INTRODUCTION
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or most students academic success means high grades. But it really is much more. Your academic grades and symbols do not tell the story of who you are; neither do they determine who you will become. You are not the grade on a test paper, or the letter scribbled on the cover of an assignment. Unfortunately, too many people have given up on their dreams of academic success either because they found school uninspiring, or because they received negative feedback from teachers or peers regarding their ability or potential to do well. Sometimes people simply fear the challenge of university. The good news is that hope is often carried on the shoulders of knowledge.
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For example, did you know that Thomas Edison (who developed the electric light bulb), Albert Einstein (who won the Nobel prize in physics),and Bill Gates (who founded the Microsoft empire) were all at some point labelled academic failures? This book presents 111 tips to give hope to anyone who wants academic success, and the knowledge, methods, and encouragement to transfer that hope into an experienced reality. But this book is about more than study skills or improving test scores, it is geared towards guiding you in getting the most out of your academic experience. Real academic success is about much more than grades; it encompasses cognitive, emotional, physical, social and spiritual development. Not simply for the sake of learning itself, but to prepare us to be of use in an occupation, in society, and in the world to come. Happy studying!