School is easy and pleasurable when you’re set in your right ways. You probably have some doubts about this. I had my own until I started to experience it myself. Most students are taught school is about “putting out fires.”
If You Think You’re Bad At Test Taking… Read This
Test days can be your easy days. They can be the days when you get to relax a little and skate by because you know exactly what you’re doing. This is something that I didn’t believe until I saw the
Better Grades And More Friends Just Go Together – Let Me Show You
The time you spend with your friends can be some of the most valuable learning time you have. I know everyone always thinks of a student studying hard as a student cooped up all alone in a dark room with
How To Earn Straight-A’s – It’s Not What You’ve Been Told
I’m willing to bet this… You’ve been taught these same strategies for getting good grades. People have told you to study more, work harder, and someday, you’ll get the grades you want. I’m willing to bet you’ve tried these strategies
FAFSA Wants You To Skip College! And Save Tens Of Thousands On It
Get your parents off your FAFSA because it’s good for you. I ran a little experiment testing FAFSA eligibility requirements and in my first experiment I was able to find a way you could save $23,690 dollars on college and
5 Things Your Teachers Are Wrong About
Teachers are supposedly role models. At least that’s what everyone told me. Maybe I’ve just had bad luck in life but I’ve only run into a handful of teachers I’d consider putting into that category. Most of my education was
How To Make College Into Big Money After You Graduate
You can turn college into a huge money maker. Here is the thing that most college sales folks (teacher, counselors, etc.) won’t tell you: big money is not a given. These folks will tell you that “college is an investment”
My Teacher Hates Me!?!? What Do I Do? – Q/A
“Teachers don’t think that way…” my counselor was telling me. Sarcasm alert: Oh… so they’re not humans? What are they, some kind of teaching humanoids devoid of human emotion? Wow… I wish you’d of told me that before! 😛 This
Caffeine And School
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3 Things Successful Students Do (That Most Of Us Don’t)
Success in school isn’t genetics. People aren’t born to be successful in school and they certainly aren’t born to suck at it. Don’t believe me? Read this. Or this. Motivation plays a dramatically bigger role than straight up “intelligence”. You’re