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This is a true story. Hidden within this story is a good lesson. Please read on. “A man entered a three story office building, read the directory, and found that his appointment was on the third floor. He decided to take the elevator. he pushed the button and the door slid open. To his [...] Hi Everyone! I want to thank everyone who commented on the posts. Please comment some more. Unfortunately somehow the spam filter and I had a tumble and all my wonderful comments are gone! There were so many and they were so encouraging to me. I don’t know what happened to them but I wish [...] When a person is thrown into a new situation, trying to figure out what is going on can be challenging. I remember back to the days when I was a freshman in college. I wasn’t clear about reading the course schedule. The typeface was very small and the words were set in narrow columns. [...] How much control do you have over your life? Do you say things to yourself that let you off the hook? For example: “I can’t help it. I was born this way. I’m just too busy so I don’t have time. It’s my (fill in the blank)’s fault that (fill in some action) didn’t [...] Has anyone ever given you instruction on the best, most efficient way for you to study? Studying efficiently is more complicated than sitting and reading a page in a book over and over. Highlighting the page as you read won’t do it for you, either. The reason most students don’t get A’s and B’s [...] Around this time of year many students are dealing with writing papers. There are a number of strategies which will make your paper receive a grade you will be proud of. Due to the limitations of this blog now, I can only discuss some of the most basic things at this point. I promise [...] This article is recopied from The Oregonian, Wednesday, March 3, 2010 “A safeguard of college dreams” “Graduation rates-Oregon joins a national alliance striving to ensure students achieve a degree” By Bill Graves “Oregon has joined 16 other states on a quest to dramatically improve the completion rate of college students, more than half of [...] Have you ever thought you really did well on a test, you walked out of the class feeling that you just knew you had “aced it” only to find out that you didn’t do well at all? Maybe it was worse than that. Maybe you were patting yourself on the back at how well [...] Let me tell you a story. For the sake of the story, I’ll call the two characters, Sally and Jane, but they could have any name you decide to give them and they could really be living anywhere. It is a school night. Both Sally and Jane attend a local school and are in [...] One of the easiest things you can do to get better grades in class is to choose a good seat. Where you sit is important. A classroom can be divided into sections, the front, the middle, the back, and the sides. Most classrooms establish a seating pattern within the first few class meetings. [...] |
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