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8 Breathtaking Movies About Student Life
All of this is accompanied by the idea of changing the world, and achieving something great. At the same time, it is full of everyday challenges. That’s why there are many amazing movies about this period of life.
By Jordan Carry6 years ago in Education
Subbing In. Top Story - October 2019.
The life of a substitute teacher is an interesting one. On any given day, you may be required to walk into a completely foreign school, and command respect the moment you walk through the front gates. This can often be belied by the fact that you have a fruit cup packed in your bag for recess, and often have difficulty finding the front office.
By Archibald Jacobs6 years ago in Education
Give Back My Money
Post-secondary education is important for anyone to get a job. If you do not have post-secondary education, then you might as well not work anywhere. University and college are expensive. You pay for the tuition fees, you pay for the textbooks; even the ones you use once in class, even though your prof told you, you will be using them everyday. And in the end you are paying roughly 2,500-5,000 a semester just to get a mediocre office job. But here is an idea, which I believe should be implemented; for every class canceled, you should get your money back. The argument could be, but then what do they pay the professors. I am sure the school you attend has enough funding to take care of that. For example the semester I paid for is an estimated 2,500 dollars. Each class costs around 500 dollars. The amount of hours spent in the classroom is 45 hours all together for one semester that is about $11.11 per class, which all things considering is not that much, so the school could give back your money for that canceled class, without experiencing any sort of bankruptcy, because there will always be more students attending school, especially now that many people are going back to school as well. Right now my class has been canceled three times, so I would be getting around 30 dollars back. It would be a way for students to not be broke when school is done. Students would be able to quit their part-time jobs to actually work on their homework, rather than going to work and school at the same time. it would be a stress reliever for some students. Other students maybe would not benefit from it as much, because they rent apartments or live in residency and need to pay rent, but with that extra pocket money students could afford better groceries once in a while. That would be a fair way to pay for a better education for getting a higher quality of life.
By Ada Zuba6 years ago in Education
3 Great Careers for Medical Students
Students who are interested in a career in the medical field might decide they don’t want to spend the time and money required to become a physician. The good news is that they don’t need to be a medical doctor to work in a high-paying job in the health care industry. Non-physicians enjoy some of the highest paid jobs without the time and high cost involved with becoming a doctor.
By Carlos Fox6 years ago in Education
Advice for College Freshmen
The Month Rule Almost all of my friends who have gone away more than two hours from home all start off feeling like they should not be in college. If you are feeling homesick, you might start to think you should not have gone off to college, but you shouldn't worry so much—everyone is feeling the same way. Everyone is anxious about being in a new place, so you just have to give yourself a month to feel comfortable in your new home. You have to give yourself to adjust to the new environment, schedule, and friends.
By Alexandria R L Weihrich6 years ago in Education
Becoming a Hairdresser
One sick day home from high school I sat on my iPod and watched all 72 videos of Cute Girls Hairstyles on YouTube. I watched braid after braid video completely fascinated with how beautiful hair could look. This was a start of two very strong passions; hair and spending countless hours diving deep into YouTube, and I will report, neither has changed.
By Sabs L6 years ago in Education
Five Ways to Eliminate the Power Struggle So Everyone Wins
If you are a parent, educator, CEO, or leader of any kind, you may have, at one time or another, found yourself trying to get people to do something that they, for whatever reason, did not desire to do. Has your kid ever thrown a temper tantrum in the candy aisle, or simply refused to put their shoes on? In the classroom, students often communicate resistance by not being engaged, getting off task or being disruptive. In business, it may look like employees under producing, low morale or work dissatisfaction. However it looks, this is certainly NOT where you wanted to find yourself: faced with a power struggle.
By Alexandra Rizzi6 years ago in Education
I Attempt to Teach English, Damn It
I teach English to college students who don't want to learn English. I teach Freshman Composition. It is a required course, which means all students have to take it, whether they are majoring in math, science, computer engineering, architecture, medicine, or underwater basketweaving. Very few are majoring in English. Very few want to be in the room. Very few see any point in taking English AGAIN. They've taken it every year they've been in school. They speak (at least most of them) English (I do get some non-native speakers sometimes), or some variation of it, so enough already. My classroom is the last place they want to be.
By Jo An Fox-Wright6 years ago in Education
How to Write a Three-Paragraph Essay
How to Write a Three-Paragraph Essay I have always found three-paragraph essays very easy. I excelled at them in college and so I thought I would show a few people how to write a three-paragraph essay with a post on Squidoo. A lot of textbooks overcomplicate the process of editing a paper, when the basic layout is actually simple and very flexible. It also forces the writer to keep their word count down. That is why you will find that a lot three-paragraph essays are very concise. They force the writer to get to the point quickly, which is one of the reasons I like them.
By Kevin Stine6 years ago in Education
Life Without College: 4 Other Alternatives Worth Your Time
Education is highly valued in American society for numerous reasons. The institution of college has been around almost as long as the nation has, and an education has been a consistent, proven method to guarantee a career path for certain occupations. However, not everyone is interested in occupations that require a bachelor’s degree. If you aren’t planning on becoming a doctor, engineer, lawyer, astronaut, etc.,then perhaps college isn’t necessarily the best path to take you where you would like to go.
By Mia Morales6 years ago in Education
Why All Educators Should Do Personal Development. Top Story - October 2019.
Recently I was working with a group of young students who were, as students do, resisting doing the task that I, the educator, wanted them to. I began to enter into the familiar dance that anyone who has ever worked with children likely knows well: Kids moving around the room, talking to friends, asking unrelated questions, raising their hand and telling long-winded, boring stories about their friend Carley’s pet hamster who pooped on the floor. Everybody laughs but you—because let's face it kid, your story sucks and I see what you’re trying to do here.
By Alexandra Rizzi6 years ago in Education
Adventures in 7th Grade Discipline
One of my classes is pretty verbose and rowdy. The code word is "social." I have not had much success in getting AND maintaining their attention this year. This class lags behind my other sections on a consistent basis when I am presenting lessons just because there are more interruptions from the class. Some interruptions are unwanted, like stupid 7th grade jokes about Uranus. Some are ok, like questions about how the material relates to them and other interesting tangents.
By Graham Stewart6 years ago in Education