When you first read this title, I imagine many of you must be thinking that I am planning to discuss why certain subjects are more important than others. Whether it’s the increased emphasis on the STEM subjects and whether or not the humanities should matter as much as they once did, or the increased emphasis …
What comes to mind when you read or hear these words? Do your teachers use them often? What tone do they take? Perhaps you’ve heard them more often out of school than in it, from parents, from coaches, and, for those of you who are old enough, from behind-the-wheel driving instructors. As teachers have become …
In my last post, I focused on what makes being organized such an important part of success. In this post, I will give you examples of how you can make being organized work for you. Whether you make better use of the organizational methods your teachers have assigned, take some of my suggestions, come up …
When you consider the end of one grading period and the beginning of the next and try to find ways to make improvements in your study skills, one of the most important things to think about is how becoming more organized can help you make whatever other improvements you need to make. Whether you wish …
If any of you out there are Jeopardy! fans like I am, then these are very sad days. On Sunday, we learned that Jeopardy’s beloved longtime host, Alex Trebek, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. On Monday, we watched Jeopardy! just as we always have, but it was bittersweet. The game remained unchanged, but the …
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Whether you are still finishing your first grading period or have started your second one, you may be wondering what comes next. In this post, I will again discuss the importance of knowing your grading periods. My last post focused on how to make the best of how your grading periods end. In this post, …
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By now, whether you are back at school in person or attending school virtually, most of you have already finished the first grading period, and those of you who haven’t will be doing so soon. Since there are countless different school schedules, I will not write about each of the possibilities. Instead, I will give …
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