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What are College Writing Centers?

By Rose ScottLast updated on December 22, 2022

If you think that college writing centers are only for those who dream of becoming the next romantic William Shakespeare or horrifying Stephen King, you are on the wrong track. A college student’s journey entails a lot of writing tasks, whether it is a lab report, research paper, or essay. Having a friend or classmate …

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Parents, Here are Some Things You Need to Teach Your Student About Money Before They Go to College

By Rose ScottLast updated on December 22, 2022

As a grown-up, I can hardly manage my budget wisely at times, especially when you are a woman being in love with books, online courses, and all the “know-how” in the educational and writing fields. Just imagine how hard it would be to keep all the expenses under control, if you were a college student. …

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Are You an Introvert? Ways to Make Friends in College

By Rose ScottLast updated on December 22, 2022

As an introvert in college, some of my teachers strongly recommended me to acquire extroverted characteristics so that I could more easily make friends and land jobs. Did I follow it? Well, frankly speaking, I made a few attempts, but most of them were doomed to fail and you know why? I was, and I …

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Tips on How to Write an Academic Paper Easier

By Rose ScottLast updated on December 22, 2022

It is always hard to make yourself work, even when you are pressed for time and have tight deadlines. Writing an academic paper is a bit complicated, but we’ve come up with some tips that will make it writing a paper easier. Focus and Brainstorm Block yourself from anything that distracts your attention—like social media, e-mails, …

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How to Deal with Over-Involved Parents at College

By Rose ScottLast updated on December 22, 2022

When I was a student, I had a friend whose mom was “a helicopter parent” taking extreme care of her offspring. To what extent? Well, she helped her student with accomplishing 80 percent of college assignments, had constant cell phone monitoring, and got in touch with teachers whenever the kid got a low grade. Did this over-protection …

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Don’t Even Try It: Excuses Your Teachers Have Already Heard

By Rose ScottLast updated on December 22, 2022

“My dog ate my homework” just doesn’t work like it used to. If educators were asked to write down every student’s poor excuses to explain why an assignment hadn’t been accomplished, it would definitely be a bestseller series of one hundred fantasy books able to compete even with our beloved Harry Potter novels. It seems …

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Why Teacher-Student Communication is So Important

By Rose ScottLast updated on December 22, 2022

Teaching is not just about student supervision and inventing complex multiple-choice tests. It expands its reach far beyond that. The key idea behind educating students is to grow an intelligent and healthy community. To attain the goal, an educator needs to set priorities right and develop teaching methods and approaches based on them. As our …

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Common Writing Mistakes Made by College Students

By Rose ScottLast updated on December 22, 2022

Time flies but the common writing mistakes students tend to make in their essays are still the same. Have you ever imagined that your thoughtful essay may turn to be graded as a poor one, because of some mistakes you failed to notice? Just fancy, you are writing about some serious issues like environmental pollution …

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How to Have a Successful Semester in College

By Rose ScottLast updated on February 27, 2023

The summer is almost gone, so now you are full of enthusiasm to make a fresh start successfully. Aren’t ready yet? Here is a ready-made plan for you to prepare for the school year ahead and have a successful semester. 1. Keep Account of Your Progress Create a table in Excel and classify the material …