Don’t want it, never asked for it, and it’s bugging down my machine… except, oops, I didn’t uncheck that little click box… At our student support service, we spend an awful lot of time cleaning up computers that are virus-ridden and otherwise so slow as to drive kids just to walk away from them or … Continue reading Bundle this! Bloatware, viruses and other computer pests
We humans are goal-oriented creatures – we work best when we have a target, something to aim for. Despite that, the majority of people don’t have clearly defined goals, and the majority of people aren’t achieving what they want, either. Goals are what can set you apart – in your studies and in your life … Continue reading Goal Setting by Nick Goodall
Learning to learn & other great advice from two high school graduates Show Notes Student Success Podcast No. 3, Oct 9, 2013 Today’s Guests: Diamond Williams and Vanai Latham Diamond and Vanai offer on-point advice to high school students, parents, and teachers. Subscribe to Student Success Podcast RSS or find us on iTunes Guest Biographies: Diamond … Continue reading Learning to learn & other great advice from two high school graduates
Bromley and students A little background & who we are Show Notes Student Success Podcast No. 2, Oct 3, 2013 Today’s Guest: Michael Bromley, founder of School4Schools.com & The A+ Club Bromley discusses the background and origins of our and philosophy and student support service. Subscribe to Student Success Podcast RSS or find us on iTunes Guest Biography: … Continue reading A little background & who we are
Nah, we’ll get around to it later. “Hi, my name is Michael, and I’m a procrastinator…” In our inaugural podcast, Gabriela Bromley, a neuroscience major at Simmons College, introduced to our listeners the relationship between procrastination and anxiety. I’m amazed by the insight – so simple, so obvious, but one that I had never considered … Continue reading Procrastinators unite!
Gaby’s Dinosaur Tree Gaby’s Dinosaur Tree Show Notes Today’s interview: Gaby Bromley, student, Simmons College Guest Biography: Gabriela Bromley, Senior, Simmons College, Boston MA, Biopsychology Major. Gabriela has worked in various hospitals and psychology wards since high school. She is fascinated by neuroscience and aims to apply her learning in real world situations to help … Continue reading Gaby’s dinosaur tree
Joblessness related to education? And work ethic. And skills. And… A single temp agency reports 20,000 unfilled jobs. One would think that temp jobs up would mean full time openings are down. Not so here: these jobs go unfilled not because everyone is happily employed but because they require 20,000 qualifications that job seekers don’t have. … Continue reading Jobs galore! (… if you got edumacation)
Benefits derived from a contract are called “consideration.” The Common Law holds that contracts that don’t deliver some benefit, or consideration, to both parties are invalid. Let’s say that you sign a contract for lawn service, but you have no lawn. The courts would not hold you to that contract because you couldn’t possibly benefit … Continue reading Due consideration, and not just a syllabus
Got gaming obsessions? We heard last year from several of our parents worry that their child’s incessant video game playing was getting in the way of school, so we got busy trying to figure it out. A friend in the psych community offered some suggestions, which are most illuminating. This is not professional advice, which you … Continue reading Lather, rinse, repeat… Gaming on & on
Monthly subscriptions for everything. Yep, that’s where we’re headed. I am hearing more and more frequently from students and parents their confusion over buying or renting Microsoft Office and other programs. We can only be thankful that the software makers took so long to figure this out. We had it good with software, just buy disk, load … Continue reading What? I have to pay every month for a computer program…?
