Study Tips | Family & Parenting | Savvy Cafe
Jan 25 2007
One thing that many college students learn very early in their college career is that study distractions are plentiful while places to concentrate are few. It seems like everywhere you turn people are doing something that takes away from your ability to study. Your roommate plays her music too loud. People in the dorm lounge [...]
Jan 22 2007
You’ve got your high school diploma in hand, a great summer job, a newfound independence … as a teenager heading off to college; you think you know it all! However, it only takes a few weeks for reality to set in once the college semester starts. Studying is hard work! And all that studying does [...]
Jan 10 2007
At some point in every college student’s career, there is that one class that is so boring you can literally fall asleep, even if you’re not tired. For some student’s this happens in more than one class. Chances are, though, you wouldn’t be taking such a boring class if it weren’t a requirement for you [...]
Jan 08 2007
Note taking skills are essential for a college student. It is almost impossible to remember everything an instructor says in class and a lot of the information won’t be covered in the textbook for the class. If you want to ease your study efforts and make good grades on the exams, you’ll need to know [...]
As busy as the school year is, it’s still no time to let kids forget the importance of making a difference. There are plenty of simple ways to involve kids in the community when they’re not in class.
“School months are all about learning, socializing, sports and after-school activities,” says Liz Scott of Wynnewood, Pa. “But [...]
Enhancing the image of the United States abroad goes a long way toward improving and strengthening our relationships with other countries. People like Laurie and Martin Scott of Nevada are doing their part to create and promote a positive impression of America around the world.
The couple has joined forces with the nonprofit EF Foundation for [...]
As teens head back to the classroom this fall, they’ll be assigned a lot of homework in the three “Rs”: reading, writing, and arithmetic. Important to students’ success will be the homework parents do in teaching two other “Rs”: role modeling and responsibility.
“A parent’s words and actions provide powerful role modeling,” explains Lonnie Carton, PhD, [...]
Hannah Keeley
(ARA) - That last school bell has rung and the kids are back home, enjoying all the pleasures that summer vacation offers. But there’s got to be more to life than sleeping until noon and sipping lemonade by the pool. Here are some more ideas to make sure your kids stay happy and healthy [...]
(NC)—Spring and summer mean more than flowers, rain showers, vacation and relaxation. The warm weather also brings a little known fact and an unwelcome reality: more child-pedestrian injuries and deaths than any other time of year. Walking is a child’s first means of independent transportation and often the most accessible, yet child-pedestrian incidents are a [...]