Since the main focus of my website and blog is on study skills, it might sometimes seem that I do not place enough emphasis on acquiring knowledge, or that I believe that you should put so much time and effort into improving your study skills that the goal of increasing your knowledge is secondary to …
In my last post, I wrote about the fresh start a new school year provides, and the opportunity it gives you to make changes that can help you see greater success than before. Since I hadn’t done so at the beginning of the previous school year, I focused on the beginning of the first grading …
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In my last post, I wrote that even though all subjects may not be created equal in the strictest sense, you should find ways to treat them as though they are, since they are equally a part of your life in this moment. One of the best ways to remember to treat all your subjects …
All Subjects Are Not Created Equal – But All Teachers Are Read More »
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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