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Whether you’ve started your own business, own your own company, or have been an executive for the past 30 years, you know that networking in business is one of the best ways to find success. Networking with your friends and colleagues can help you find jobs, get better employment, find resources and mentors, and help [...]
Everyone knows they should exercise to stay healthy. And if you live in Southern California or Florida, feel free to workout 365 days of the year wherever you want. But what if you live in North Dakota-or worse, Canada? Walking, running, or hiking outside in the winter can be a bit of a problem. So [...]
Back in 2006, Jack Dorsey and a handful of other developers came up with the idea of a SMS-based service that would deliver 140 character “micro-blogs” to people’s friends. The idea was twttr-known today as Twitter-and it now boasts over 190 million users worldwide. Originally, the idea was that people would publish little bite-sized snippets [...]
Over the history of automobiles there have truly been some unsightly ones, but needless to say people have and continue to buy them. Some have no idea what good looking is while others justify their purchase because of some other aspect of the car that they believe overrules the ugliness. But the fact is that [...]
Tax season is coming up just around the corner, and Uncle Sam wants you to pay up! Before you risk fines and imprisonment by skipping your taxes, consider that most people get money back each year by filing their taxes. Doing your taxes no longer has to be either stressful or time consuming thanks to [...]
Facebook is THE social network. It has over 600 million users worldwide and is still growing. In fact, in the US, 4 out of 5 people have a Facebook profile. That is huge success for a company that was just founded in 2004 as a side project of a Harvard computer science student. Chances are [...]
With all the expenses that come with being a college student, sometimes it’s nice to have a little extra money on the side. College students are online all the time, what with all the research papers and homework assignments, not to mention blogging and Facebook. It’s possible to earn money online, which is great, because [...]
In the United States, students are able to take out loans at reduced interest rates. Unlike Federal Pell Grants, which you do not need to be paid back, loans must be paid back after graduation. Most college students in the U.S. qualify for some kind of student loan, although the amount varies based on factors [...]
Large class sizes and advanced course material make it difficult for college professors to effectively meet the needs of all their students. In these situations, a tutor can provide the much-needed help that students are looking for. Regardless of the academic discipline, some general practices are important for any tutor to lead a helpful tutorial. [...]
Scrapbooking is one of the hottest hobbies these days. It’s an interactive way of preserving your most cherished memories, and it shows others that you care. There are a lot of scrapbooking resources out there, but it can be hard wading through all those websites to find what you are looking for. So, to help [...]
Since May 2000, when Dave Ulmer hid a stash of goodies in a bucket buried in the ground and posted the GPS coordinates to a satellite navigation forum website, the great hobby of geocaching has been gaining steady popularity. But if you’ve never heard of geocaching, don’t worry-most people haven’t. It’s kind of a secret [...]
Tutoring can be a great experience for both the tutor and the learner, if done right. The learner gets the benefit of being mentored and guided by someone who knows a lot about the subject they need to improve upon, and the tutor can feel gratified that they are helping others learn and progress. For [...]
The sport of geocaching has been around for over 10 years now, but it is still generally unknown among most average citizens, but that may be partly because of the nature of the event itself-it’s a big treasure hunt. Well, not exactly, but if feels like one, and you can have fun doing it with [...]
If you live outside the US and you are considering attending an American university, there are a number of considerations that you should keep in mind as you save your money and prepare to enter college in the US. 1) What are your reasons?First of all, attending a college in a foreign country can be [...]
India’s educational system is in an uproar right now over their booming home tutoring industry. Teachers and public educators are decrying the recent rise in the popularity of home tutoring over traditional public schools, touting the national benefits and social traditions of a public school system. As well, many are scared that they may soon [...]
Teach for America is an American non-profit organization, founded by Wendy Kopp in 1990. The idea was developed from Kopp’s senior thesis at Princeton in 1989, which focused on educational inequity in the United States. The organization seeks to eliminate educational inequity by recruiting recent college graduates and professionals to teach in low-income areas as [...]
Once tutoring is centered more on the tutor than on the tutee, the tutorial is not longer helpful. Tutoring is a service for people, and, like customer service, must be centered around the one receiving the service. The three biggest pitfalls of tutoring all revolve around tutors forgetting that they are, in fact, tutoring a [...]
The sport of geocaching has been around for over 10 years now, but it is still generally unknown among most average citizens, but that may be partly because of the nature of the event itself-it’s a big treasure hunt. Well, not exactly, but if feels like one, and you can have fun doing it with [...]
Deciding to get a dog for your family is a big deal, but it needs to be taken seriously. Just because a puppy looks cute down at the animal shelter doesn’t mean it’s going to grow up to be a good dog for your family. Fortunately, dogs have been bred for thousands of years to [...]
Since the beginning of the home school movement, there has been a fair amount of societal opposition and skepticism that home schooled children learn to interact socially with other children their age. Other issues concerning home schooling are that home-schooled children are being taught fringe ideas-not widely accepted scientific and historical truths-and at the very [...]
