Being a college student isn't easy. In fact, many college students find that this time of their lives can be quite stressful and frustrating. Typical college students have a number of emotional concerns they face. Fortunately, there are many ways that students can help support each other during this time of personal growth and change. While growing up isn't easy, having supportive friends can be quite beneficial. Offer Support Students need to support one another. Going to c

College can be one of the most wonderful and stress-inducing times of your life. Between finances, school work, that tough class, and a social life, you can find yourself stretched too thin. Learning to balance it all takes years of practice, but here are some great tips to get you started on the way to “adulting” full time. 1. Make a budget. Budgeting might be the most tedious task that you can think of but trust me, it’s worth it. Your funds are probably extremely limited

Teaching programming isn't always an easy task. No matter how excited you might be about coding, it's difficult to share that enthusiasm when your students seem uninterested in programming or intimidated by the subject. Luckily, there's a lot you can do to teach programming more effectively - and to get more students excited about creating their programming projects. These tips will help you create a programming-friendly learning environment. 1. Make it fun. The recent trend

Managing stress as an overworked high-school student is one of the best ways to make sure you're achieving your academic goals. Staying stress-free is no easy task, however. Stay ahead of the game, stay organized, and get the grades you're aiming for by stealing these top stress reduction tips for busy students. 1. Write down your goals and revisit them weekly Visualizing your goals and putting them down on paper is one of the best ways to beat stress. Pick a day each week to

Everyone needs assistance at some point in his or her life. Sometimes, a person needs assistance with practically everything in his or her life. However, just because someone needs and asks for assistance does not mean they have failed. On the contrary, the more help you have, especially from knowledgeable individuals and subject matter experts, the more likely you will be to succeed at whatever task you are accomplishing. Just like how even Olympic-level athletes have coach

What resolution is better than making the commitment to do better in school? This is especially necessary for students who have applied to, or are going to apply to, college over the coming year. It is vital that students do as well as they can in order to secure a placement at their dream school. However, as well-meaning as students can be, they can also suffer from behaviors that limit their potential and put their academic plans and dreams at risk. Such behaviors are espe

Raise your hand if you made a New Years Resolution (..if anyone notices just say you're stretching..) Now, raise it even higher if you think you're going to keep it. Congrats extra hand raisers, you just took your first step toward ensuring success! Pat yourself on the back with that hand now. It all really starts with what we think is going to happen. The moment you put your hand up, you activated all sorts of happy parts of your brain. You know you felt it. If you didn't

Everyone wants to succeed in college but not everyone does. While you cannot predict your GPA, especially since there is an element of chance or luck when submitting assignments in the liberal arts due to the subjectivity of the fields, you can succeed. In fact, by learning how to learn and prepare yourself to tackle the academic demands of college work, you can improve your chances at getting higher grades throughout college. Here are the most common skills you can develop

Excel in High School with these Note Taking Tips Taking notes is stressful to some students, but it doesn’t have to be if you learn how to take the right kinds of notes for each of your high school classes. Everyone has a different view on how to take effective notes, and everyone does it differently, but finding the right style that works for you is important and will help you succeed. Your chosen classes will determine the types of material you learn and the note taki

I'd like to tell you about Fixed and Growth Mindsets. If you're a pop-psych junkie, you've probably heard these terms. Fixed mindsets are stubborn and pessimistic. Growth mindsets are ready to keep trying no matter what. It's evident which one has greater life-long benefits! Identifying a Fixed or Growth mindset is easy: If your student is quick to gripe over the difficulty of an assignment - that's a Fixed mindset. If your student comes home with a bad grade and a determin