How far are you willing to go to get into your dream college? What would you do for your kids to get them into their dream college? Pretty far, is the answer for parents charged in a nation-wide federal probe that was exposed yesterday. What does it mean for you?…
You got bad grades, now what? 10 tips
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.You got your grades from last semester, and now you’re panicked about the next one! If you got bad grades last semester in college, first off, know that they’re not permanent. Second, you need a plan to change them for the better. If you got good grades, you’re likely still panicked that you can’t sustain them. You also need a plan – to alleviate your panic.
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Do good students become successful? – Long-term costs of being a good student
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.A recent opinion article in the New York Times got me thinking again about whether or not good students become successful. As stress and anxiety in college students increase, you have to wonder if all the homework and stress of being a straight-A student is worth it. Is there a connection between a student’s GPA and their later success?
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An alternative to the SAT and ACT?
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.Did you know there may soon be a viable alternative to the SAT and ACT?
A Test Worth Teaching To? How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT
The benefits of Imbellus’ Test as an alternative to the SAT and ACT
You won’t be able to teach to the test
I think this test, Imbellus, is an interesting alternative, because it tests creativity and problem solving. Unlike the headline suggests, schools might not be able to teaching to it. If they design it well, I think you’ll be able to practice, but I don’t think you will be able to “teach to the test.” It might also mean that it will be harder to coach to the test as well.
Testing creativity will encourage healthy sleep habits, not over-scheduling
Another benefit? Since it requires creativity, it will actually discourage over-scheduling. How? Because as I’ve been reading in Why We Sleep, adequate sleep is necessary for creativity.
Possible limits to Imbellus’ Test
One big possible flaw?
It has been proven that time limits and stress reduce problem solving ability.
Of course, as anyone who had watched Apollo 13 know, sometimes it is important to be able to solve problems creatively while under stress!
So it’s a good idea to practice under stress.
Ideally, Imbellus would be an alternative, not a replacement
As much as I detest teaching to the test, and think AP classes are destroying education, I would like to see this be a complement – another option – to the SAT, ACT, and grades.
There should be many paths, both separate and overlapping, to college.
Success Biography – Connan O’Brian’s school record was no joke
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By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America (Conan O’Brien) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Does this represent a bias or reality? So, I decided to start taking note when I hear of someone who is a success who was a stellar student….
How important is completing all your homework?
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Teachers will tell you that finishing your homework is the most important thing you can do for your future success, but is it? With AP classes, it’s very common for students to have more homework than they can complete and still get a full night’s sleep.
Just how important is sleep?…
What students can learn from too much homework
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.With our second child in her senior year and our third in high school it’s pretty much official. All of our kids are going to finish high school under staggering homework loads and there is nothing we can do about it. I have talked with administrators. I have talked with teachers. We have insisted our own children take on-level classes in some subjects (with mixed results.) And we have insisted on study halls (fewer classes). But my kids still have too much homework. So what can they learn from all that homework? (Because no, they do not reap enough benefits in college credit.)…
Conan O’Brian on failure
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How much do AP classes really benefit you in college?
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Ask any student and they’ll tell you that AP classes have more homework than on-level classes. But is the amount of homework worth it?…
Does anxiety serve a purpose for teens?
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.I was listening to my favorite podcast on Investing, InvestED, when I heard this interesting insight on anxiety from their interview with Dawa Phillips.…
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