The Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa really is the best place to stay on Maui, but here are some tips to make your stay even better!…
Is Harvard “turning the tide” in admissions to Ivy League schools?
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CAMBRIDGE, MA – MAY 29: Students of Harvard University gather for their graduation ceremonies on Commencement Day on May 29, 2014 in Cambridge, MA.
Harvard got a lot of positive press last year when it announced its report, Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern For Others And The Common Good Through College Admissions. The Harvard Turning the Tide report found the current college admissions’ process is damaging to students. As Harvard states on its website, this report is “the first step in a two-year campaign that seeks to substantially reshape the existing college admissions process.” One year in on a two year campaign, has the Harvard admission process changed?
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THE best place to stay in Maui – Hawaii vacation 5
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I’ve only stayed at resorts three times in my entire life. The very first time I stayed at a resort was on a trip to Hawaii twenty years ago. So when we finally got the chance to take our teens to Hawaii, I knew we’d really have to stay in a resort to give our teens the Hawaii experience I remembered.
This is the part where I’m supposed to start gushing about how everything at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa was perfect, and heavenly, and paradise!
But I’m not going to do that.
But I’m still going to show you why the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa is the BEST place to stay. It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty close….
National Merit Scholarship Confirming SAT Score
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What are the National Merit score requirements? To become National Merit Finalist, both PSAT and SAT scores are required. Students who reach the required PSAT National Merit Scholar cutoff score for their state will be required to have an SAT score that “confirms” their PSAT score to advance to National Merit Finalist. I’ll explain what that means and how to calculate the National Merit Selection Index score for the SAT to get the National Merit confirming SAT score….
Is the current education system really working?
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Most of the United States feels like our current education system is still working. Maybe it’s not as good when they were in school, or maybe it’s better, but it’s still good. Kids in their neighborhood are still graduating from high school and getting into college.
“Good” colleges, in fact. (Whatever a “good” college means.)
But if you’re familiar with research, such as that presented in Most Likely to Succeed, you are aware that the world of work is changing, and changing at a rapid pace. The schools of today are not training students for the jobs that will be available in the future.
And if you have a top student who’s being crushed under a load of homework, you might be ready for it to change.
And change faster already before your kid graduates!…
Fix the cause – or only treat the emotions – of student anxiety?
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A recent article in the New York Times highlights a school in the Boston area that has high levels of academic achievement. The school has lots of awards, high test scores, high rates of acceptance to Ivy League universities, and unfortunately the all too common occurrence of high rates of student anxiety. And a high student suicide rate. Another parent from our high school sent me this article and resonated with me for several reasons.
Truth test – matching up with my own experiences
It passes the truth test of fitting with some of my own observations.
It shares many similarities with our own academically competitive high school, although not quite to the same extreme. (Or maybe that is hopeful denial.)
But I also have the added insight of having relatives whose children recently finished high school in the Greater Boston area (but a different school.) …
West Maui – Hawaii vacation 4
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West Maui is one of the three different areas we stayed in during our Maui vacation. Keeping the areas straight even on such a tiny island isn’t easy. Especially when all the guide books like to tell you that every location is wonderful!
Here are our impressions of West Maui….
South Maui – Hawaii vacation 3
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South Maui is one of the three different areas we stayed in during our Maui vacation. There are 2 main resort areas and at least 4 other areas where visitors can stay. That means keeping the areas straight even on such a tiny island isn’t easy. Especially when all the guide books like to tell you that every location is wonderful!
Here are our impressions of South Maui….
East Maui – Hawaii vacation 2
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East Maui is one of the three different areas we stayed in during our Maui vacation. Keeping the areas straight on even such a tiny island isn’t easy. Especially when all the guide books like to tell you that every location is wonderful!
Here are our impressions of East Maui….
Where to stay on Maui – Hawaii vacation 1
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Where to stay in Maui? How hard could it be? It’s an island, right?
Wrong. Well, not wrong about the island part. It is an island. But wrong about the easy part.
There are two main areas are where you’ll find most of the resorts. There’s West Maui – which probably looks like north Maui to you on a map, and South Maui – which is also on the west coast of Maui, but not as far west as West Maui and further south than West Maui. Get that?
No? Well keep reading and I’ll explain….
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