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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.
How to Be a Favorite Student
School has so many rules, restrictions, policies, and expectations (even unwritten ones). To truly be the happiest and most successful version of ourselves at school there are two simple hacks to keep a positive environment there: get along with your teacher and get along with your fellow students, all at once.
By Legitimate .8 years ago in Education
"Life Beats Down and Crushes the Soul and Art Reminds You that You Have One"
There are moments in my working life when I feel truly blessed at the invitations that find their way to my inbox. There are times also, when I wonder what path I have set out on that is so challenging, lonely at times, devoid of recognition or appreciation. But that is another matter.
By Heather Stack8 years ago in Education
Sleepy Students: The Effects of Sleep Deprivation Caused by an Early School Start Time
According to livescience.com, the average start time for middle and high school classes in the United States is eight AM (Rettner NP). But is this an effective way to teach the youth of America? Numerous studies show that students do better overall in school when their classes start later. Although there are many different reasons why this should be implemented, the most prominent is sleep. Students experience numerous benefits just from an extra thirty minutes to an hour of sleep. Because of the benefits it causes and health concerns it prevents, middle and high schools should implement a later start time for classes to help kids excel further in their education by allowing more sleep.
By Peyton Morris8 years ago in Education
Finding the Balance
College is hard enough as it is; class, hours of studying and homework, sleep deprivation... Adding athletics on top of that makes college 10 times harder. Being a student-athlete is difficult. Along with the hours and hours of studying we put into our major, we also have practice, early morning lifting sessions, hours of study hall, meetings upon meetings upon meetings! Finding the balance between the two is still a struggle even after enduring the journey for two years now... Let me tell you a little about myself.
By Genesis Ewell8 years ago in Education
Popularity: What's the Big Deal?
Popularity. The big deal about middle school. Everyone wants to be popular at one point. It gives you power. Other classmates look up to you. People even feel intimidated by your presence. This is my experience with popularity in middle school.
By Autumn Hill8 years ago in Education
Why You Should Listen to Gaming Soundtracks While Studying
The end of the semester is quickly approaching, and along with room check-outs, advanced class selection, and warm weather, comes the dreaded finals week. As students start racking up hours in the library and Hub, they are forced to cram course material while dreaming of days on the beach or lounging at home. One way to balance this nostalgia for a dreamier day while studying is the use of fantasy gaming soundtracks while reviewing. The best part of this technique? You don’t have to be a gamer to enjoy the music that accompanies gameplay, and it can improve your focus, motivation, and productivity.
By Ashley Smith8 years ago in Education
The Gift of Imagination
As a young kid, we were all told it’s okay to use our imaginations. When I was in the 4th grade, I remember creating a treasure map. The group I hung out with weren’t the athletes. We loved to have fun. We went outside and followed our map to the step. Finally, we found our mark and started digging. It took us only a few minutes when we all looked at each other with shock. We found something! It looked like a small white box. Obviously, we chose to break it open instead of trying to dig the whole thing up. What we discovered was that it was a water line for a small building. It wasn’t the treasure we hoped for. Well, unless detention was the treasure. If that’s the case, then we struck it rich!
By Robbie Bowman8 years ago in Education
The Joker's Best Friends Are Truly His Best Friends
I am an old man. I said that because when I go back through the pages of my life, I constantly think of the most famous Jimmy Stewart movie of all time-—It's a Wonderful Life. I really think about the very last scene after George Bailey was shown by Clarence the angel as to what life would have been like if George was never born. George comes to accept that life without the people who were important to him was horrible as opposed to his life with them. In other words, he was able to see how much better his and their lives were with George around.
By Maurice Bernier8 years ago in Education
