Coping with Change Change is stressful. Whether it be good, bad, or neutral, changes in life can prompt feelings of anxiety and even depression. Though in some ways we may wish to avoid it, it is simply part of life and can represent opportunity for growth. As we all continue to learn to deal with…
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Presidential Thoughts on Education With President’s Day this week, citizens of the United States have the opportunity to reflect on many of the great leaders that have made a positive impact on the nation. This week we’d like to celebrate these leaders by highlighting their thoughts on the power of education. So, everybody sit back…
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Learning from Failure and Overcoming It Failure is a difficult fact of life. It is impossible to experience life without also consistently falling short. The fear of failure often keeps us from fulfilling goals, preferring the easy, less world-changing paths to the difficult, failure ridden ones. When we take time to allow those…
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Learning to Appreciate Math Math is a difficult and frustrating subject for many of us. For some it’s difficult to do at all, let alone understand. For others, such as myself, understanding how to do the problems we’re given in class is easy but understanding the application in real life scenarios seems impossible and…
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How do you learn? Everybody learns differently. Maybe you’ve noticed you prefer lectures to drawing diagrams. Or perhaps you learn better when you take notes versus doing a project. Whatever the case you are likely within one of these three categories of learning: auditory, visual, or kinesthetic. This week we’ll be discussing how you…
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Staying Motivated School can feel tedious, particularly when the subjects are not appealing to you. Obviously school is important, but how can you stay motivated? There are so many things we would rather do than write an essay for an English class or complete a Math assignment. But, we have a future to take care…
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