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Brawling with a Foreign Language
I'm a lover of language. I love wordplay and the intricate games you can play with language. I love how by altering the stress or emphasis you can completely reverse meaning and tone.
By Fray8 years ago in Education
Write Highly Effective Lessons in 5 Steps
Teaching can be one of the hardest professions out there. There are students with no attention span, each one at a different learning level, all while administrators are constantly evaluating you — evaluations which could affect your ability to work in the future.
By Nathan Esme8 years ago in Education
How to Be Zen During a Heavy Workload
Speaking for college students, midterms, finals, and presentations (especially for those dreaded group projects) are stressful times for us college students. The ounces of coffee consumed, the number of calories inhaled when eating at strange hours, and holding yourself locked up in your room or at the library with no sleep are all recipes for disaster!
By Julia Mae8 years ago in Education
10 Things I Learned My First Semester of College
This is a list of the ten things I learned my first semester of college. 1. Leave it at home. I laughed at every person who told me not to bring all of my stuff to college. I packed up my entire room and brought it with me to school anyway. "It's not going to fit," they said. I made it fit. "You're not going to wear any of it," they said. They were right...
By mads8 years ago in Education
Dyspraxia and the School System
I've been thinking a lot about learning disabilities recently, specifically dyspraxia. This is because I have dyspraxia. I would say it's at its worst when I'm in an academic setting. Sure, I can manage to scrape an A if I absolutely have to — half of my results for Intermediate 2 were As. But I can definitely point out a few moments in my school career where my dyspraxia decided to be a right pain in the ass. And some people didn't necessarily realise that my learning disability was the reason why I was struggling.
By Sarah Watson8 years ago in Education
A Failed Kindergarten Teacher
Continuing on in the face of obstacles, I guess you could say, has never been my strong suit. I try not be a quitter, but so often that backfires in a whirlwind of regret and embarrassment. However, my recent decision to defer after two semesters of graduate school has proven to be anything but a hasty, rash decision. Let me provide a little background.
By Kayla Bloom8 years ago in Education
Wise Words From My First Year English Professor
Coming to university, I thought I had prepared myself for my grades to drop from what they were in high school. All of my teachers said that university was so much different than high school, so much harder. So, I convinced myself that grades didn’t matter as much in university because no employer was ever going to not hire me simply because I got a bad grade in one of my first-year courses. Which is, of course, true, but I’m still a perfectionist and wanted to get good grades.
By Faith8 years ago in Education
5 Surprising Benefits of Community Colleges. Top Story - November 2017.
Four-year universities are no longer the staple of postsecondary education. More and more people are beginning to realize the benefits of enrolling at a community college after graduating high school, and the future of these two-year institutions is looking up. Here are some of the amazing advantages of these smaller schools.
By Alice Minguez8 years ago in Education
Parents, Guardians Let's Get Involved
Parent/guardian-teacher conferences are a staple in the relationship between school faculty, administrators, and the student’s caregiver. It is designed to bring answers to questions the parent/guardian may have about a child’s performance in school, and for the faculty member to gain better insight on behaviors which may occur in school.
By Chris Ricks8 years ago in Education
Systematic Racism and Mistreatment of Students in Lower Income School Districts
Now that I'm twenty-four, and graduated from college, I look back on my grade school experience often. When people bring up the constant issues that their children are facing in school, it brings me back the school district that I grew up in. There are too few great educators, a handful of good teachers, and a disgusting amount of check collectors in the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). As a child in elementary school, I can't seem to come to a conclusion as to why I never told my mother what the staff was doing to us daily. I knew that the way we were talked to, treated, and sneared at was not right. I knew it was wrong when they made us sit on the black top in the sun, in the heat, and in total silence during recess.
By Samantha Mack8 years ago in Education
Personal Story: How I Overcame Panic and Anxiety Of Doing School Presentations
I remember those times when I did group presentations back in high school and every time the first speaker started the presentation, my heart would start pounding as I awaited my turn. Suddenly, I felt as though the room got colder; my body started shaking, my hands trembled and my teeth furiously grinded upon each other. I had to push myself to the absolute limits for people to hear me and even then, people at the back of the room were oblivious to the topics I was speaking about, because I simply could not grab their attention.
By Nihal Bellary8 years ago in Education
The Art of Tutoring
One of the biggest issues for Supply Teachers is a lack of work, particularly over a holiday time, leading to financial hardship. Many supply teachers struggle financially and need a second income to support their supply teaching work. But finding a job which would fit in with your supply teacher role can be difficult. Private tutoring could be the answer. However, there are a few things to consider first.
By Colin R. Browne8 years ago in Education