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From balancing your course load to forging relationships with classmates to extracurricular involvement, these are the tried and true methods to nail your career as a student.
10 Tips for a Successful Semester
In my five plus years as a tutor and college employee, I've worked with hundreds of different students of all levels and backgrounds. Some I see only once and others I see often, but I've seen enough of them to know what kinds of students are primed and ready to tackle their semester. These ten tips are essential for acing your classes, managing your time, and still having having fun, and if you put these into practice I'll have no doubt you'll have a successful semester.
By Kyle Foster7 years ago in Education
Why UCLA Is the Right School for Me
UCLA is simply the right school for me, and that’s the bottom line as I have done some research. UCLA has many programs available although I’m not sure if I want a joint law/masters. I know I want an MBA. But well, first comes a plain old law degree. What I want to do is help mentally ill people get SSI or a job, since we have it pretty difficult when we look for jobs. I can take paralegal classes at De Anza until I enroll in UCLA.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Education
Write to Succeed
Tutoring services at colleges and universities provide an invaluable service to students. It is generally included in the price of tuition and something every student should take advantage of, whether they are really struggling in their coursework or just need to work out one problem or idea. Some colleges only have one generalized tutoring center, but many also have a center dedicated solely for students to improve their writing. This raises the question, what exactly are writing centers? And how long have they been around?
By Kyle Foster7 years ago in Education
The Bedtime Story. Top Story - August 2018.
I’ll love you forever,I’ll like you for alwaysAs long as I’m livingMy baby you’ll be. These four lines are repeated throughout the children’s story Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrating that unconditional love is due between children and parents in American culture. It does so by presenting the reader with illustrations of a child throughout relatable stages of youth and adulthood. As he grows, he becomes more of a troublemaker, but the repeated, almost musical refrain in the epithet above ends each page to remind the reader and the child in the story that they will be loved and forgiven for mistakes they make as they get older. The other side of this is that the mother grows as well and eventually gets old enough to where the child is an adult, holding her, and their roles are reversed. Finally, the boy in the story is an adult and holds his own infant daughter, ending the book with them both singing the same refrain.
By Jasante Howard7 years ago in Education
Congrats, Grad!
I really did not think I would miss college this much, and it has only been four months. Granted, all of the changes in my life that happened after already pretty significant changes (including the most uneventful birthday in the history of my 22 years on this planet, is 22 when birthdays become arbitrary?), took another big toll on my mental health, but those are stories for another time. Today is August 14, 2018, and is the second day of Week of Welcome and the third official day of Band Camp. I was in the band for eight years, maybe that has something to do with this huge hole in my chest. I get up in the morning, go to one of my jobs (soon to be just one and not two) and figure out how I am going to save up money, work hard, work OUT, eat healthy, have a social life, get enough sleep, hang out with my dog, and make friends in a new town hundreds of miles away from my variety of families.
By Kaylee Lawrence7 years ago in Education
My First Experience in Summer Camp
Have you ever had such a good time doing something while you keep doing what you love that you almost forget how you got to that one place? That's how it was for me, and it's all thanks to my high school drama teacher at the time, Daniel. He definitely pointed me in the direction of the summer camp that I would go to except at the time, I knew I'd be 17 years old when it started since he told me about it when I was 16.
By Don Anderson II7 years ago in Education
School Ruined My Love for Writing That I Didn't Know I Had
I’m going to school for creative writing. Poetry, actually. Why? Don’t ask me that. Growing up I was always in a reading program. Why? Well, my parents are Hispanic and I guess the school just assumed that they only spoke Spanish, therefore making me illiterate. That’s my only guess. Could be other reasons, but who really knows. After constantly being taken out of class to be timed on how fast I can read the dumbest short story, anything that involved reading or writing kind of freaked me the-fuck-out.
By Cianna Cruz7 years ago in Education
Conquer Kindergarten, Part II: Math. Top Story - August 2018.
In my previous article I described different ways parents can prepare their child for Kindergarten when it comes to literacy. Obviously, math is another skill students will work on throughout their entire educational career, and it begins in Kindergarten. As a Kindergarten teacher, I noticed many students were somewhat unprepared when it came to some math topics. There are many things a parent can do with a preschool aged child to give him or her a good base when it comes to math. Here are my suggestions on how to prepare a student to be a successful math student early on.
By Haley Peterson7 years ago in Education
Summer Blues
As summer comes to its sweet ending, I can’t help but to get a bit sad as I look back at all the new memories created along with its endless amount of leisure and time. I am sure this doesn’t only apply to me. The early mornings for that sunrise or days to just sleep in forever. The free time to go out with friends and have fun doing whatever. Time for family and seeing loved ones that you haven’t seen in years. The extra time you can work and make some extra cash. Sometimes summer really does seem “endless”, and I truly wish it was. This summer is probably bittersweet to some, especially if you have just graduated high school and you’re ready to head off to college soon! What an exciting time it is for all of us as we start our new journey in life and make new friends along the way. Heading off to college is another adventure in itself, and it’s so crazy how the time has flown by. (And those commercials for dorm shopping can finally apply to us!) We are all saying goodbye to some of our closest friends and our families. It’s a sad moment to think about, however it is so important to not look back... look ahead! The best thing you can do is to be happy for everyone getting another fresh start and going on to experience new things. Hold on to the memories with those you love and look forward to making new ones. It’s hard to think that I am parting ways with some of my best friends who have been there for me through it all, but I am more than excited to see where life will take us and who we will meet along the way. Going to college holds so many new things to embrace. Find yourself. Go to that party. Network with people who have the same interests as you.
By Jeanne-Marie Branche7 years ago in Education
"Happiness Classes" In Indian Schools
An experiment is taking place in Delhi's public schools: classes that focus on emotional well-being, instead of academic success. Due to the high education standards and the very limited spaces in top-tier universities, Delhi's Education Minister Manish Sisodia has been running this program to make sure the mental health of young students doesn't deteriorate from stress. Sisodia has stated that the system is suppressive to student's creativity and a major contributor to India's high suicide rate amongst students.
By J. P. Frattini7 years ago in Education
