Fall from University Grace Just as Adam was cast out of Eden I was kicked out of university, but while his transgression was eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge, my sin was ignoring the tree. After my dismal performance in first year of unive...
Cheating Mr. Wardhad a single pet peeve cheating. Mr. Ward once told me of some of the ways students have tried to cheat. The list sounds like a resume for the movie Dumb and Dumber. 1. Student A intentionally drops his pencil an unusually far distan...
An Important Aspect of College Life It is perfectly possible to organize the life of our colleges in such a way that students and teachers alike will take part in it' in such a way that a perfectly natural daily intercourse will be established betwee...
Healing Elbows And Eyeballs A scratch to the surface of your eye heals quite rapidly, often in a matter of minutes. But a surface scratch on your elbow takes days rather than minutes to heal. The reason for these different rates of healing is directl...
Learning to Keep Your Cool during Tests Have you ever felt so anxious during an examination that you couldnt even put down the answers you knew? If so, you were suffering from what is known as test anxiety. According to psychologist Ralph Trimble, te...
Secrets of Top Students The kids at the top of the class get there by mass train a few basic techniques that others can readily learn. These according to education experts from students themselves are the secrets of top students. Set priorities. Top...
Some Advice on Learning English We''d better develop our interest in English at the beginning of our study. To develop interest in English study is not very hard. We may have the feeling of satisfaction and achievement from our English study when we...
For writing is discovery. The language that never leaves our head is like colorful yarn, which endlessly spins out multicolored threads dropping into emptiness, momentarily compacted, entangled, fascinating, and elusive. We have glimpses that seem br...
An Awareness of Self To live an aware life, the individual must begin with an awareness of self. He must conduct a running examination and periodic reexaminations of the self in language, the medium of farthest reaches, deepest diving, and most compl...
We may also record our notes on tapes so as to often listen to them more easily, to deepen our impression and to lighten our burden of memory. Sometimes it is needful to draw some tables and illustrations that are very impressive, visual and concise....
Making Cookies A:Would you like some cookies? I just made them. B:Thank you. Yes, I would. A:These are chocolate,and those are almond-flavored. B:I guess I'll try a chocolate one first.Mmmm... this is delicious.Are they hard to make? A:No, they're re...
The Hammerheads Hammerhead These unique sharks have heads resembling flattened, T shaped hammers. But how would such a weird head evolve? One hypothesis is that having their eyes spaced far apart might give these sharks better 3D vision. Another hypo...
The newness of the situation and the range of decisions youll face could leave you confused. Think about what you want from college and from friends. Study after breakfast, between classes, whatever works best for you. Dont cut off all social contact...
Advice that can help you succeed on campus The letter has finally arrived welcoming you as a member of the class. Youre about to become a college freshman. Half of college education has to come from the student. But how? College counselors, faculty a...
Y: Hey, Don, did you ever wanna be a doctor when you were a kid? D: Yeah, I always wanted to be a surgeon. Y: So, what happened? D: Im afraid of blood. Plus, its a lot of pressure. Having someones life in your hands, I mean, one mistake, and you can...
