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7 Fun Ways to Learn Japanese
We are all used to the boring ways on how to learn and study a language. From working through textbooks, doing endless pages in workbooks, embarrassing yourself in front of native speakers, or beating yourself over the head with grammar points.
By Dream Silas5 years ago in Education
Homeschooling in a Pandemic
If I wanted to be a school teacher, I would have chosen that career years ago. Being a teacher is noble, honorable, and a dire necessity to our civilization. Both my parents and my older sister are retired educators, but I am not. However, as a parent of 2 school-age children, I find myself thrust into this role due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I'm sure many of you share my dilemma. It's difficult to keep ourselves focused on earning a living, paying the bills, getting meals on the table, shopping, cleaning up, feeding the dog, having a life, etc. All while attempting to keep some degree of normalcy and sanity for ourselves. Yes, it's been difficult, it's still difficult, and it will continue to be difficult, but if we enable and force ourselves to strategize, plan, and then apply our efforts, we will overcome this and find a way to win.
By Lance Dial5 years ago in Education
Double for Your Trouble
Dawn was exhausted. She was 19 years old and had been working 3 different jobs, saving every penny that she could for college-which would be a very big deal for her. She had a difficult childhood. Her mother was a single mom and never believed in herself, let alone Dawn. Part of the reason Dawn was so driven was that she needed to prove (mostly to herself) that she was somebody worth believing in.
By GhostWriter5 years ago in Education
How To Learn About ITIL® 4 Strategic Leader Digital and IT Strategy?
ITIL® 4 Strategic Leader course is basically a combination of two modules that are part of ITIL4. This course will enlighten you about the fact that ITIL4 is not only beneficial for IT Operations but can be useful for digitally-enabled services as well. The pace of advancement in the digital world has never been so quick and associations should be adaptable and adjust to the ever-changing condition in the event that they need to continue offering some benefit to their clients while staying serious in the commercial center.
By NovelVista Learning Solution 5 years ago in Education
7 Things to Know About the Merit-Based Scholarships
Merit aid provides students with financial help. Given the economic climate and how the pandemic changes the way businesses and industries work, it's not surprising to see the rising number of families and students affected. If your children are looking for ways to help the family with the costs, exploring scholarship options is a good idea.
By Shruti Singh5 years ago in Education
The Different Components of School Fees at International Schools in Bangalore
Although expensive, the introduction of international schools in India has improved the education sector. These schools offer international-level education and state-of-the-art resources to the students. While studying at an international school, students gain exposure, holistic development, and access to other high-level education institutions. Often, parents don't have to worry about their child's university admission and professional adjustment because these institutions invest in laying a firm foundation for every student under their care.
By Shruti Singh5 years ago in Education
A Never Ending Curiosity
At the age of 31, I am entering the second semester as a college freshman, for the second time in my life. A couple years after high school, I started taking a few college classes. Due to issues of affordability and the fact I was already working for a company I loved, I dropped out after the second semester. I am now enrolled with a passion and drive to complete the coursework to attain a bachelor's degree along with a plan to cover the costs of my education. While there are many differences between me and many of my new classmates - in age, life experience, autonomy, etc. - there are also many similarities. I have entered into my studies with hope and excitement for what my future holds, but also with many questions about the choices I am making and if what I am doing now will lead to what I want to do later. As like most things in my life, this is a mix of my own hard work, timing, and great privilege. I see this experience as the next “step” in my life, maybe even a turning point in my intellectual journey - one that has been mostly informal. I am coming into what could be considered a new chapter of academics and being able to share myself with others in an intellectual sense. With that, I am putting a lot of thought into how I got where I am today. At every point in my life, including now, I believe I am exactly where I should be. This is despite my doubts about the timing compared to many other people and the challenges I have faced in regards to pursuing a path of furthering my education. After sharing the news about my enrollment with a good friend and also sharing with her my hesitations regarding my older age compared to the standard college demographic, she said something to me that I will always remember. She said, “In three or four years, you will still have aged the same amount of years, so it is better to have aged doing all that you wanted.” She was right. If there is something you want to do in life, age should not be the reason you do not go through with it. It’s also important to me that I do not compare my path or personal goals with anyone else's unique timeline.
By Christina Viola5 years ago in Education
The Golden Thread
It was the middle of March in North Carolina and pine cones were tightly wound with expectation that the spring equinox would usher in some much needed Sun to aggregate the flora and fauna that grace the landscape with complexions of green only the inhabitants could fathom. The local species, both existing and emerging, await the spillage of colour onto the ground, and thusly overhead, and so forth all around as the lush nature will have added warmth to the woods by the time spring spirals into summer. Like spring cleaning, this rolling out of the leaves make it a chore to celebrate the simultaneous endings and new beginnings happening during the juxtaposition of this season, even if it were the pre-existing notions of Solace's 13th birthday. It was Wednesday and all seemed the same when the Matriarch of Solace's immediate family descended the spiral staircase of their mystical home with a gift in one hand and cigarette in the other, she typically did not practice but the thought of falling behind on the bills, a missed menstrual and only being able to afford to give her son the gift she swore to her father that she would give to Solace on his 13th birthday made for a haphazard display of emotions that could only be met with silence. There he was, fully dressed and awaiting breakfast followed by a sequence of events that would commemorate yet another revolution around the Sun. He was astute in nature, gifted for his age and well read to be an only child, due in part because he was homeschooled by the scholars in his family and spent summers being mentored by the family linguist, the family florist, the family neurologist and this summer he was due to meet his Aunt Carole, she was the family member most fluent in bookkeeping. Although, aside from beekeeping, it was uncertain how he would keep busy an entire season until summer vacation reconvened. His mother sat this matte black box with gold trim in front of him and wished him well on this day where his pubescence as a young man has made her so proud yet she cannot spare the showcase of emotions. She leaves him with the box and heads for the outdoor gazebo, a new routine she has picked up since the holidays. His eyes would follow her anytime she maneuvered out of his presence without a word from him. He seemingly manages to redirect his attention back to this box, daunting the lack of presentation to wonder what could be inside. There was no cake, no candles, only the resounding silence right before making a wish, no flame to extinguish and no smell of cooling candle wax mingling with icing. One of his hands managed to slip from his knee to initiate contact with the box; the other hand naturally meeting the box with curiosity. He would remove the one-time golden seal that ensured the box was securely fastened and opened only by the recipient to find a card made of pure gold implanted into the velvet fabric. Now that the card was dislodged from the cardholder of a box, it read: 'Freeman Library' but what would he do with a library card when he has the liberty to read from his expansive home library in which he has made a successful dent, purchase books online, or at the very least, anticipate any of the many books sent in the mail year-round at the expense of generous relatives that "want nothing but the best" for him? Solace had an idea. He would fully immerse himself in apiology and ecology to curb, and account for, the lack of bees that did not make it to their farm last year to produce enough hives for harvesting the honey that would financially cushion their family until his mother's divorce from his father were final. He had become observatory throughout the legal process but, nonetheless, aware of the legal concept of marriage, or divorce for that matter.
By Sha'ron Anderson5 years ago in Education
