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How to manage, keep up and plan for college during Covid-19

How to manage, keep up and plan for college during Covid-19

  The world is navigating around the unexpected changes and the uncertainties due to the impacts of COVID-19. The pandemic has caused serious effects on the population across the globe. Due to the National Emergency, the two common problems are

AaronJuly 13, 2020July 12, 2020 Study Better 5 Comments Read more

You Can Get Better Grades Than Your Teachers Got

You Can Get Better Grades Than Your Teachers Got

I’m always surprised by the depths that people will go to fool themselves. People hate to hear the truth. They want to hear the pleasant dripping of the rain on their tin roof but they never want to step out

AaronSeptember 2, 2019August 25, 2019 School Tips, Test Strategies 4 Comments Read more

Weapon of Math Destruction: Active Recall In Math?

Active recall is the study strategy. Anything else is fluff or decoration for your day. Want to highlight your paper? Want to write notes? Want to create an interpretive dance to properly introduce the kinesthetic aspects of the War of

Aaron RichardsonJune 10, 2019June 21, 2019 College, Test Strategies 6 Comments Read more

This Is Why Your Grades Suck – And Why I Can’t Build A Fire

This Is Why Your Grades Suck – And Why I Can’t Build A Fire

I went camping with my girlfriend the other day. (I promise… this is getting to how you can boost your grades massively but this is an important story.) We borrowed an old tent and sleeping bags from my parents. We

Aaron RichardsonMay 20, 2019June 21, 2019 College, Homework Made Fast, School Tips 1 Comment Read more

6 Big Reasons You Should Study Less

6 Big Reasons You Should Study Less

You read that right… I think you probably study too much. Most students that study at all end up studying way more than they need to. They study so much that it ends up killing their scores. They study to

Aaron RichardsonApril 22, 2019August 3, 2019 College, Study Better 1 Comment Read more

If You Think You’re Bad At Test Taking… Read This

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

Aaron RichardsonOctober 15, 2018October 28, 2022 Test Strategies Read more

Elon Musk Tells What’s Wrong With School – And What You Can Do About It

Elon Musk Tells What’s Wrong With School – And What You Can Do About It

Elon Musk is a world-famous entrepreneur known for his work at Tesla and SpaceX where he’s constantly pushing the new frontiers of modern technology. His work has turned himself into one of the most influential people in our world today

Aaron RichardsonOctober 10, 2018January 6, 2019 School Tips, Study Better Read more

Better Grades And More Friends Just Go Together – Let Me Show You

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

KayOctober 1, 2018September 9, 2018 School Tips Read more

7 Ways To Win This New School Year

7 Ways To Win This New School Year

School can be easy and fun. I know that’s probably not what you’re used to. (It’s certainly not what I experienced most of my time in school. I learned this late.) This is something that most people around you never

Aaron RichardsonSeptember 3, 2018September 9, 2018 School Tips Read more

Studying Without A Desk – Not A Problem

Studying Without A Desk – Not A Problem

This is a response to a question I got from a reader about studying without a desk. Hey Aaron, When you were talking about excuses for not studying, I realized my go-to excuse was the clutter on my desk. I’m

Aaron RichardsonOctober 9, 2017September 17, 2017 School Tips Read more
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