Historically, the term ‘student’ referred to anyone learning something. However, the recent definition of a “student” isanyone who attends school, college, or university. Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders, and theirqualities clearly determine their future.

Who is a good student? What are the qualities ofa good student? Based on mypersonal experience and research, I list below the qualities of a goodstudent:
(1) Attitude: Basically, a good student possesses the ability and willingness to learn new subjects even if they are not interesting.
(2) Academic skills: Acquiring academicskills is the most important quality of a good student. The ability to readcomprehensively, to write effectively, to speak fluently, and tocommunicate clearly are the key areas in which a good student must beproficient. Having skills in all these areas will make a student shine in class.
(3) Ability: A good student has the ability to apply the results of his or her learning in a creative way and achieve goals.
(4) Perceptiveness: How well a studentcan interpret and perceive meanings from a conversation greatlydetermines the quality of a good student. A good student always perceives the rightmeaning from a conversation, but an average student often misunderstandsthe original thoughts of the speaker or writer and derives a wrongconclusion.
(5) Self-Discipline: Discipline inmanaging time is an important ability that every good student mustpossess. Delaying tasks, such as writing assignments,reading text books, etc, may negatively impact the ability of a studentto achieve his or her goals.
Understanding rather than memorizing concepts: Many surveys suggest students must understand concepts ratherthan just memorizing them. Memorized facts and theories will stayin students’ memories until they leave school, college, or university, but once out of school, the students will completely forget the core conceptsthat they learned. Therefore, it is essential that a good student understandthe concepts.