NO
ww
opportunities
that
take
them
trom
one
crisis
to
another.
Such
opportunities
include
heavy
dating
(going
steady),
late
party-
ing,
substance
abuse,
skipped
classes,
extended
weekend
trips,
excessive
TV
or
video
viewing,
and
time-consuming
extracurricu-
lar
activities
and
sports.
When
faced
with
opportuntrics
to
drift
off
target,
at-risk
students
can
learn
to
say
NO
successfully
and
instead
offer
productive
comments
like
this:
“I
am
in
school
to
earn
good
grades
that
will
help
me
be-
comc
a
professional
person
who
earns
a
good
lifetime
income.
Un-
less
the
proposed
activity
will
help
me
get
better
grades,
I
choose
to
delay
being
involved
and
to
focus
on
activitics
that
help
me
scholas-
cally.”
Without
exception,
at-risk
stu-
dents
who
learn
to
say
YES
to
ac-
vities
and
experiences
that
posi-
ively
affect
their
academic
success
will
achieve
higher
GPAs
and
greater
personal
satisfaction.
For
example,
driving
100
miles
to
Chicago
with
one’s
friends
on
a
Wednesday
afternoon
is
a
waste
of
valuable
ume.
However,
the
same
trip,
with
the
same
friends,
taken
as
part
of
a
class
requirement,
helps
the
student
build
lifelong
friendships,
earn
better
grades,
and
expand
his
or
her
knowledge
base.
At-risk
students
who
are
de-
termined
to
graduate
from
college
say
YES
to
attending
spiritual/reli-
gious
services,
academic
support
centers,
tutorial
sessions,
course
review
pertods,
motivational/in-
structional
dorm
worships,
visit-
ing
lectureships,
on-campus
artis-
tic
performances,
and
individual
conferences
with
teachers.
MAYBE
is
the
term
com-
monly
defined
as
delaved
gratifi-
cation.
Although
it
may
not
seem
so
at
the
time,
at-risk
students
do
Picture
Removed
Sleep
deprivation
is
a
characteristic
of
at-risk
college
students.
not
have
to
permanently
give
up
any
activ-
from
their
preset
daily
schedule,
the
cor-
As
at-risk
students
deliberately
choose
ity
or
event
that
they
find
enjoyable.
As
rect
response
is
the
same
one
used
by
when
to
engage
in
unplanned
events,
they
one
aphorism
puts
it,
“One
can
enjoy
highly
effective
executives,
managers,
and
systematically
break
away
from
the
demon
everything
that
one
wants,
but
not
every-
leaders:
“Ler
me
check
my
calendar
and
of
urgency
and
achieve
a
sense
of
peace
thing
at
the
same
time.”
When
at-risk
stu-
get
back
with
vou.
Do
vou
have
an
E-mail
and
self-control.
At-risk
students
must
dents
face
situations
that
might
draw
them
address
or
voice
mail?”
learn
to
review
their
preplanned
study
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