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Sept. 14, 2026

Beyond Grades: Developing Cognitive Power to Combat Academic Burnout

Beyond Grades: Developing Cognitive Power to Combat Academic Burnout
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Season 2

In an era of distractions and social pressures that often derail student potential, how do we rebuild the internal compass of the learner? Join us as we sit down with Dr. Stephen Jones to explore the synthesis of brain fitness, cognitive confidence, and intrinsic motivation. We discuss how AI and neuro-informed training moves students past fear of failure and toward a renewed desire to learn. Discover how building cognitive power isn’t just about grades; it’s about reclaiming the purpose.

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Hello and thank you for tuning in to A Sharp

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Outlook on K4HD Radio and Talk4TV. I am Angela Sharp,

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your host. Our armchair discussions with industry experts will give

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Hello and thank you for joining us on A Sharp Outlook.

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We are the podcast that Provides information for you to

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be able to be successful in your business, in your home,

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in your personal life, in your entrepreneurship, all the things

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that you're interested in doing. And today we want to

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talk about preparing so that you can maybe have that

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business or own that business. after you get your education.

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So we're going to be talking about combating academic burnout.

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So beyond the grades, developing cognitive power to combat academic burnout.

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In an era of distractions, and we know we have those,

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and social pressures that often derail student potential, how do

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we rebuild the internal compass of the learner. Well, you're here,

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and I want you to sit down and take notes

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and enjoy our guest, Dr. Stephen Jones, the Dean at

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Villanova University, to explore the synthesis of brain fitness, cognitive confidence,

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and intrinsic motivation. We're going to discuss how AI and

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neuro-informed training to move students past the fear of failure

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and toward a renewed desire to learn, enjoy learning, and

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excited about learning.

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That's what we're wanting to get to.

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Building cognitive power isn't just about grades. It's about reclaiming

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the purpose of education. Whether you're a student aiming for

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the Dean's List or an educator looking to boost retention rates,

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this conversation offers a new blueprint for academic excellence. I'd

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like to ask Dr. Jones to join me right now

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and so we can have this discussion about how to

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help our students to be more successful in their environment

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and be able to Get the things that they need

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and the things that they want to have so they

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can be more successful in their particular studies in their

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way that they're studying so they can have those tools.

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They can believe that their intelligence is malleable and that

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they can have the cognitive tools to handle challenges. They

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can become resistant to the negative influences such as the

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fear of failure or the imposter syndrome, often exacerbated by

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social media that undermines their academic purpose. And so we're

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going to ask Dr. Jones to join us. And we're

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going to begin our conversation. One of the things I

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do want to say I've had an opportunity to look

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at some of the tools that are available to help

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to retrain the brain and give you that cognitive confidence

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that you can have. So good morning, Dr.

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Jones. Great to see you. Good morning.

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Glad to be here.

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Yes.

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Now talking about just things that we can do to

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help our students to be more successful in college. They're

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spending time there. They're trying to learn. They're being challenged.

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And just how do they get through it without having

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burnout and fear and feeling like they can't make it

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and some of them dropping out and just different things.

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What do you think?

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Many students today are battling negative feedback loops from social media.

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The belief that they aren't smart enough. or the system

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is stacked against them or, you know, how does cognitive

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training break those loops, those thoughts, those things going on?

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Well, this is a great time of the year to

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have that discussion because a lot of students in the

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midst of, you know, first of all, there are those

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who are going to college for the first time in

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their entire family. They're the first person in their entire

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family to go to college. And there's some, you know,

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imposter syndrome situations that come up because it seems like

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they represent the whole world and that heavy weight is

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on their shoulder. But then you also have students returning

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who may have struggled the first year and kind of

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they're having anxiety about whether they'll be able to do

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better the second year. So I think the cognitive development

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has to do with where they're at and what resources

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they're accessing so that they can do better as they

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move forward. A lot of times I've seen students who

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are especially first-generation students who are the top of their

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academic class at their high school not go and get

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help when they go to college because they think it's

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a sign of weakness as a sign of wisdom and

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strength that they're going to get that help. So I think,

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like I said, this is the ideal time to have

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this discussion to reaffirm to the students that they can

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do well. There's a lot of resources, a lot of strategies,

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a lot of ways of thinking that will enable them

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to be successful if they take on that and not

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allow the negative things to pull them away from this

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whole idea that they desire to go to college or

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some other training program. It's something that's in their heart.

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That's something that maybe preparation wasn't as much as they

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thought it was. Once they get into some of these classes,

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they find out, you know, I'm dealing with engineering students,

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so they find out that their calculus wasn't the same

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calculus that they're getting in college. And so anxiety and

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stress and so forth can.

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Build up over that.

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Well, I mean, I was just thinking about because I

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was the first one in my family that went to

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higher education. And you do feel that pressure that I

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have to succeed. I have to make it. Everybody that

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never went is counting on me to be successful to

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do that. And it is a lot of pressure to

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have to have that on your mind as well as

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trying to make those grades.

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I was working and going to school So I had had,

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you know, interaction and maybe not on the camp, you know,

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on campus, but going to class and then leaving and

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going home. But when you're there and you have so

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much peer pressure, that's got to be difficult. You know,

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how does building physical brain fitness translate into psychological confidence

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required to handle difficult subjects? Because they are going to

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be challenging. college, it's not high school any longer. And

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they may have breezed through those classes, but it's a

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whole different thing once you get in those other classes.

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Like, whoa, I actually have a team now.

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Yeah, I think.

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That is something that develops as you are going through

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and taking each individual class.

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And I'll make a point here. Show up for class.

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I've seen students, the first couple of classes, get so

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overwhelmed that they stop going to class. And that is

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the worst thing that you can do in terms of

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your development through the class. Once you start missing information,

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then you fall further and further behind. But as a strategy,

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because I'm always thinking about that, if you want to

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continue to develop yourself, two things. First, sit in front

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of the class. Second, make sure that you're meeting with

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your faculty member. That faculty member is there to help

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you to be successful. I didn't know about office hours

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when I went to college. The instructor may have said it,

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but I didn't know what it was. And I just

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didn't know what it was and what I should do

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or how I should use it. So I'm going to

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just share that office hours is that faculty have a

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set amount of time that's available throughout the week. for

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students to come in and get help. And so that's

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what we want to do. We want to position you

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as whoever is listening, whether you're an 18, 24-year-old going

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to college, or whether you're an adult learner beyond 24

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and you're going back to college, this is something that

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you need to do is meet with your faculty member.

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And that's from class to class. They all have hours

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that you can sit down with them. You're feeling behind.

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It will help you to get over some of the

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anxiety and recognize that each class is part of your growth.

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It's not to hinder you. It's to propel you forward

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and to give you more knowledge so that when you

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go out in your profession, you can do well.

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Right, right. Absolutely.

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Do you find that many aren't taking advantage of it

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because they're slightly embarrassed or some kind of emotional thing

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like that's happening inside instead of saying, you know what?

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My education is important. I don't care what anybody else thinks.

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I need to take care of me. So I'm going

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to go take care of me and get my grades

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so I can be successful. And you can giggle, you

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can laugh. That's your personal issue. I mean, you know,

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do we have to build them up a little to

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be able to just go through that challenge?

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Because you always got somebody over in the corner.

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They got to go. It's like, hey, let me tell

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you what to tell them. Tell them, I'm going to graduate.

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What about you? You got time to do all that?

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We'll see who has their cap and gown on and

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just walk away.

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Absolutely.

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Don't let those negative Words hinder you from getting what

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you need. And I think, again, some of it comes

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from they never needed tutoring when they were in high school.

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So why should I need it now that I'm here

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in college? And here's the reality. The students are getting

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A's and B's. They're going for tutoring. So that's how

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they keep their grades up. They go for that additional

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help to keep their grades in that B, A range.

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And you want to be the same person taking advantage

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of what will help you to be successful and not

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allow other people's opinions of you hinder you from getting

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that help.

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And, yeah. Yeah.

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And, you know, you just kind of think about it.

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One of the things I never thought about grades. I

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always thought about the information that I'm learning right now

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is going to open a door of opportunity for me

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to go get paid. And that's how I kept my

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mind straight. You know, it wasn't about the grades, even

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though my grades were very good. And like you said,

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high school from elementary to high school, I was one

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of those kids. I was always in trouble because I,

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I learned really fast. And then I was bored while

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others were trying to learn. And I'd say little things

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I shouldn't have seen.

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That's like, well, I'm bored.

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So they started giving me extra study to do, you know,

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classes and extra courses and things.

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And so.

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It accelerated my learning capability. So by the time I

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was ready for college, I was like, yeah, I'm ready

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to take this on. And I'm going to ask, you

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know what? I already know this stuff because I studied it.

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So can you give me something else? Because I know

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there's more to it than this. And they always were

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very generous with their time and extra information that really helped.

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helped me to excel beyond where I normally would have

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because I took extra work and extra things and kept

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my brain, you know, and then I'd even be trying

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to use it at work and stuff like that.

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So, but yeah, it was one of the bad ones.

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Wow.

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How can we help students transition from a performance-based mindset,

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you know, like focusing on the grades?

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Yeah.

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To a mastery-based mindset where they're focusing on.

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The joy of learning, there is a difference there.

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Just trying to pass and then actually excited about the

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learning because of what it's going to equip you to do.

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You know, one of the things that made me think

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about how I benefited from study groups, that was the

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place to share, interact, prove that I.

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Had learned what I learned in study groups.

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while they're seeing, you know, you're having these conversations about

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the real world and how I'll apply this and having

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those students share with you as well.

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Another thing that colleges also do is they have guest speakers.

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and hearing what the real world is and the application

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of that knowledge and how they're going to be able

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to use it, I think is the essential element of

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making the connection that my excellence, not just A's and B's,

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but my excellence as a person will pay off. And

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sometimes you need to hear from different perspectives to gain that,

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to understand the value of it. And it's hard because

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all throughout elementary school, middle school, and high school, everyone's

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telling you, you need A's and but they're not telling

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you about their personal development and personal growth.

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And I guess you are developing that all along the line, but.

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Then I explained the value of, you know, how when

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you develop the expertise yourself, when you go out to

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work in corporate America or education or wherever you might be,

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you'll have more, not only head knowledge, but you'll have

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ability knowledge.

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And you know what, Dr. James? That's one of the

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things I run across when I.

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an interim director of finance or a CFO or whatever,

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or I'm there as a software tech. I'm meeting the

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younger generation and they've gone to school and they got

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their grades and they got their degree, but somewhere along

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the line, they didn't really capture what they were being

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taught because they're coming in. I'm having to get out

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on the whiteboard and do all sorts of things because

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they don't know how to apply the information that they've learned.

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You know, they are just studying for the grades instead

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of studying for what that future, what that knowledge is

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really going to bring to them and how to apply it.

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I'm not sure how we get that across to them,

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but I tell you, and I've worked a long time,

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and every working situation I have had to go in

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and absolutely become a.

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To actually walk them through, and I know there's some training,

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but I'm talking about basic things that they should understand

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that they were learning. So they're getting grades, they're passing tests,

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they're memorizing, but they're not consuming information.

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a professional development course that our students have to take.

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soft skills, the ability to communicate, problem solve, decision make,

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and to take knowledge and use it and apply it

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are the kinds of things that we have in that class.

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And also students get credit for going to hear speakers

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come in, to hear alumni, to hear others come in.

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So it's a great way for them to take advantage of.

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the other level of growth that you can have even

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before you hit industry. So I would recommend to any

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students that are listening, if your college has a professional

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development course, it may be one or two credits. Ours

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is one or two credits, pass or fail. But I

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just see how much they're able to grow. And we

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assign every student in the course a mentor that's graduated

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from the university. So it's a great way to kind

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of look at and learn things from a different perspective.

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Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. We're running it.

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I mean, it costs so much. You want to come

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away with something that you can actually be able to

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get a return on your investment through your compensation in

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the work that you're doing and going in there with

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the excellence that you were given the opportunity to get

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at the university.

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We want you to succeed.

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You know, people like me, we're getting ready to leave

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the workforce and we need.

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Here's the baton, please. I need to retire.

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Getting them all prepared so they're ready and able to

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do that. One of the things that, you know, some

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of the social media and different things like that, I

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know a lot of people, I hear it from my granddaughter,

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a lot of students are caught up into social media

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and some of the impact that it has, you know,

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on their lives and listening to some of the, you know,

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the negative conversations and things. And I've seen where there

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are tools out there using AI tools to help empower

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them so that when they're feeling like, oh, I'm not

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going to pass this. Oh, I'm not as smart as

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everybody else. Oh, there's tools out there that will give

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you the other side of the conversation you're having in

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your head so that.

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You're not.

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Absorbing all that negative thought and all that you know

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contradictory thinking about where you're going but it's going to

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empower you to say well look at the other things

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give me three things that you've done and been successful

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with and looking at that and it's like well yeah

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i was able to do that yeah sure i'm able

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to pass this course sure i'm able to graduate sure

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i'm able to but just you know if you're going

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to be on the system use it for something that's

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actually benefiting your life instead of all of the negativity.

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I know that at college you have counselors there to

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go to and talk to. Do you find that some

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of them are shying away from talking to a counselor

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to help them?

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Well, that's an interesting question because when COVID happened, I mean,

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the counselors were overwhelmed with the number of students that

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were coming in with all kinds of different issues related

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to that and the whole experience.

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But it hasn't stopped.

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I mean, the students have continued to take advantage of

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the counselors that we have on campus for all kinds

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of issues, including we have a learning support center where

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they can actually go and learn a lot of information

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that will help them academically. So it's really important to, again,

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for students to take advantage of that.

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That's a resource.

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And when you talk about websites that they can find,

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the Learning Center can give you all kinds of websites,

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the library. Contrary to popular belief, a library is still

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a good place for resources. So in terms of websites, apps,

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and so forth, go to the library, ask them questions.

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We do have a health and wellness app that our

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university uses. The universities have the same thing. It's a

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health and wellness app. And you can go in there.

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It'll talk to you. It'll give you some tips and strategies.

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All the universities have different versions of the same thing,

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but you have to find out what it is at

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your university. But I think it's a great tool. You

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can measure how you're growing as well. And then it'll

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tell you, go get help. will tell you, I can

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give you all I can give you. You need to

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go here to get help. So I think that that's

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an important development with it.

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Right. And, you know, even thinking about AI, I know

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I use AI. I'm not against AI. And it has

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its place and its purpose. When, you know, and I'm

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just wondering if students are utilizing this tool to to

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get quick answers instead of spending the time to think

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it through so they build their own analytical skills so

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they can answer the problems themselves.

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And I don't want to say it's cheating.

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You might be getting like a leg up, but are

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you really accomplishing what you need to accomplish when you

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get into the workforce?

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They're not going to be wanting AI answers.

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They're going to want you to do some critical thinking,

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analyze the situation, and come up with multiple options for

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a decision-making to be made. And if you've now become

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dependent on pushing this chat GPT or one of these

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other buttons to get your answers where you really don't

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even know where the information came from, whether it's right

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or wrong, or how you are able to get that

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same answer because you're taking a quick route that is

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going to affect you in the future. You're not going

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to be able to do that when you get on

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the job. You're going to have people standing there. They're

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going to want you to not only present your solutions,

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they're going to want you to present your method of

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getting this information.

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And uh-oh, whoops.

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You're going to be found out.

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So I'm advising you, AI has its purpose. And like

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I said, it can give you maybe some websites and

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some alternatives to where you want to begin looking. But

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it is not the tool that's supposed to work through

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multiple scenarios and come up with the correct scenarios so

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that you can present it to your leadership on your job.

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They're going to find out. And guess what?

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You're going to have more problems than.

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What you ever thought when you now are asked to

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leave and your reference is going to be negative. So

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don't go there. Please don't go there. I'm, I'm warning you.

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I've been working a long time.

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I know.

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You know, they're going to, like I said, you just

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can't give them an answer. They want to see, you know,

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what steps you went through, why you're this particular solution.

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And all of that. And so, yeah.

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Um, just let me to add to that. And I

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just had this conversation with my daughter. She's a professor

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at Chicago state university. And, um, Yeah, her doctorate is

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in computer science, so she knows all about this.

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I go to her. She's an expert.

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Anyway, so she told me she had a student that

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basically had used ChatGPT to get an answer and that

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she could clearly see because this student has never used

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certain words before. So she could clearly see that ChatGPT

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had done the work. And so she was explained to

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her how.

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You're going to be programming, you're going to be learning

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programming during this class. You need to have the ability

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to actually use that programming. And you may be interviewed

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for a job where you actually have to work in

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one of these programs and demonstrate to them in the

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interview that you can use it, you can process it,

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you can think about it, you can apply it. And

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so she had to help the student understand it's not

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just about whether you're doing what's right according to the class.

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is what your ability will be in the future. So

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she called a student into her office and they had

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a conversation. Hopefully she's going in the right direction because

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all of them are definitely using this and it must

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be used in the right way. And we actually have

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software at our university that they can tell whether it's

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from a person or it's chat GPT. So that's something

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that also that you have to be aware of that,

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These universities now have software that's checking out what chat

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chief is putting out as well.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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And like I said, if you're going to allow that

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tool to do all of your answering, you're not actually

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learning and absorbing. And you're going to be put to

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the test when you walk in on that job because

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they have tools that can tell whether or not it

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was through some AI system. And then they're going to

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call you on the carpet and say, I need you

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to do this. And if you've never learned the processes,

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if you've never learned how that information is applied, you're

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going to be not only embarrassed, you're going to be

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in a serious situation. So it's not something that you

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think you can skate through. just give it a couple

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questions because in most cases you don't even know the

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right questions to ask to get the right answer because

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to be able to apply information to actually get AI

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to work efficiently and effectively you've got to know the

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questions so that means you have to know the process

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so that means you have to know the information so

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you need to stay.

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Focused She also said to them when they first started

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the class, getting them to respond was like pulling teeth.

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And again, she explained to them, you're going to get

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in the industry and you have to talk. You have

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to give presentations. You have to be able to give

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questions and answer questions. This is practice.

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For real life. So you let them get away with

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it for one class.

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And then after that, she was like, your grade is

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going to be determined based on some of this interaction.

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So why wait?

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And, you know, why don't you just step out as

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a student and be that person that stands out in

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the class and who is ready to learn and jumps

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in there with the conversation with the professor?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. And not only that, it's kind

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of like you're really trying to fake it. Through the

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00:29:30.250 --> 00:29:34.240
education system and you don't understand that it's your foundation.

470
00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:39.269
It is something you're going to go back and rely on.

471
00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:44.079
for the rest of your working career. So you do

472
00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:48.200
want to know how it really works and not take

473
00:29:48.289 --> 00:29:52.630
the quick and easy way because you'll find out it's

474
00:29:52.710 --> 00:29:56.990
quick and easy to get you unemployed. So we don't

475
00:29:57.029 --> 00:30:00.099
want to want that happening, not when you invest so much.

476
00:30:02.170 --> 00:30:06.240
But one of the things is, you know, is there

477
00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:10.960
something that, you know, and I'm not, you know, speaking

478
00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:15.519
negatively of the college culture or things like that, but

479
00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:18.099
I know that a lot of them are coming from,

480
00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:20.759
like you said, they get good grades in their high

481
00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:23.759
school and they've not had any problems. So most of

482
00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:26.319
the time they haven't really been paying attention too much.

483
00:30:27.309 --> 00:30:32.880
is there's some kind of classes or something like that

484
00:30:32.930 --> 00:30:37.799
that can be done to kind of maybe change the

485
00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:42.559
campus culture so that you know they're coming in unprepared

486
00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:48.930
and you're not setting them up to fail, but they

487
00:30:48.950 --> 00:30:55.509
don't know how to manage themselves and maneuver in that environment.

488
00:30:55.829 --> 00:31:00.269
that's demanding so much. Is there some kind of, I

489
00:31:00.950 --> 00:31:04.519
don't know, pre-classes or something that can be done to

490
00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:08.299
help her prepare them instead of like, you know, walking

491
00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:09.099
in a room.

492
00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.740
And they're just blown.

493
00:31:17.589 --> 00:31:18.430
So two things.

494
00:31:18.690 --> 00:31:22.750
One, I have programs myself, they're high school programs for

495
00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:25.940
students who are interested in engineering and science. So one

496
00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:29.519
of my programs called Vested, they come on seven Saturdays

497
00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.539
and learn engineering and science. This is mostly in the

498
00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:37.019
Philadelphia region. But they come from like 8.30 to 2.30

499
00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:39.160
and they learn engineering.

500
00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.839
They work with some of our volunteers.

501
00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:45.559
And they also have a summer program for a week

502
00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:48.019
where you actually live on campus. So I would say

503
00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:51.880
that's one way to get some preparation for college life

504
00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:55.609
because we have We have speakers, and we have admissions come,

505
00:31:55.710 --> 00:31:58.630
and we have the students interacting with the students on

506
00:31:58.670 --> 00:32:01.730
how they succeed in class. So getting in a program

507
00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:05.339
like that where you can continually have some interaction with

508
00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:09.240
college students or some kind of program. Now, they have

509
00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:11.200
them in the business college. They have them in nursing.

510
00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:15.599
All these different colleges have these, they call pre-college programs

511
00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:18.839
to kind of get students ready for college. Now, what

512
00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:22.970
you're also talking about It's called a summer bridge program.

513
00:32:23.450 --> 00:32:26.670
And a summer bridge program is five or six weeks

514
00:32:26.690 --> 00:32:30.529
where you actually live on campus before you start school

515
00:32:30.589 --> 00:32:34.349
and college in the fall. So it is a great

516
00:32:34.470 --> 00:32:38.309
way to adjust to college life, know about the food,

517
00:32:38.329 --> 00:32:41.230
know about how instruction is at a college level before

518
00:32:41.250 --> 00:32:44.210
you actually get in a bunch of college level courses.

519
00:32:45.990 --> 00:32:48.299
And that will help you to make the adjustment you'll

520
00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:52.980
have 30 or 40 other friends that you know when

521
00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:55.400
you come to college, as opposed to just coming fresh,

522
00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:58.819
not knowing. You'll hang out with these students as you're

523
00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:01.789
going to classes, and you'll have fun events in these

524
00:33:01.849 --> 00:33:04.990
five or six-week summer programs. So ask the college that

525
00:33:05.009 --> 00:33:08.990
you're applying to whether they have a summer bridge program.

526
00:33:10.390 --> 00:33:12.670
They have them in various forms.

527
00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:15.799
Some are five weeks, some are less than five weeks,

528
00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:19.039
but some are a week or two before classes start.

529
00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:23.099
This depends on the university. But I have found that

530
00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:25.660
the students that participate in summer programs graduate at a

531
00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:29.109
higher rate than the average student. So it's definitely worth it.

532
00:33:30.369 --> 00:33:34.869
So this is something that's university to university is not

533
00:33:34.910 --> 00:33:40.829
a standard to actively foster intellectual courage so that they

534
00:33:41.029 --> 00:33:45.640
are really coming in there. you know, ready, prepared, understanding

535
00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:50.980
this is about expanding your intelligence and your capabilities. And yes,

536
00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:53.599
there are some parties, but it's not about just coming

537
00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:57.869
for some party. It's about, you know, actually, you know,

538
00:33:58.029 --> 00:34:01.309
preparing yourself for the rest of your life or the

539
00:34:01.410 --> 00:34:05.970
rest of your working career, preparing you for, you know, that,

540
00:34:06.170 --> 00:34:11.989
and you're gonna need to be using your intellectual capabilities, um,

541
00:34:12.570 --> 00:34:15.659
And you need to build those up during that time

542
00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.340
that you're in your campus.

543
00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:21.219
Yeah.

544
00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.340
It also varies.

545
00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:26.510
Something else I thought about was this varies from high

546
00:34:26.570 --> 00:34:30.449
school to high school, but they also have, the high

547
00:34:30.489 --> 00:34:35.070
schools have relationships with community colleges where you can actually

548
00:34:35.110 --> 00:34:38.809
get an associate degree while you're.

549
00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.500
In high school.

550
00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:41.760
You take, um, I think the third or fourth year,

551
00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:44.239
you actually start going to college classes as opposed to

552
00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:47.840
going to your own classes. So for the parents that

553
00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:52.210
are listening and students, ask that question whether your high

554
00:34:52.250 --> 00:34:56.889
school offers college, community college courses while you're there. And

555
00:34:56.969 --> 00:35:00.349
that's a great way to get introduced to it before

556
00:35:00.369 --> 00:35:02.030
you're actually living on a college campus.

557
00:35:03.489 --> 00:35:07.960
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And just, you know, like you said, preparing.

558
00:35:08.610 --> 00:35:15.840
preparing yourself intellectually, preparing yourself emotionally to understand the real

559
00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:18.940
purpose that you're at the university, because they're going to

560
00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:23.380
be a lot of activities going on besides all of

561
00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:27.840
the classes and still being focused and strong enough to say,

562
00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:32.070
just say no. And, you know, be in there doing

563
00:35:32.110 --> 00:35:35.369
the study or, you know, be in the study groups

564
00:35:35.389 --> 00:35:38.750
or whatever is necessary and, So that you, you know,

565
00:35:38.849 --> 00:35:43.170
you are exceeding, you are excelling in what's going on.

566
00:35:44.510 --> 00:35:45.449
But some of them.

567
00:35:45.369 --> 00:35:49.130
That they, like I said, they, they come there, they

568
00:35:49.210 --> 00:35:51.309
used to do really well. They didn't have to study

569
00:35:51.349 --> 00:35:55.139
very hard and they were expecting that college was going

570
00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:58.579
to be the same way. And bam, they get in

571
00:35:58.619 --> 00:36:02.420
the head with a shot and they begin to start

572
00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:08.000
short circuiting, you know, and, um, And then here comes

573
00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:11.760
the negative thoughts. Here come the negative influences. You know,

574
00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:15.030
because if some are doing bad, they're going to have

575
00:36:15.070 --> 00:36:21.309
a whole group of going bad. So they can feel

576
00:36:21.429 --> 00:36:22.309
like they're strong.

577
00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.800
Doing bad.

578
00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:30.449
So, you know, how do we combat that, them short-circuiting

579
00:36:30.610 --> 00:36:34.110
because of all of these negative influences or things that,

580
00:36:34.250 --> 00:36:37.230
you know, the pressures that are out there, how can

581
00:36:37.289 --> 00:36:41.690
we get them so that they are not allowing themselves to,

582
00:36:41.710 --> 00:36:45.820
you know, be pulled off of the path of success?

583
00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:52.929
There's a statement, birds of a feather flock together. So

584
00:36:54.130 --> 00:36:58.960
they did a study and they put people with a

585
00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:01.599
bunch of negative thoughts in a room and a bunch

586
00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:04.800
of positive people in the room. And all the positive

587
00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:07.380
people found each other and all the negative people found

588
00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:12.239
each other. So you have to find the positive people

589
00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:15.179
and supportive people. When you sit down with a professor,

590
00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:18.380
you're going to feel, oh, this person feels warm. This

591
00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:20.960
person is approachable. And then you're going to find other

592
00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:24.800
professors that are not that approachable. But as you see

593
00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:27.039
those individuals, those are the kind of people that you

594
00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:29.400
need to interact with. Same thing in your class. There

595
00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:32.119
are going to be students who are approachable, students who

596
00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:34.809
are not approachable. And you want to be that person

597
00:37:34.849 --> 00:37:36.449
that reaches out to them. Now, I'm not going to

598
00:37:36.489 --> 00:37:38.650
say they're always going to reach out to you, but

599
00:37:38.710 --> 00:37:41.010
you can take the initiative to reach out to them

600
00:37:41.409 --> 00:37:45.489
and put yourself in positive environments. You have an advisor

601
00:37:46.010 --> 00:37:48.909
on your campus, just like you had a counselor at

602
00:37:48.949 --> 00:37:52.380
your high school. That's the person that's there for you.

603
00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:55.760
And they understand everything that's happening in your department. They

604
00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:59.000
know all the other faculty. They know the department chair.

605
00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:03.840
And they can make you feel really positive about that experience.

606
00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:06.239
One thing that we didn't bring up here is just

607
00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:09.780
physical fitness. So I'm going to say that. You taking

608
00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:13.329
care of yourself physically is an important part of your

609
00:38:13.409 --> 00:38:17.510
mental health, your physical health, your strength and your abilities,

610
00:38:17.949 --> 00:38:22.460
your resting health. some students go off to college and

611
00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:25.519
they no longer work out anymore. They just, you know,

612
00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:28.699
they eat and they go to class. But I need

613
00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:32.809
you to continue in the physical fitness aspect. And if

614
00:38:32.849 --> 00:38:35.489
you haven't done it in high school, here's an opportunity

615
00:38:35.510 --> 00:38:38.250
because the gym will be no cost. You go to

616
00:38:38.269 --> 00:38:40.670
the gym, you can use anything that you want there.

617
00:38:41.010 --> 00:38:45.769
They have classes on these campuses, you know, aerobics classes

618
00:38:45.809 --> 00:38:47.340
and other spin classes.

619
00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:50.289
So, Think about at least three days a week.

620
00:38:50.690 --> 00:38:53.650
Some kind of fitness thing that you're engaged with, whether

621
00:38:53.670 --> 00:38:58.389
it's walking, you're running. I have these conversations with students

622
00:38:58.550 --> 00:39:03.679
all the time that how tired they feel and they're

623
00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:09.260
not getting enough sleep. Sleep is essential for mental health overall.

624
00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:12.539
So you have to balance that out. And one of

625
00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:16.219
the ways that you do that is you study ahead

626
00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:18.789
of time. You don't study the night before a test.

627
00:39:19.130 --> 00:39:22.500
You study four or five days before the test so

628
00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:27.170
that you can then be able to do well without stress.

629
00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:31.500
That spins into you need a time management system.

630
00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:35.159
You need a time management system that will keep you

631
00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:38.420
on task with all your classes and help you to

632
00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:42.059
really manage what you're doing. Again, I have to talk

633
00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:45.130
about my experience. When I went to college, I thought

634
00:39:45.250 --> 00:39:46.969
that I could keep my schedule in my head. I

635
00:39:47.250 --> 00:39:50.800
didn't leave a daily planner. Back then, they didn't have

636
00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:54.619
electronic meetings, but I didn't need that. And I found

637
00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:56.940
that my first semester, I almost failed out of college

638
00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.940
because I wasn't.

639
00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:59.400
Managing my time.

640
00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:02.800
I didn't realize that I needed to study five days

641
00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:06.989
before an exam or a quiz. And so I met

642
00:40:07.030 --> 00:40:09.650
with a counselor my second semester, and then I excelled

643
00:40:09.710 --> 00:40:10.170
from there.

644
00:40:10.769 --> 00:40:13.130
But managing your time is critical.

645
00:40:13.190 --> 00:40:16.369
So whether it's with your electronic device that you're managing it,

646
00:40:16.869 --> 00:40:20.750
or an actual handheld.

647
00:40:19.909 --> 00:40:20.969
Old paper.

648
00:40:22.650 --> 00:40:26.929
Book that you use, those are all important tools for

649
00:40:26.989 --> 00:40:29.730
you to be successful and take advantage of.

650
00:40:30.409 --> 00:40:31.489
Oh, absolutely.

651
00:40:31.929 --> 00:40:35.139
You know, one of the things is, as you're in college,

652
00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:38.320
you're preparing, you've got to understand what you're preparing to

653
00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:44.019
do to become the CEO of your walk through the

654
00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:49.940
working environment. So that CEO needs to be planning what

655
00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:54.199
he's doing every day. He also needs to be focusing

656
00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:58.300
on what is important and being able to say, like

657
00:40:58.699 --> 00:41:01.360
I said, just say no. This has nothing to do

658
00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:03.960
with where I'm going and what I'm trying to do.

659
00:41:05.469 --> 00:41:08.480
I need to focus on my classes. And like you said,

660
00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:12.280
don't wait till the last hour because you study, you're

661
00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:14.800
not going to remember it because the stress itself is

662
00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:19.320
going to keep you from remembering it. So you should be,

663
00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:23.000
like I said, If you're there learning, because you want

664
00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:27.090
to learn, not just pass tests, you're going to maintain

665
00:41:27.130 --> 00:41:30.130
that information because you're going to understand it. You're going

666
00:41:30.150 --> 00:41:32.750
to be, you know, thinking about it. You're going to

667
00:41:32.789 --> 00:41:35.190
be saying, Oh, let me, let me go try this

668
00:41:35.389 --> 00:41:38.780
out with you. It was a, you know, a system

669
00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:41.199
out there, throw some stuff out there and try it

670
00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:44.639
out and see that you are thinking the way you're

671
00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:49.219
supposed to be thinking. And like I said, managing your emotions,

672
00:41:49.869 --> 00:41:55.269
and managing your study time. And you're the CEO. So

673
00:41:55.789 --> 00:41:59.579
I hate to say it. If you're wanting success, remember

674
00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:03.579
you're the CEO. If you fail, we got to blame

675
00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:07.659
the CEO, which is you. You didn't plan.

676
00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:10.110
You didn't rest. You didn't manage.

677
00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:11.309
You didn't study.

678
00:42:11.530 --> 00:42:16.070
And you allowed your emotions to take the top priority

679
00:42:16.829 --> 00:42:21.630
in your planning system instead of being like last or

680
00:42:21.710 --> 00:42:24.880
not at all of what it is that you're trying

681
00:42:24.909 --> 00:42:26.760
to accomplish and what you're trying to do. You have

682
00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:31.420
to really be focused about what you're doing and things

683
00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:34.840
like that. And I know there's going to be time that,

684
00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:39.719
you know, you get stressed and you, you know, but

685
00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:46.079
being able to handle that stress, that stress in your

686
00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:50.590
mind and dealing with it, turning that those negative things

687
00:42:50.690 --> 00:42:55.210
is causing so much stress into something more positive so

688
00:42:55.250 --> 00:42:57.889
that you can have that energy.

689
00:42:57.969 --> 00:43:00.050
You can have that, you know.

690
00:43:00.429 --> 00:43:06.269
Thought, uh, capability to be able to, um, keep on.

691
00:43:06.190 --> 00:43:09.829
Stepping, keep on going, keep on learning, keep on applying.

692
00:43:10.630 --> 00:43:15.679
And, you know, um, not certain, you know, uh, going

693
00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:20.280
in a situation where you just totally stop what you're doing,

694
00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:21.380
start having thoughts.

695
00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:24.019
I think I'm just going to quit. I'm not good enough.

696
00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.739
I can't do it.

697
00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:29.869
You should never say that to yourself because you woke.

698
00:43:29.750 --> 00:43:31.730
Up and you were breathing. That's right.

699
00:43:32.110 --> 00:43:35.070
Woke up, you were breathing. And that means you are

700
00:43:35.170 --> 00:43:40.150
still capable and blessed and able to accomplish the task

701
00:43:40.469 --> 00:43:45.260
for that day. So, Those are things you should never

702
00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.239
tell yourself.

703
00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:46.739
No.

704
00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:50.619
Yes, you can do it. Yes, you're going to do it. Yes,

705
00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:53.960
you better do it. Grandma's saying that right now.

706
00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:57.110
You don't have an option. I'm telling you. You don't

707
00:43:57.150 --> 00:43:58.849
have an option.

708
00:44:02.650 --> 00:44:07.769
So, you know, my background is, you know, in, like

709
00:44:07.809 --> 00:44:10.710
I said, being in finance and different things like that

710
00:44:10.730 --> 00:44:15.909
and And being able to talk about, you know, keeping

711
00:44:15.949 --> 00:44:20.239
your brain straight, keeping your thoughts straight, being able to

712
00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:26.739
combat negative thoughts and things, different things like that. You know,

713
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having those discussions, whether they're going to a counselor or whomever,

714
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if you're feeling like you can't get up and study,

715
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you don't want to go to class, find someone, do something.

716
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to change your mindset so you can always keep that

717
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positive focus. And it's going to be up and down,

718
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don't you think, Dr.

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Jones?

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Oh, yes.

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Oh, yes.

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That's part of growth, too, through trials and tribulations and challenges.

723
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You can grow from that because you'll learn what you

724
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do need to do and what you don't need to do.

725
00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:08.440
In fact, again, going back to engineering students, part of

726
00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:11.510
being an engineer is failing. You'll keep trying and trying

727
00:45:11.550 --> 00:45:15.090
and trying until you get the solution. So sometimes you're

728
00:45:15.110 --> 00:45:19.159
failing to win at the end, like to get through it.

729
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But I will say one thing here. If you're in class,

730
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every university has a drop period. So the drop period

731
00:45:32.619 --> 00:45:35.880
is the last time that you can drop a class

732
00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:40.789
and not have the grade count against you. Um, so

733
00:45:40.889 --> 00:45:43.110
you need to know what that drop period is for

734
00:45:43.170 --> 00:45:46.710
your particular school. So that if you're in a class

735
00:45:46.789 --> 00:45:49.469
that you just don't think you're getting it, you had

736
00:45:49.489 --> 00:45:52.809
the midterm, you have a D the instructor telling you

737
00:45:52.829 --> 00:45:55.719
it's not going to go well. Then you might want

738
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to consider dropping the class, but you need to know

739
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the deadline of that class. I had a class like that.

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The reason why I can tell you that because I

741
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had a class like that, but I didn't know that

742
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I could drop the class. So, uh, I stayed in

743
00:46:09.889 --> 00:46:13.409
a class and I didn't pass the class. Not for

744
00:46:13.489 --> 00:46:18.809
lack of effort, I just didn't understand the class. And

745
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so I tell every student, don't allow yourself to get

746
00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:24.780
trapped when you could actually drop a class and take

747
00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:28.300
it again next semester, maybe even with a different instructor.

748
00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:31.619
Sometimes one instructor is better than the other instructor.

749
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And I'd rather you be a wise student and take

750
00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:40.030
advantage of that than to struggle. Also, To add to that,

751
00:46:41.010 --> 00:46:44.179
if you, let's say you're taking Calc 1 or Algebra 1,

752
00:46:44.170 --> 00:46:47.070
whatever it is in college, and you're going to take

753
00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:50.199
Algebra 2 and you got a D minus or a

754
00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:52.940
D plus or a D in the first part of it,

755
00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:56.739
that's a sign that you need help with that class

756
00:46:57.179 --> 00:47:01.840
if you're taking Algebra 2, Calculus 2. You should get

757
00:47:01.889 --> 00:47:05.909
a tutor right away for the next semester. Don't wait

758
00:47:06.369 --> 00:47:10.239
to get that help. second semester because you've already indicated

759
00:47:10.260 --> 00:47:13.519
that you're not as strong in that subject it's not

760
00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:16.460
going to get better because now you're in part two

761
00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:19.780
part one is the foundation for part.

762
00:47:19.610 --> 00:47:23.050
Two right right and i like what you said about

763
00:47:23.070 --> 00:47:27.550
you know in engineering the the whole profession itself is

764
00:47:27.590 --> 00:47:29.929
dealing with finding the right answers and so you're going

765
00:47:29.949 --> 00:47:34.510
to run into the wrong answers at times and That's

766
00:47:35.050 --> 00:47:39.429
in tech, that's in finance, and you do have to

767
00:47:39.469 --> 00:47:44.829
have the capability of coming up with multiple ways of

768
00:47:44.889 --> 00:47:49.460
trying to find the right solution. And I want to

769
00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:55.940
say clearly, do not think that wrong is a failure.

770
00:47:56.940 --> 00:48:01.179
it is a tool to say, okay, let me see

771
00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:06.210
where it went wrong and maybe make a minor change

772
00:48:06.329 --> 00:48:10.150
here because that's how you do your analytical work when

773
00:48:10.210 --> 00:48:12.769
you get in your job. You're not going to be

774
00:48:12.849 --> 00:48:15.809
successful each time you do it. You're not going to

775
00:48:15.849 --> 00:48:18.070
come up with the right solution. There are going to

776
00:48:18.179 --> 00:48:20.099
be other things that are going to be coming in.

777
00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:26.389
And if you get destroyed emotionally because Somebody said, no,

778
00:48:26.429 --> 00:48:31.030
this is wrong. Then you have some inner things that

779
00:48:31.090 --> 00:48:34.090
you need to work on because you're never going to

780
00:48:34.110 --> 00:48:37.489
be perfect each time. You have to understand you have

781
00:48:37.530 --> 00:48:38.269
the intellect.

782
00:48:38.389 --> 00:48:40.730
You have the skills. You have the knowledge.

783
00:48:41.210 --> 00:48:44.369
You just may be approaching it a different way because

784
00:48:44.550 --> 00:48:45.530
you didn't.

785
00:48:45.349 --> 00:48:47.190
Clearly understand what happened.

786
00:48:47.630 --> 00:48:51.429
The leader wanted because they're thinking a different way than

787
00:48:51.469 --> 00:48:52.219
what you're thinking.

788
00:48:52.579 --> 00:48:53.699
So go ask them.

789
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So give me a little idea. What specifically are you

790
00:48:57.860 --> 00:49:01.780
wanting to see? And that helps them. So no's are

791
00:49:01.820 --> 00:49:07.880
not failures. No's are stepping stones to get into the

792
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right answer.

793
00:49:08.900 --> 00:49:12.099
That's what they are. So be prepared to do that.

794
00:49:12.139 --> 00:49:12.920
You think so?

795
00:49:13.579 --> 00:49:13.900
Yeah.

796
00:49:14.519 --> 00:49:18.820
And, corporate America will tell you it's the same thing.

797
00:49:19.699 --> 00:49:23.679
No is just part of developing. I know if you're

798
00:49:23.719 --> 00:49:27.579
in pharmaceutical, for sure, you're developing medicines. Some of these

799
00:49:27.619 --> 00:49:30.880
medicines take five and eight years to develop them and

800
00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:34.739
get them to market. So they're succeeding and failing all

801
00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:37.630
along the pipeline, but that's not deterring them from moving

802
00:49:37.650 --> 00:49:40.800
toward their ultimate goal of getting this medicine to market

803
00:49:41.579 --> 00:49:45.039
and so the same applies here is you know just

804
00:49:45.860 --> 00:49:49.869
using those stepping stones of growth um sitting down and

805
00:49:49.909 --> 00:49:52.889
sometimes saying to yourself or writing yourself well here's some

806
00:49:52.929 --> 00:49:56.750
ways i think i've grown just seeing it visually some

807
00:49:56.809 --> 00:49:58.000
kind sometimes can get.

808
00:49:57.909 --> 00:49:58.989
You motivated.

809
00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:05.239
Yes Well, could you tell the audience some, because I

810
00:50:05.280 --> 00:50:09.260
know after this conversation, there's going to be people wanting.

811
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To contact you, Dr. Jones.

812
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So please share your information as to how.

813
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They can get in touch with you.

814
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Sure.

815
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You can go to my website, which is drjonesbooks.com. That's D-R-J-O-N-E-S-B-O-O-K-S.com.

816
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You can email me at S-T-E-P-H-E-N. J-O-N-E-S-S at rcn.com. Or

817
00:50:36.719 --> 00:50:43.610
you can reach out to me by phone at 610-842-3843. Great.

818
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Because I know they're going to be contacting you to

819
00:50:46.030 --> 00:50:51.219
get more clarity on how to be successful in their

820
00:50:51.260 --> 00:50:57.639
classes and really, truly take a positive look at how

821
00:50:57.719 --> 00:51:01.570
their education is working and going for them. I do

822
00:51:01.610 --> 00:51:05.820
appreciate your time today, Dr. Jones, and all that you

823
00:51:05.880 --> 00:51:08.840
give us good wisdom and give the students and the

824
00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:14.699
parents wisdom on how their student can succeed in a

825
00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:19.599
very challenging environment like college. And not only is it

826
00:51:19.619 --> 00:51:22.380
going to be challenging there, it's going to be challenging

827
00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:26.800
and competitive when you get into the workforce. So it's

828
00:51:27.050 --> 00:51:29.349
really doing a lot of preparation.

829
00:51:29.929 --> 00:51:30.789
So last words.

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So I will say to you, persist, resist the feelings

831
00:51:38.599 --> 00:51:41.639
that you can't do it. You can do all things.

832
00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:45.980
And if you have the faith and belief and you're

833
00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:49.619
consistent in that belief, you'll accomplish your goal. And you

834
00:51:49.659 --> 00:51:53.179
will graduate and we'll be throwing up the confetti of

835
00:51:53.300 --> 00:51:55.739
all that you've done and all that you've accomplished. But

836
00:51:56.610 --> 00:51:59.730
it will be behind you, but you'll be moving forward

837
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into a greater opportunity.

838
00:52:01.780 --> 00:52:02.679
Yes, thank you.

839
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And thank you for joining us at A Sharp Outlook.

840
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00:52:11.929 --> 00:52:16.070
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843
00:52:18.849 --> 00:52:22.510
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844
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849
00:52:37.809 --> 00:52:38.230
Thank you.

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I want to thank you for joining us on A

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