PAGESFor decades popular students at high school have been trying to embarrass mates that were much better students that themselves. Good students had to suffer many pranks and people laughing at them. That is why some of them tried not to get so good grades and slip past.
Thankfully, things are becoming to change at many schools all over the country. As those students that stand out at school are getting good rewards as the last gadgets and good scholarships; teenagers are realizing how important it is to get the best possible grades.
Probably, companies as Google are influencing this trend too. Every youngster would like to work at this kind of companies and they know Google only hires the best ones, those that sure they weren’t the most popular at school but had spent much time learning about new technologies and there is not only Google who wants the best ones: all companies prefer to hire smart and hard-working employees that when decided what to study chose to do the best as possible,
Even on TV series like “The Big Bang theory” stars are young smart boys and writers mock the typical handsome muscled young men with empty minds. In the show watchers have fun about principal character’s daily life but we can watch how many times writers make the “popular” and handsome boys look like idiots.
If you are doing really good as a school student you would be proud of it because aan amazing future is waiting for you.
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Don’t be ashamed of being a good student
Sunday, August 29th, 2010Why to join a study group?
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Being new at college it is always difficult because you need to adapt to live far from family and friends, learn to organize your place, meet new people choose what to study and get the better grades you can. Start or join a study group could help you to make easier all that tasks.
First thing to do is looking for class mates that are interested to join a study group too. Students that are willing to join in usually attend to every classes and they are interested in doing a great job at college.
Size of the group. The ideal will be 4 to 6 students, larger groups tend are difficult to organize and tend to split in smaller ones.
Place to meet. A well-ventilated, wide and quite place is where the group should meet to avoid distractions
Frecuency and duration. The group can meet once or twice a week for sessions that can last about 2 hours. When the sessions last for more time, students get tired and unfocused.
What can the study group do for a students?
Share abilities and potential. As not every school student has the same skills, sharing them in a group will help to improve your grades in that subjects you are not so good at.
Have all the information. Sometimes although you takes notes you can miss something important said by the professor, comparing notes with your mates will give you that info you didn’t hear.
Support. Everybody has low mood moments and many people even thinks about giving up, sharing you worries with the group will help you to open your mind and have another point of view.
Socialization. The group can share other activities after study sessions and the other components in the group can introduce you people you didn’t know before so you could make much more friends.
In summary, next time a class mate ask you to join in a study group say yes!
World’s most ancient Universities
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
When trying to choose what to study and where to study we have a wide variety of Colleges and University which love to attend. Here we speak about most ancient universities that are still in operation and you can choose to study.
University of Bologna , Italy. It is believed to be founded in 1088. This was first academic institution using the word “universitas” at its foundation. Nowadays it counts on over 100,000 students and even it has a branch center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
University of Paris, France. Many people refers to it as La Sorbonne although it is not completely located in the historical Sorbonne building. It was founded in 11th century and in 1970 it split in 13 separated universities as a result of 1968 cultural revolution, known as French May.
University of Oxford, England, has been teaching from 1096 and it is the oldest English-speaking university in the world. It has a long history of rivalry with University of Cambridge but they both are worldwide recognize as two of the world’s leading academic institutions.
University of Montpellier, France. To this university belong the oldest medicine school of Europe that was being taught in Montpellier in 1160. Its law school has a long career too, some of its professors collaborated in writing the Napoleonic Code.
University of Salamanca, Spain. Oldest university still in operation in Spain and nowadays it received many foreign students that visit Salamanca to learn Spanish. Although they were teaching a long time before it was not till 1218 that it received the Royal Chart of Foundation.
If you are still a school student and didn’t choose a University yet probably you would like to attend to classes at any of these ancient academic institutions and feel their historical places.
What to study? A life-shaping choice
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Once you have finished senior year at high school you have to make one of the most important decisions of your life; choose what to study and which University will have you a one of its students.
Many times young people let their family of friends tell them what they should study. Once they get the degree after years of effort and many hours preparing the exams many of them realized that all that time was a waste because they don’t like what they were studying for. However at that point the decision cannot be easily reversed and most of the people go on with their life although they don’t fell happy with it.
No one wants to spend many years studying and starting a career that don’t fit with him and that will make him unhappy for the rest of his life . In order to avoid this situation, you should sit a career test for high school students . These tests show you what are your better skills and which studies are related to your abilities so your chances to make a proper choice and go a great job increase a lot.
Once you have the determination of studying a certain degree you should choose the best institution to take that studies that you can find. Companies are very sensitive about where the job applicant took his studies so University reputation is a point to consider when choosing one. There are another aspects to consider as cost per year, distance to your family home, chances to get a grant, etc. but the fist one to be aware is the studies program quality.
To finish, a really good advice to any student: Study what you like not what you are supposed to.
Best High Schools
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010Each year Newsweek chooses the best high schools in America based on the work of the school staff and how hard school students are tested in order to be prepared for college. This year, they did something special. Newsweek made an individual profile page for 1608 schools that made the list. This is more or less 6% of all the high schools in the United States. You can check out all the profiles on their website.
Furthermore 20 schools were selected as the top 20 high schools, you can find pictures and information about how all these schools prepare their students for college online.
There is also a list of schools that were too elite to be included in the rankings. These rankings are important because high school can be a good educational preparation for different types of students.
Take your exam at home
Monday, June 14th, 2010Are you also tired of stressing out while waiting in line to take your exam, talking with everybody and appearing that you don’t know as much as you thought you would? Then maybe there is a solution for you.
A company called Software Security Inc has created a new kind of software that would be able to allow school students taking their exams at home. Thanks to the new technology, students wouldn’t be able to cheat at home.
According to the BBC website, the device has to be plugged into the computer of the student. Afterwards it takes a fingerprint in order to verify the person being the one who he claims to be. During the exam, a webcam and a microphone are switched on making sure that there is no one else in the room talking or there is no unnecessary movement. Furthermore, it would be impossible for the student to get access to the internet or personal files thanks to a ‘Lock Down’.
Some universities are testing the software and say that it’s good. It helps the disabled a lot for example. Of course nothing is 100% secure they say but neither are traditional exams.
Summer online degree classes
Monday, May 17th, 2010Students who are thinking about taking classes over the summer in Kansas will be able to do so from their own homes. Because, according to the student newspaper of the University of Kansas, the university will start to offer online summer classes this year, instead of organising them on the campus.
These online classes would enable a student to concentrate on the classes they are taking during a shorter time period and they often complete courses more quickly. There is an extra benefit for new students because they can start their college online before they arrive at the university. Instructors are still adding and deleting options on the list of online courses in the summer
A little remark is that the online summer courses cost a little bit more when you compare it with a traditional semester course.
Learning while you take a nap
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010A new study from Harvard Medical School found that napping, and dreaming in particular, can be very effective to learn.
We know already for a long time that sleep improves performances on memory tests, but now a new study puts forward that an afternoon nap might improve the ability to process and store information. There is one remark though; you have to dream while you are sleeping.
99 college students participated in the study and were told how to navigate a complex maze on a computer. Afterwards, half of the participants were allowed to take a 90 minute nap while the other half stayed awake. Nappers did better than the students who stayed awake, but what’s more important is that the students who dreamt about the maze, performed 10 times better than the other nappers.
This does not say that you get a better memory by dreaming, it proves that when we are asleep, we try to work out the problem unconsciously. Especially when we find something difficult.
So if you think that sleeping is a waste of time, dream on!
Grammar Schools in England
Friday, November 28th, 2008Schools are very much important venue for the learners academically grow in the field of education as they become successful in their lives and become good asset in the society. In London, there are several different kinds of schools that been established both private or public such as boarding schools, grammar schools, vocational schools and even online schools are already present in the country. In which, the commonly aim of these educational learning institutes are only to provide quality academic services to its learners as a support for their educational growth and even social or physical benefits and spiritual depending on the type of schools they have land on. As of now, grammar schools were considered as the most popular and in demand. In which, the enrollees of these type of schools increases especially right now comparing to the previous year that have pass. Grammar schools become popular of this year because of the financial meltdown that been affecting to several affluent families. As a result, a free or affordable education is very much attractive to most families.
Although, there are still families who can still afford to do send their schools in private schools but still more and more families got some financial concerns. As a result, more parents prefers to send their children to schools that are quite affordable or educationally free in terms of tuition and the only answer for that are the presence of the different public educational learning institutes or grammar schools in the country. The educational learning services that the grammar schools been provided are also competitive just like to the independent schools or private educational learning institutes. In which, they are several learners from who wants to be part of the most elite public educational learning institutes in the country but its quite harder since there are only 10 applicants that will be approved every year and every place. As a result, not everyone is given an opportunity to get into this type of educational learning institutes. The grammar schools that been considered as the elite grammar schools in the country that been well supported by the government are the following: The Tiffin Girl’s School in Kingston and Queen Elizabeth’s school. Indeed, these grammar schools strongly provide a quality educational learning in the country that is very much competitive to independent schools or private educational learning institutes.