Category: Career/Education

Writing is a hard career to get into; there’s a lot of credentials needed and its time intensive to build up that reputation and find people who want to read your writing. However there’s thousands of natural born writers who aren’t sure if they should take the leap into writing! Here’s four signs that you would make a good writer and it’s time to get started.

Anyone can be a writer with enough practice and passion for writing. If you’re ambitious and want to become a professional writer then a class can help you to improve your skills and grow your natural talent.

Look at the signs of someone that would make a good therapist. See if it’s something you think you could do!

Do you think you’ve got what it takes to become a therapist or counselor? It’s a challenging career path to choose but one that can be extremely rewarding. Here are 4 key characteristics you need to embark on a career in this complex profession.

Fundamentally, it’s important that alongside all of the above that you care about others. If your intentions are good and you truly want to help others work through their problems, then proper training and practice can help you to become an expert therapist.

Do you dream of becoming an actor or actress? Whether you’re young or slightly later on in life, acting is a tough but rewarding profession to enter into. Here are our top pieces of advice for aspiring actors to get their careers started.

Can you be an actor/actress? Yes! Take enough classes and develop your skills and you can. Just make sure to contact a talent agency and get yourself connected to the right auditions and the right jobs.

We’ve all been there. You put lots of time and effort into a project and submit it with confidence that you will be getting a good grade. Then the project is returned to you with all sorts of negative feedback and a bad grade. What happened? How do you get a good grade with an impossible teacher? The answers may surprise you.

1. The first step is to keep your cool. When that project is returned to you with a bad grade don’t get visually upset in front of the teacher. You don’t want the teacher to become offended that you are upset about your bad grade; this will make them more willing to give you a bad grade on future projects.

2. The second step is to ask for feedback. Ask your teacher what you could have done to get a better grade on the project, and then use this information when working on future projects and thank them for their time in giving you feedback.

3. The third step is to play on the teachers interests. It’s always nice to do a project that we are interested in. But is there something the teacher is interested in that you could do your project on? Playing on the teachers interests will make the teacher more interested in reading your project and may get you a better grade.

4. The fourth step is to always have respect for an impossible teacher, even if you don’t feel like they deserve it. Show up for class on time, submit work on time, follow their rules for formatting your projects, if you know they don’t like hats take yours off at the door. These small gestures can really add up with an impossible teacher. If they feel like you respect their teaching and their teaching space they will be more likely to give you a good grade.

Having an impossible teacher is never an enjoyable experience. Give these tips a try

Want to study for that test in less time? There are a few things that you can do to increase your productivity. The trick is to use a variety of methods to help your brain make the information stick.
Here is a list of the things you can do to help you study in less time.

1. Clear Your Brain. Make sure that you don’t have any stresses that you’re worrying about. Being distracted by stress will slow you down.

2. Read Out Loud. Read the information you need to remember out loud. You brain will remember it in a different way when it is spoken.

3. Reward Yourself. If you know there is a reward at the end of the study session you will be more likely to remember what you are studying. Reward yourself with a smoothie, a walk, or coffee with a friend.

4. Create Visuals. Use things like diagrams, flash cards, and other visuals to help your brain remember the information in different ways. Not everyone remembers information well by reading alone.

5. Get Good Sleep. It is crucial to get good sleep before a study session. Tired people are not productive people. Getting a solid 8 hours of sleep will increase your productivity.

6. Eat A Balanced Diet. Eating a balanced diet will help you avoid those blood sugar crashes that can affect your ability to retain information. Make sure you take snack breaks while studying to avoid those blood sugar crashes!

Facts about cheating in school:

Lots of Students Cheat – In a survey of 24,000 students at 70 high schools, Donald McCabe (Rutgers University) found that 64 percent of students admitted to cheating on a test, 58 percent admitted to plagiarism and 95 percent said they participated in some form of cheating, whether it was on a test, plagiarism or copying homework.

More and More Students Are Cheating – Many students feel that their individual honesty in academic endeavors will not effect anyone else. While about 20% of college students admitted to cheating in high school during the 1940’s, today between 75 and 98 percent of college students surveyed each year report having cheated in high school.

Technology Is Making It Easier – There have always been kids that have chosen to cheat in school, but today’s tech gadgets have made it easier and more common than before. With the majority of teens and tweens carrying cell phones, answers to test questions can zing around a classroom in minutes.