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5 Awesome Tricks to Become a Super Productive Student
The secret to becoming a productive student is learning how to study smarter, not harder. This couldn’t be more true as you advance into college. Back in high school, a two-hour study session seemed enough for you to get good grades but come college, there just aren’t enough hours to get all the studying crammed in—but that’s only if you don’t know how to study smart!
By Carol Duke7 years ago in Education
A Student's Simple Guide to Health
First thing's first, are you drinking enough water? Since our body is made of 70 percent of water, it's super important to stay hydrated. Water helps the brain to manufacture neurotransmitters (those little pathways in your brain that help you learn things) and it flushes the body of all the junk food that we eat when studying. Rule of thumb is the average person should drink half as many ounces of water of what they weigh in pounds. So if you weigh around 150 pounds, you should be drinking around 75 ounces of water a day.
By Kinlie Worthen7 years ago in Education
Learning Difficulties?
You can spend time on your classes, nothing to do, you can not remember them. For lack of method, concentration or maybe because you do not understand them well. Is it lost? Far from there ! Here is a method based on 5 principles that could help you regain your footing.
By Karen Berns7 years ago in Education
Dear England, Why Don’t You Want Me?
To my beloved United Kingdom, I have so many beautiful memories of you from my childhood, spending my summers in Windsor with my second cousins. I remember waking up every morning, looking out into the sky and staring in wonderment as my view was eclipsed with a picturesque view of Windsor Castle in the skyline. I remember my auntie taking me on a boat ride on the Thames river and when it was all over she’d tell me about the Tower Bridge in London and I proclaimed I would climb it one day.
By John Romanov7 years ago in Education
Gratitude for Technology: Tech Tips for Students
From long nights copying textbooks in the library, to hand-written final reports, to white-out and typewriters, to lugging slide rules around campus, to manually drafting engineering drawings, to solving complicated differential equations by hand, to primitive dial-up internet, "success" in the academic days of yesterday now seems like a Herculean task.
By Maxwell Goldberg7 years ago in Education
College Summer Courses. Top Story - December 2018.
Need to catch up on your course plan? Attempting to graduate early? Just interested in fitting some fun courses into your schedule? Taking summer courses might be for you. However, there are a few things to consider before registering for a summer semester...
By Lorraine Woiak7 years ago in Education
Preparing to Write a Text – Half of Success
Having a text to write can sometimes seem like a complex and very long task. Indeed, there are several steps to follow to write a good text. However, when one is well prepared, and especially when one uses the right method, writing a text may seem simpler.
By Karen Berns7 years ago in Education
The Unrelenting Student Loan Soliloquy
In higher education, loan debt is something students battle with every semester, then for decades afterward. While going to college, each year is a juggling act of trying to balance jobs and classes while somersaulting through hoops to try and get more scholarship aid.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA7 years ago in Education
