This is a summary of valuable information worth remembering for high school students. To some this might be new, to many others this serves as a reminder.

1. 10 Nuggets for Secondary School
Students
©Akinola Oyedele 2014
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2. Get along with your teacher
Like your teacher, then you will most likely like
the subject and take interest in what he/she
teacher teaches
“Teaching is the profession that teaches all of the other
professions” – Anonymous

3. Be engaging
Show interest by asking questions. Take out
time to meet with your teachers.
“Dig deep. Get deliberate. Get inspired. Get going” – Anonymous

4. Avoid procrastination
Do all your homework before time. Don’t
procrastinate
“Yesterday, you said tomorrow” – Anonymous

5. Plan ahead
Be ahead of your schedule. You have the work
plan for the semester, so read ahead.
“Always plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark” –
Richard C. Cushing

6. Make excellence your habit
Do more than it is required of you. Don’t just
give answers, explain your thought process as
well
“Be extraordinary” – Anonymous

7. Be willing to share
Be willing to share what you know with your
friends who don’t – Not in the examination
hall of course, but during your spare time.
Teaching others make you understand better.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do
more and become more, you are a leader” – John Quincy Adams

8. Be the best of yourself
Rather than competing with your peers, be
driven to be the best of yourself
“The only person you should try to be better than, is the person
you were yesterday” – Anonymous

9. Engage in extracurricular activities
Rest well, and engage in some meaningful
extracurricular activities, like leading an
organization, participating in sports, playing
music, etc.
“Education is what survives when what has been learned has
been forgotten” –B.F. Skinner

10. Learn from others
You don’t know it all, so having the teachable
spirit is essential in gathering more
information.
“Everyone you will meet knows something you don’t” – Bill Nye

11. Never give up
Don’t just give up on a topic or subject because
you find it hard to understand the first or second
time.
Devote more time to it, ask for help, be patient,
and you will see success soon.
“It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up” –Babe Ruth