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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.

Realization
From birth, we have things instilled in us. These are ideas, concepts, and beliefs that we've had since we can remember. Because they were instilled in us, we never had any contradicting thoughts towards them. But now we're getting older. We're growing and so is our awareness. Through that awareness, we're realizing that we have to unlearn a lot of what we were taught at a young age. One of which is school. School always gave off this feeling that we weren't shit without it. We look at people funny if they dropped out or didn't have good grades. How we went about school has always played a significant role in how we were perceived. But here's the thing: none of that shit is real. it's fake. School is absolutely not the end all, be all. As a matter of fact, school fucking sucks.
By Trai Greer7 years ago in Education
Why I Am an Education Pusher
They say knowledge is power. I couldn't agree more. I am 16, I've just done my GCSEs (UK exams taken by students at the end of their final year of secondary), I came out with good results 7s, 8s, 9s (As, A*s, A**s) and now I am able to study the subjects I want to at A Level.
By Erin Catriona7 years ago in Education
"I Hate School!" Our Kids' Cry for Change
How many times have you had to drag your kids to school, convince them today will be better, or yell at them to get their homework done before they play? Were you like that as a kid? Why do you think school is such a horror story for kids?
By PathlessJourney7 years ago in Education
Architecture School: What You Should Know... In Advance
Starting at architecture school is quite an otherworldly experience. You happen to study interesting projects, develop a wide range of skills, and grow as a creative professional. Nevertheless, it can be pretty hard if you are a novice to this because it is a very specific yet ambiguous field and most of the pre-university education does not really cover its fundamentals. Things can get even more complicated if you are an international student studying abroad. I have moved to my second year of architecture school in the UK and would like to share my experience for those who are interested and possibly uninformed about the course. I will mainly cover the article with studio culture, design process, and tools, and skills needed for an architecture student. So, here we go...
By Alex Mapplethorpe7 years ago in Education
I Recommend NOT Being Disabled If You Want to Be Treated Fairly in Class
Let's state the obvious for a moment: school is hard enough for students to endure. Whether it’s because of homework, extracurricular activities, or other kids just being stupid kids, school becomes a burden for young people. For others, however, it’s harder in ways that the “normal crowd” couldn’t really even comprehend. Learning disabilities affect close to ten percent of students in public schools, and as someone who was born with anxiety, Asperger’s, and ADD, I can safely say that graduating from college will be harder for me than someone without any of that, and it’s even harder with administrators that claim to decide what’s better for the student when in reality, it’s easier paperwork for the school. On top of that, there are teachers that just don’t seem to get it after all of this time.
By Emma Knickerbocker7 years ago in Education
Are We Smarter Than Rats?
Working as a school psychologist I have learned that we have become very behavioristic in our raising of children and in dealing with them in school. Kids don't behave and work anymore because it's the right thing to do, because it's good for them, or simply because it's what's expected of them. They do it for rewards. The attitude is, I have to get something out of it or I'm not going to do it. Everything is contingent, just like the classic rat studies we learned about in our general psychology class. We should be proud of ourselves. In our sophistication, we have lowered parenting and education to the level of training rats. Many parents and educators of course would disagree. They would explain that along with the rewards and incentives, they tell their kids that they should do something because it's the right thing to do. Parents would tell you that they teach their children such things as values, doing for others, and doing the right thing, but their actions speak differently (source). Classrooms today are fueled by rewards, and parents are told to use them. The more of a behavior problem a child has, the more rewards or incentives are offered to him. Sure the schools do incorporate some type of negatives (can I say that word?), such as time-outs, going to the office, losing points or privileges, but the carrots of rewards are always dangled. Basically, they are bribing their students and children to behave. They tell the child that if he stops being naughty they will reward him. It makes you wonder who is in control. And the same cycle often happens at home. Going back in history, do you think our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were rewarded for behaving appropriately and doing what was expected of them? Let's be honest. Of course not! If our ancestors had to be rewarded the way kids are today, humans would be extinct. So why are kids today different?
By Sarah Mia8 years ago in Education
Senior Year
I started my senior year of high school a few weeks ago. I feel bad for already marking this year as one that I’m going to struggle in, but it’s too late now I guess. I’ve already accepted that it’ll be a year of loneliness. A year of sitting at lunch alone, staying at home during the last homecoming dance and prom, crying in the bathroom during the passing periods in between classes, eating too much food, gaining weight, and wondering why God hated me enough to make me the loneliest person to ever exist and also the most dramatic. But that’s not really the point of this piece today.
By Alexis Cecilia8 years ago in Education
Life of a Pre-Vet Student
Many people ask me what is it like to be a student who wants to become a veterinarian. Do I do it because I get to play with animals every day? It is honestly on a rare occasion that students in the pre-vet track get to play with animals because of the amount of work we do. We are on the same level as medical students because we take the same classes, but we just deal with animals rather than people. That is the only difference that I can see, but a lot of people have tried to dissuade me from continuing the path of becoming a veterinarian because they believe that all we do is play with animals.
By Ashley Long8 years ago in Education
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is a wildlife foundation located in Philadelphia, PA that teaches people the importance of the environment around us. The Schuylkill Center owns 340 acres of forests, ponds, and hiking trails.
By Jay8 years ago in Education
My History with Languages
I have to start off by letting you know I am horrible with languages and always have been. With age I've gained some patience and that has helped me a lot. A few of the reasons why I think I've had problems learning languages is that I don't have great memorization skills and I get confused pretty easily. Luckily I can sometimes be pretty determined to do things.
By Brian Anonymous8 years ago in Education
Old & Going Back to School
Back to school? After a certain age, we look at our lives. Is there something that you really wanted to do but didn’t? Now is the time. You may have always wanted a different career but raising a family and bills got into the way. You may think it’s not possible, but actually anything is possible if you want it bad enough and cast aside your excuses.
By LittleFish BigPond8 years ago in Education
College Life 101 – How to Save Money on Textbooks!
Hey everyone! My name is Briney Arulnesan, but you can refer to me as Bry. I am a 23- year-old student currently attending Seneca College for Medical Administration. I wanted to start giving students some helpful advice because starting a new semester in college can be rough! From the major costs to the stress of finals and dealing with work, school, and a social life, it can be a bit of a roller coaster ride! Being in college for a while now I found some tips and tricks that have saved me a ton of money on textbooks.
By Briney Arulnesan8 years ago in Education