Are you looking for ways to improve your study skills and your study time? I do not know if you would call 23 tips to improve your study skills a short list, but I hope that there is something useful here for everyone. I have included several tips for studying with children since many of […]
Why can’t I focus in class? Multi-tasking could be the problem.
The answer to the question, “How can I improve my focus?” may be in this phrase: The local public schools have a slogan of “attend today, achieve tomorrow”. The obvious idea is to get students to attend school every school day; if they do, they are more likely to be academically successful. Even if students […]
Want your degree? 5 Ways I Can Help Working Parents Do That.
My blog exists to help working parents who have decided to return to school to earn their degree and not lose their sanity. Working parents have enough to keep them busy. When they added school work to their task lists, they added more work, but the results can really, really, really help them in the […]
What college bound adults might need to know, Part 2.
This is the continuation of the adult student version of 20 things college freshmen should know. The original blog, written for the young people attending college right after high school can be found here. My first blog on this can be found here. Find a school club you find interesting and go to a meeting. […]
Studying at home when you have children
Have you wondered how you can study at home, with your children? You might find some of these tips to be helpful. Do you think that raising children and earning a degree cannot be done at the same time? The answer to the second question is the most positive YES! People do this all […]
Starting college after 30? Here are some things College-bound Adults might Need to Know
I happened to see a blog post with 20 Things all freshmen need to know as its title. I crossed out the All. The problem with many posts such as this is that they apply to students who are starting college directly after high school. You are an adult college-bound student. College-bound adult students need […]