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- Homeschooling - What Is Homeschooling? - by Submitted on May 16, 2013 from John SteelyThere is a fair amount of confusion over what is meant by homeschooling. This confusion is made worse because each state has a specific definition of what is meant by homeschooling, and the different states have different definitions. Throw in several organizations with their definitions, the ...
Views: 1777 - Understanding the Necessary Changes for Adult Education - by Submitted on May 16, 2013 from John SteelyWhen a person decides to continue their education beyond high school, many times they will assume that this new education will be similar to the old education they received. The prospective student makes plans to do what they did before. After all, it worked then, so it should work now. This ...
Views: 1466 - Success Habit: Working with an Accountability Partner - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2013 from John SteelySometimes we are more successful meeting commitments to others than to ourselves. This fact is the basis of what is known as using an accountability partner. What an Accountability Partner is Not An accountability partner is not a boss. Such a person does not pay us or reward us. We ...
Views: 922 - Success Habit: A Personal Mission Statement - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2013 from John SteelyThe power of mission statements for enterprises of all sizes has been shown again and again. Enterprises with strong mission statements have dramatically improved performance, increased value, and become industry leaders. The evidence for this is all around. Moving this powerful tool to the ...
Views: 1420 - Using an Agenda to Help Classroom Timing - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2011 from John SteelyI have had any number of fellow teachers come to me and say "I just did not have the time to cover the material today"; in fact, I have said that myself. It is very easy for the entire class period to slip away before essential material is covered, material the student needs to complete the ...
Views: 1037 - 3 Ways to Get the Reading Habit - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2011 from John SteelyOg Mandino was giving a speech one time about how to be successful. In that speech, he said that although most people had gone to school for upwards of 12 years, they had never been taught how to be successful; they had not had a class on positive mental attitudes, how to set goals, how to ...
Views: 1578 - Basics of Logical Problem Solving - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from John SteelyMany fields use logic in their efforts to solve problems; the one everyone in familiar with is mathematics, but logical problem solving also appears in history, political science, chemistry, physics, and many other fields. Logical problem solving is the basis of both deductive reasoning and ...
Views: 1343 - How to be a Successful Adult Student - Mixing Music and Homework - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2011 from John SteelyMany people like to listen to music when doing homework, particularly homework in a subject they do not like. Others prefer silence. The question arises, which is better? The answer is part personal, part scientific. Music and the Mind It has been scientifically proven that music, or ...
Views: 1577 - How to be a Successful Adult Student – The Habit of Reading - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2010 from John SteelyProbably the most universally applicable skill an adult student can acquire is the habit of reading. This skill provides the basis of most if not all of the other academic skills that a student can acquire, including the ability to design and calculate. Reading provides the framework for ...
Views: 2225 - How to Be a Successful Adult Student – A Willingness to Try - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from John SteelyWhen looking at a potential course of action, most people are torn between two positions: an eagerness to do something better and a fear of failure. Sadly, most people choose to emphasize the fear of failure. This is the driving force behind insurance, behind the “CYA” maneuvers, and behind ...
Views: 1227 - How to Be a Successful Adult Student – Having Goals - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from John SteelyEarl Nightingale makes a point, that I agree with, that one of the common characteristics of successful people in any endeavor is that successful people have goals, goals that they know and have written down. Certainly the successful students I have known have a set of definite goals that they ...
Views: 2102 - How to be a Successful Adult Student – Taking Notes - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from John SteelyOne of the tasks that students tend to dislike, yet always do, is taking notes during class. After the class, the notes stay on the paper, maybe reviewed a few times, and are then thrown away, forgotten in the mists of time. The problem is that most students take notes for all the wrong ...
Views: 2415 - How to Begin the Path to Financial Freedom - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from John SteelyWhen I talk to my students outside of class, many of them agree that financial freedom is a great goal. Unfortunately, when we continue the discussion, they don't know what they mean by financial freedom, and, even if they do know what it means, they have very vague ideas on how to get there. ...
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