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From balancing your course load to forging relationships with classmates to extracurricular involvement, these are the tried and true methods to nail your career as a student.

What Are We Teaching Our Children
No doubt education is important—it's the difference between giving yourself choices in life or being tied down to a particular type of work. But what kind of education is required to breed success? Is the education we are providing for our children equipping them with the necessary tools to survive in the real world, a world without the protective wall of parents to fall back on? No, it doesn't.
By Reginald Huff7 years ago in Education
The Introvert's Struggle
As an introverted person, I have often been told by my parents or teachers or relatives or anyone who has anything to say, I am too shy and need to talk more to more people. That is, however, completely against my nature. This is like telling a child with ADHD to simply sit still and pay attention. It is contradictory to the person I am. It takes time for me to warm up to people and I am often uncomfortable with public speaking. That's why coming to college was scary and definitely a challenge for me. I was afraid I was not going to make any friends because I was too quiet to talk to anyone. But what terrified me the most was my Communications 101 class. This meant public speaking, something I have shied away from as much as possible. When the time came to give a speech longer than five minutes, I spoke too quickly, was shaky, and continually looked at my note cards for reference to be sure I would not forget anything. When my grade came back for that first speech, I found I had done pretty well, except my professor had marked me down for "looking nervous." I was horrified and it gave me that stark realization that I had much to improve on in my public speaking. Throughout the semester, I have gotten better at public speaking purely through practice, but there are other things that can help.
By Ashlee :)7 years ago in Education
Classroom Schooling vs. Online Education. Top Story - November 2018.
Just a couple of decades ago, online education was a concept hardly imaginable to many. Most of those who are in their 30s and above spent a great deal of their childhood at school, attending classes while sitting in front of the good old chalkboard. Nowadays, things are not that simple. Distance education, better known as online learning started a revolution in the schooling system. The 21st century offers us numerous possibilities for learning, inside and outside the classroom, for both children and adults.
By Elena Willson7 years ago in Education
7 Tools That Will Help You Write and Proofread That Essay
Only, it isn’t simple at all. None of the stages of essay writing are simple, including the final one—the proofreading. Research, writing and proofreading carry the same, grand amount of importance and all take a grand part of the essay’s success.
By Joseph McLean7 years ago in Education
Principal or Bully?
I thought I was sending my daughter to a good school. One where she would be safe and have fun...I was wrong! My daughter is 11 years old now and in the fifth grade. She goes to a school where I thought she would make friends, have fun, learn something, and of course feel safe when her world was already crashing down on her.
By Amanda J Mollett7 years ago in Education
Banalization
It’s a manipulation. Children are supposed to believe that things will always end perfectly and that even when things are bad they could be worst, to make one believe that their situation isn’t bad at all. This type of thinking makes issues appear meaningless and futile.
By Kai Grace7 years ago in Education
Teachers Who Care
In elementary school, I was always a bit slower than everyone else. I was the dopey kid who needed extra tutoring, a little more examples, and time to sit down and understand the material. This didn't stop with elementary school, and I carried this through middle and high-school.
By Jessica Jane7 years ago in Education
San Jose State Technical Writing Program
Somebody at my mental health clinic told me about this technical writing program. The classes I need are English 1A and 1B. I already have those on my transcript, but need to retake them for a higher grade. De Anza is simply more accessible than Foothill College at this point, since I live in San Jose. The required classes at San Jose State are the following: Introduction to Career Writing, E129, Editing for Writers E106, and Professional and Technical Writing, E107. Also, they want you to start by taking Modern English E103.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Education
The Blue Trophy
"Ha-ha-ha you failed, little shy girl! You could not even spell general," was the comment I thought would persecute me for the rest of my life after ridiculing myself at that lame, pointless competition.
By Emily Martinez7 years ago in Education
Creating My Future
From the beginning of July 2018, I started something I didn’t know much about. I researched this program before, but found very little information online. Some friends of mine graduated from this program the year before, and they all had great things to say about it...but yet I still didn’t realize what it entailed.
By Bailee Hollifield7 years ago in Education
Should Learning Adapt?
If water in a tub is knowledge that must be retained, and rocks are the lessons in life that build that knowledge, then the more rocks you add the higher water/knowledge becomes, right? But if you add too many rocks, eventually the water will spill and the knowledge with it withers away.
By Mike Whaley7 years ago in Education
It's a Bilingual World
These days being bilingual isn’t something very brag-worthy. It’s something that's become quite common, at least where I grew up. My community was predominantly english speaking but was also home to a plethora of French immersion elementary schools to choose from. Although the not-so-small small town I live in had no shortage of boring sameness and calm, I was offered the good, the bad, and the ugly of the bilingual program.
By Petra7 years ago in Education