus to go to 00:03:44.227 --> 00:03:45.753 away from all the noise. 00:03:45.814 --> 00:03:49.601 SAGE has helped me becuase they've got a computer lab that I can use to do my 00:03:49.601 --> 00:03:54.520 homework assignments. They have tutoring to help with classes I need help in. 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:58.066 If I need to just talk to somebody they're here to talk to. 00:03:58.066 --> 00:04:06.747 It's a good place to study for homework, tests, quizzes, get caught up in all your classes. 00:04:06.932 --> 00:04:13.173 Hello my name is Danny. And, I'm Rebecca. And I'm a displaced 00:04:13.173 --> 00:04:19.108 worker and I've returned to school, uh...returned to college after being 00:04:19.108 --> 00:04:23.692 out of school for about 15 years now. 00:04:23.692 --> 00:04:28.543 SAGE can be a great benefit to you because they've helped me with getting 00:04:28.543 --> 00:04:34.544 tutoring, getting help, actually even advising me on things. They helped me 00:04:34.544 --> 00:04:35.691 get my schedule together. 00:04:35.691 --> 00:04:39.739 There's many, many people here to help you with the question you 00:04:39.739 --> 00:04:47.072 would have about advising you for classes, financial aid and 00:04:47.072 --> 00:04:50.796 those sort of things that you'll need. 00:04:50.796 --> 00:04:54.945 And, I've decided to come back to school. I've also been out 00:04:54.945 --> 00:04:59.142 of school for about the same amount of time, for about 15 years. 00:04:59.142 --> 00:05:07.940 SAGE means the most to me for the guidance and the support that I get. 00:05:07.940 --> 00:05:13.176 But, it's a great program. you can't ask for anything better. 00:05:13.176 --> 00:05:19.077 (music) 00:05:19.077 --> 00:05:24.909 Actually networking is building a group of people that 00:05:24.909 --> 00:05:32.442 can help you in your success as a student. That would be fellow 00:05:32.442 --> 00:05:40.302 students, instructors, the SAGE staff, especially the SAGE staff. They're here to help you. 00:05:40.302 --> 00:05:44.936 It doesn't hurt to raise your hand, ask quesitons, all the time. 00:05:44.936 --> 00:05:47.386 Just ask questions. That's what they're here for! 00:05:47.386 --> 00:05:50.540 They can guide you in some of the classes you need to take 00:05:50.540 --> 00:05:53.969 in order to be successful when you get out into the job market. 00:05:53.969 --> 00:05:59.745 You have to think of yourself as a selling tool so that when 00:05:59.745 --> 00:06:03.025 you're in the market you're really selling yourself to your employers. 00:06:03.025 --> 00:06:07.915 So you want to make sure that you get the best instructions, you get guidance 00:06:07.915 --> 00:06:09.327 from the SAGE staff. 00:06:09.342 --> 00:06:14.119 Don't be afraid to reach out and make friends with people. 00:06:14.119 --> 00:06:17.919 Our instructors are people, too. And it's good to get to know your instructor 00:06:17.919 --> 00:06:19.336 and for them to get to know you. 00:06:19.336 --> 00:06:24.403 (music) 00:06:24.403 --> 00:06:29.820 College is different from high school because you don't have 00:06:29.820 --> 00:06:32.851 teachers telling you to hurry up and get to class so you're not late. 00:06:32.851 --> 00:06:36.869 You have to work time management so you're not late. 00:06:36.869 --> 00:06:41.246 College is different than high school in the fact that you have a 00:06:41.246 --> 00:06:44.465 lot more freedom but with that freedom comes a whole lot more responsibility. 00:06:44.465 --> 00:06:48.809 Making friends is a lot easier. You don't have to be under pressure 00:06:48.809 --> 00:06:52.586 There's all different kinds of age groups, and if you're in class 00:06:52.586 --> 00:06:55.771 you're there for the same reason, so you have a different way of 00:06:55.771 --> 00:06:57.353 bonding. 00:06:57.353 --> 00:07:03.908 Uh...you have less class time, but you to have a lot more time studying what 00:07:03.908 --> 00:07:07.152 you've learned in that class. So, it's almost flip-flopped. 00:07:07.152 --> 00:07:10.115 I wouldn't say it's easier, but it's easier if you make it that way. 00:07:10.115 --> 00:07:16.317 You become more sociable in college. Because, in high school you don't have to ask 00:07:16.317 --> 00:07:20.074 your neighbor for help, you just go straight to the instructor. But, in college 00:07:20.074 --> 00:07:23.109 the instructor is not always there to help you where you have to go to 00:07:23.109 --> 00:07:24.780 someone else. 00:07:24.780 --> 00:07:28.847 (music) 00:07:28.847 --> 00:07:32.482 Uh..I think another good thing about being in SAGE is the campus 00:07:32.482 --> 00:07:36.130 visits you go on. It's especially important if you're planning 00:07:36.130 --> 00:07:40.150 to transfer to a four-year university. On the campus visits you 00:07:40.150 --> 00:07:44.732 get to meet with the professors, um...you get to take the campus tours, kind 00:07:44.732 --> 00:07:48.232 of get a feel for the campus so you know whether it's too big for you 00:07:48.232 --> 00:07:49.280 or too small for you. 00:07:49.280 --> 00:07:56.714 Yes, I plan to go NC State for a campus visit since I'm going into 00:07:56.714 --> 00:08:02.149 veterninary medicine. So, I can get a feel for what the school is like, see if 00:08:02.149 --> 00:08:07.730 I really want to go there when it gets time to graduate from WCC. 00:08:07.730 --> 00:08:13.027 I'll be transferring to Winston-Salem State for their nursing program, and hopefully see what their school 00:08:13.027 --> 00:08:16.864 is like and how their nursing program will be beneficial to me. 00:08:16.864 --> 00:08:20.514 (music) 00:08:20.514 --> 00:08:28.532 Being selected as a mentor in the SAGE program was very exciting for me. It helped me with my leadership 00:08:28.532 --> 00:08:37.176 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 00:08:37.176 --> 00:08:40.854 a SAGE member. As far as mentoring goes it's been beneficial 00:08:40.854 --> 00:08:46.022 to me in order to help people, to guide people along with their 00:08:46.022 --> 00:08:51.887 studies, areas to go to for assistance whether it be Student 00:08:51.887 --> 00:08:59.653 Services, the library, SAGE, and helping them find tutors that will help 00:08:59.653 --> 00:09:02.733 them with the subject matter they are having difficulty with. 00:09:02.749 --> 00:09:08.697 The mentoring program is um..a program where your peers 00:09:08.697 --> 00:09:14.452 your fellow students, that guide you through some of the materials 00:09:14.452 --> 00:09:19.751 that are very helpful to you that may not go so in depth with 00:09:19.751 --> 00:09:22.933 some of your other classes. It's having someone to go to 00:09:22.979 --> 00:09:24.817 knowing that they're not alone 00:09:24.848 --> 00:09:32.486 and the experiences that they're having is in general just the 00:09:32.486 --> 00:09:37.356 same experiences all the students are having. And, not everyone's willing to talk about it 00:09:37.418 --> 00:09:42.176 and instead of keeping it bottled up inside, effecting your studies, 00:09:42.192 --> 00:09:45.854 it's great to have someone to go to and talk to that's already 00:09:45.854 --> 00:09:48.320 been through the same experiences. 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.720 (music) 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:55.561 There's different types of study methods and learning methods. 00:09:55.561 --> 00:10:01.093 You have to find out what your's is so that you can take advantage 00:10:01.093 --> 00:10:04.668 of that and be able to prosper in your classes. 00:10:04.668 --> 00:10:09.186 Um...you're new to school and everything is totally different 00:10:09.186 --> 00:10:13.238 from what you've experienced before in high school or even 00:10:13.238 --> 00:10:16.553 in the workplace. Myself, I'm a dislocated worker after over 00:10:16.553 --> 00:10:20.769 30 years from being out of school, coming back to school has 00:10:20.769 --> 00:10:23.403 been a whole new experience even still. 00:10:23.403 --> 00:10:25.935 I have learned that the more you get involved on the campus 00:10:25.935 --> 00:10:32.311 involved in SAGE, involved in your clubs, the better student you are. 00:10:32.311 --> 00:10:35.139 You prosper more, you learn leadership skills. 00:10:35.262 --> 00:10:41.636 Well, my first study tip will be to study your notes in every 00:10:41.636 --> 00:10:44.536 class every day and it doesn't need to be a huge study 00:10:44.536 --> 00:10:48.120 session, just small study sessions each day, so you don't 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:51.320 end up having to cram the last day before a test, because 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:54.032 you won't keep it in your mind that way, If you study each day 00:10:54.032 --> 00:10:57.929 in small amounts it will stay in your brain more. 00:10:57.929 --> 00:11:01.870 Set yourself a specific time, find yourself a specific place 00:11:01.870 --> 00:11:05.299 and that's another thing I like about this SAGE program. You've got 00:11:05.299 --> 00:11:09.092 an area here where you can get by yourself. It's quiet; you can study. 00:11:09.092 --> 00:11:13.576 Uh...you have to have a place where you can just focus on 00:11:13.607 --> 00:11:14.437 what you're doing. 00:11:14.437 --> 00:11:17.321 When I review I look over someone else's notes to make sure 00:11:17.321 --> 00:11:21.435 that we've got the same thing where if I miss something, they might have caught it. 00:11:21.435 --> 00:11:25.820 I had a math class that was a very difficult class with 00:11:25.820 --> 00:11:31.970 minimal instruction. It was mostly you do the material on your own 00:11:31.970 --> 00:11:36.220 and then if you have questions the instructor would help you 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:40.337 out with that. So, we formed a study group and that was 00:11:40.337 --> 00:11:43.850 very beneficial because we could bounce off ideas from 00:11:43.850 --> 00:11:46.444 what we've read and learned and tried examples. 00:11:46.444 --> 00:11:51.597 Hmmm....create study groups. Have your friends come and 00:11:51.597 --> 00:11:52.488 study with you. 00:11:52.488 --> 00:11:55.303 The best thing I found about SAGE is the study group, where 00:11:55.303 --> 00:11:59.078 a group of students get together for a certain subject or class 00:11:59.078 --> 00:12:02.153 and they make up their own test questions becuase anyting 00:12:02.153 --> 00:12:05.716 is possible for a test. So, make as many as you can and just 00:12:05.716 --> 00:12:09.903 go through them and try the best you can to make them accurate 00:12:09.903 --> 00:12:11.135 as they can be. 00:12:11.135 --> 00:12:14.770 Always do your assignments two days before they're due. 00:12:14.770 --> 00:12:17.901 That way you can review them and you're not rushing for the 00:12:17.901 --> 00:12:23.153 last minute. Yeah. Because you don't want to be pressed for time. 00:12:23.168 --> 00:12:26.754 Do not procrastinate! Because, procrastination is the worst 00:12:26.754 --> 00:12:32.486 thing, in my opinion, that will hurt your success in school. 00:12:32.486 --> 00:12:35.653 Depending on the classes that you're in even if they don't assign 00:12:35.653 --> 00:12:37.837 you homework, you have to assign yourself some homework. 00:12:37.837 --> 00:12:43.336 To be in college it's required to have time to study. If you don't 00:12:43.336 --> 00:12:48.236 have time.....you don't do as well. You won't be successful. 00:12:48.236 --> 00:12:52.778 Whatever you do, don't wait unitl the last minute! Prepare 00:12:52.778 --> 00:12:59.070 a week to two weeks in advance before you take an exam, and 00:12:59.070 --> 00:13:01.486 it will make it so much easier to get through the exam. 00:13:01.486 --> 00:13:05.850 I find that if you dedicate a certain amount of time even if 00:13:05.850 --> 00:13:10.552 it's 30 minutes a day studying a particular, you know whatever, 00:13:10.552 --> 00:13:14.050 subject that you're in, that you're doing and studying for that you 00:13:14.050 --> 00:13:20.506 don't have to wait until the night before to do it. You're constantly 00:13:20.522 --> 00:13:24.704 moving that information around in your head and studying it 00:13:24.704 --> 00:13:28.602 and learning it and uh, because if you put if off until the 00:13:28.602 --> 00:13:34.547 night before you can't process all that information in one night. 00:13:34.547 --> 00:13:35.743 It makes it really hard. 00:13:35.743 --> 00:13:39.684 Uh...study to where you understand, not just to memorize 00:13:39.684 --> 00:13:44.343 a fact. If you understand why something is, the way it is, 00:13:44.343 --> 00:13:47.300 then you'll understand the concept a lot easier. 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:51.514 I would suggest to be self-motivated. That's very important. 00:13:51.514 --> 00:13:54.837 I'd just like to share another tip. For me, what has really made me 00:13:54.837 --> 00:13:58.683 make things work good for me to be a success in college is 00:13:58.683 --> 00:14:03.504 to have the right attitude. And you know, don't be afraid! Don't be afraid to step 00:14:03.504 --> 00:14:04.776 out there and give it all you've got! 00:14:04.776 --> 00:14:08.485 There's help here that's provided for you. You just have to 00:14:08.485 --> 00:14:12.003 ask for it. And uh, people are willing to help you. 00:14:12.003 --> 00:14:17.586 Umm...I spent the last two years learning all over again 00:14:17.586 --> 00:14:18.987 and it's been a great experience! 00:14:18.987 --> 99:59:59.999 (music)