College Life
Hello everyone: Have you ever heard of a Dead Face Diva? Well, I have met a couple. They sit in class, obviously bored to tears, not participating ….ever…, and always with the same responses whenever I ask a question: “What he (or she) said” or “I don’t know….” (Note that a whine accompanies the second response.) What do you think a professor thinks about that?...
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College Life
Hello everyone: Watching school buses pick up their children this morning, I began wondering what my students in college are planning for their first day of fall semester tomorrow. Have they visited our class webpage and read my first announcements, including the one that tells them to bring a copy of the syllabus to class with them, or do they figure that I printed it...
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College Life
Hello everyone: I received an email from a student today. Her note made it very clear that she had not read the announcements or the syllabus before posting her first assignment. While I am the first to agree that a syllabus will probably never make the Best Seller list with Amazon, there is important information in it that could dramatically affect your grade. First, she...
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College Life
Hello everyone: Today’s blog is about two gals who are in one of my classes. These ladies have truly got their college act together. Let me tell you what they do: They figured out a few semesters that they were majoring in the same thing and would be taking the same classes, so they made the commitment to take the same classes at the same...
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College Life
Hello everyone: It’s always a surprise to me when students think that success is going to hit them over the head as they just stand there. Nope, folks, success in college is no accident. You have to work at it. How can you achieve your goals? By taking college seriously from the very first minute, you can increase the odds that you will do well....
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College Life
Hello everyone: Today’s blog asks a very important question: How supportive is your significant other as you complete your college education? I was in college when I met my hubby, but, as we got serious, my college education took a back seat to our romance. It took 20 years for me to be able to return to college; that’s a long time to wait! If...
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College Life
Hello everyone: What in the world do worms have to do with college students? Well, my sister-in-law is a gardener and she has found that a good garden requires a good foundation. Her foundation is worms. You are laying the foundation for the fulfillment of your dreams, whether you want to be a hotel owner, restaurant manager, or president. To that end, you have to...
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College Life
Hello everyone: Have you ever wondered why some students excel while others, who seem equally intelligent, just get by? When a student did poorly in my class, I used to think it was me. Now I know that individuals have different goals for their education. Maybe they are in college just to stay on their parents’ medical insurance policy. Maybe they are there to avoid...
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Books / College Life
Hello everyone: Today’s blog deals with that all-important letter of recommendation from your instructor. You may need one in order to get into a four-year college, if you are in a community college. You may be required to provide letters in order to get a scholarship or to get a better-paying job. The very best letter you can get is one that the instructor offers...
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Home Life / Suddenly Single
Hello everyone: Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? I conducted a very informal survey today and here is what some of the folks told me: A very hard-working (and very slender) friend said that she resolves each year to “see more movies, eat more chocolate, and have more fun.” Life is short! An elderly gentleman at the mall said he resolves to “stay alive.” A...
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