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There are two absolutely amazing fits a child manages in the first two years of her life. One is learning to walk. The other one is learning to talk. They acquire both of these skills seemingly effortlessly. Somewhere between all the other activities - eating, crying, soiling diapers, ... Views: 1131
"The Tragedy of Macbeth" and "The Tragedy of Hamlet" are Shakespeare’s most widely read plays featuring royalty as main characters. Both are about the violent overthrow of the throne, both contain plenty of needless casualties, and both are gruesome enough to drive their leading ladies to ... Views: 682
What Is Educational Therapy?
15 million school age children in the US have learning problems that public and private schools can’t solve. There are 72,000 special education students in LAUSD, alone. Every day these students sit unhappily in class, losing hope of ever realizing their dreams. ... Views: 4849
My mother has been telling me she’s too old to change since she was 45; she’s now 85. In a way, she had the privilege of that position because she hasn’t had to support herself. Those of us out there making a living know how much the world is changing and how we must change to keep up, no matter ... Views: 1248
I’ve managed to get myself on an email list that sends me all kinds of information on the latest and the greatest ways to improve my life. I’ve programmed my computer so that all of these emails and notifications go into a separate folder and when I have time I go through them to see what I ... Views: 1211
If you are like me, your mind must be searching for answers.
Who could be the best among them all?
It's a tough competition. Edword de Bono? Michael Michalko ?
May be Tony Buzan?
You might have someone else in your mind. Like one of your teachers or a workshop leader.
As they say, ... Views: 3614
Fooled again! Why do I keep on making the same mistakes over and over again? And each time the price I pay increases exponentially. You think I would have learned by now. In my defence, though the outcomes were the same, the situations which were presented to me appeared different at the ... Views: 1444
Remember that old story about the tortoise and the hare?
I want you to be the tortoise.
The tortoise, why?
Because if you work slowly and deliberately you will make less mistakes and produce a higher quality product.
The hare races through life, never taking time to worry about the ... Views: 1118
Samuel Langhorn Clemens (better known as Mark Twain) and Franklin Delano Roosevelt don't seem to have especially much in common except for the fact that they are both as American as apple pie – which, true to form, is actually a British concoction. Both have cool nicknames ("Mark Twain" and ... Views: 1434
For the past two and a half years, my son and I have been studying Taekwondo. At a class a few days ago, some of us were practicing a difficult kick, and a newer student was finding she had to go through the kick very slowly.
“It took me about two years to learn that kick,” said a third ... Views: 903
How do you enjoy your life when you're constantly worried about money?
Can you learn to live in the moment when your moments are constantly being interrupted by the nice folks at Visa reminding you that "minimum payment" doesn't mean the minimum you feel like sending? It means that you ... Views: 1191
Have you ever been exasperated by the player's inability to grasp what you are trying to accomplish and you are at the point where you feel they are purposely defying you. The reality is: they do not understand what is different between what you are asking and what they are doing.
Players ... Views: 996
Hi there everyone!!
Personal growth doesn’t just happen when we’re being trained, learning something new, or having a new type of experience. In situations where we give of ourselves unconditionally with love, with no expectations, we strengthen our character, raise our self-image, and ... Views: 3565
Becoming self aware and the arts of communication is extremely important. Have you had a conversation, where someone tells you "I'm not fond of it", "not the way I would do it", "That concerns me...", etc. Regardless of the tone they use, our human instinct is to immediately defend, fight or ... Views: 1539
One has heard so often in the world out there about fears of failure. It was presented perhaps a decade ago as this revelatory understanding that there is fear of success.
And it became something of a catch phrase, something of a buzzword. "Your problem is you have fear of success." And it's ... Views: 671
She is really arrogant
Jason has never managed to have a successful relationship with a woman. He grew up as an introverted and shy adult who believes that all beautiful women were arrogant.
Sam had a similar problem, he always had troubles talking to members of the other sex which resulted ... Views: 1281
by: Geoff Ficke
One of the greatest literary and science works of the ancient world, rarely studied today, was the Opus Majus. The amazingly futuristic content of the Opus Majus was virtually a modern tutorial, written in the 13th century, on an array of literary, scientific and philosophical ... Views: 1275
Many people choose to learn Spanish in Latin America because of the wide range of incredible locations in which to learn the language. Students can choose a beach location like Montanita in Ecuador, or a very historic town like Cusco, high up in the Andean Mountains of Peru. Whether you want to ... Views: 1149
Was your last meeting one big snooze fest? Whether you’re an association executive, on a program committee, in corporate meeting planning or staff development training the challenge to maintain people’s attention is huge. With four generations in the workplace today meetings can be a headache to ... Views: 2438
Teaching our children to read books is not a difficult task. However,
inspiring them the love for reading through their life time, is another story.
When babies, we mothers love to read them books. We teach them about the
alphabet, colors, numbers, shapes, animals, and the list goes on and ... Views: 1911
If you have been out of the classroom for a while and are thinking of going back to study, you would be regarded as a mature age student. Fantastic - I'm thrilled that you are considering going on to learn more and improve your current situation.
You are never too old to start learning again ... Views: 2007
Life is a journey - a process that we all go through with the intent of getting better with each new day. As we progress through this journey, our goals change and so does our lifestyle, but the overall process remains the same. We live everyday with the purpose of development, of self ... Views: 1202
When I was at Jack Canfield's 'Breakthrough to Success' Seminar last week, one of the exercises that we did involved a series of questions similar to 'What would happen in your life if you gave 5% more effort?'
This was profound for me, and really got me thinking. I've prided myself for a ... Views: 967
What would be different if you knew that your life at this moment is perfect? That your power is in the present, your power is now?
NOW is a beautiful acronym for "No Other Way," a poem of the same name written years ago by New Thought writer Martha Smock.
Your life and what you are ... Views: 1436
Life Management; being in charge of your own life and having the power over what you do, when you do it, what you say, and how you say it is the direct result of you being in command of your own life. It is your event to run; it is your orchestra to direct and your corporation in which to ... Views: 900
I have a cousin who chose to become a carpenter rather than going to college. Fortunately for him and those who benefit from his beautiful work, he did not heed the advice of many family members who told him he would fail and never make money without a college degree.
Once, while he was on ... Views: 1577
Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” is unique in its unglamorous portrayal of the so-called “Dark Lady” to whom it is addressed. In it, the narrator offers us a startlingly generous list of differences between the Dark Lady and your stereotypical beauty: she has ugly lips, a bad complexion, frizzy hair, ... Views: 1469
Now that the fall semester is gearing up, you’re probably cooking up new ways of getting today’s students engaged in their studies. And since conducting class via Twitter sounds neither feasible nor appealing, it might be time to look into your other options.With more and more sites like ... Views: 1342
We recently brought a wild horse into our family and my mate has been applying a training method called Natural Horsemanship.
This method encourages the trainer to observe where the horse is at in their understanding and begin the teachings from there. For example, our new charge had never ... Views: 1246
“To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin.” Okay, so maybe this isn’t the first line that jumps to mind when you think of the great American classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but it’s a darn important one.Ernest Hemingway wrote that Huck Finn is “the best book we've had. All American ... Views: 1229
The Europeans’ so-called discovery of the so-called New World goes down in history as one of the most important and earth-shattering moments in human history, ranking right up there with the advent of agriculture, the domestication of animals, and the discovery of the use of fire. Although the ... Views: 4168
The recent decline in the economy has resulted in massive layoffs across the country. There are many people finding themselves out of work and looking to keep their homes and pay the bills. When unemployment circumstances are bleak, don’t give up, there are many measures you can take to get the ... Views: 920
Picture a crisp, clear spring day. You're flying 550 knots at 22,000 feet, with your wingman two miles off and exactly ninety degrees to your right, on a combat mission in southern Iraq's no-fly zone. You both are scanning for enemy aircraft, surface-to-air missiles (SAMS), and radar activity. ... Views: 749
It's extremely rare for the squadron commander to meet you at your jet after a training mission, so when I saw Lt. Col. Dodson approaching my jet with a stern look on his face, I knew something was up.
"Waldo, we need to talk," he said as he headed for the aircraft hangar. "Yes, sir!" I ... Views: 991
I get many requests from teachers asking me what they should do that first "stressful" week of the school year.
The first week of school is so important, it can set the tone for the beginning of the school year and quite possibly the whole year.
As the summer started to come to a close, ... Views: 3160
I have a cousin who chose to become a carpenter rather than going to college. Fortunately for him and those who benefit from his beautiful work, he did not heed the advice of many family members who told him he would fail and never make money without a college degree.
Once, while he was on ... Views: 1303
You are recognized by how you speak, write, interpret and think. In your natal horoscope, the planet Mercury indicates how you communicate.
People who have Mercury in air signs (Libra, Aquarius, Gemini) ask questions. They bounce around concepts easily and may not be attached to any one ... Views: 1231
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” is one of the most easily recognizable poems in the world, ranking it right up there with “Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit.” Written from a first-person perspective, the poem chronicles its narrator’s rapid descent into madness, paranoia, and the macabre after a ... Views: 2371
Arthritis has many variants and so sometimes it becomes difficult to choose the arthritis specialist who is best suited to treat your kind of pain.
Here are some tips to help you choose the best arthritis specialist:
Consult your friends and relatives.
Arthritis is a wide spread ... Views: 973
The best way to improve your business is to keep your customers happy. You can do this by providing the best quality products and services at competitive rates. Be sure to provide good, courteous and helpful customer service or people will be put off and stop visiting your store. There are some ... Views: 745
CPD as it is called or “continuing professional development” to give the full title is an ‘option’ whereby professionals from many walks of life carry out a range of additional learning to maintain and develop their careers. Knowledge expands over time and there may be better ways of doing ... Views: 2128
Are your children headed for college and you're still wondering how to pay for it? Here's one key aspect in the planning process you've probably not heard about yet: You need to learn the rules of the college funding game. They go far beyond "saving up" for it.
Here's what you should know: ... Views: 782
How will you pay for your children's college education? The price tag has been rising year after year, making it more and more challenging to come up with the funds. And the kinds of planning mistakes most people make in the process don't help. Read on for the most common mistake -- which is ... Views: 637
Shakespeare famously opens his “Sonnet 18” with the question, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” and then proceeds to do exactly that. Aside from establishing rhythmic continuity and rhyme scheme, this may not seem like the best use of the reader’s time – especially considering that ... Views: 1506
Have you ever noticed that depending from what vantage point you are looking at something, it appears differently? For instance, have you noticed that when pictures of earth are taken from far out in space that you cannot see most things that actually exist on earth?
The surface of the earth ... Views: 3033
Do you need to increase your vocabulary? Maybe you are already perfectly satisfied with the vocabulary you have. After all, you probably use several thousand words on a daily basis.
Still, no matter how many words in English you already know and use, there are very good reasons to improve ... Views: 4906
Teachers often use different reading comprehension strategies to help their students understand the lesson for the day. These techniques can either be direct or indirect depending on the kind of pupils in the class. Some of them are even disguised as games to keep everybody interested. ... Views: 2464
Significant progress in mammography technology continues to help physicians diagnose breast cancer in its earlier stages. When coupled with new treatment options, early diagnosis through mammography screening can significantly improve a woman's chances of survival. That's good news because in ... Views: 996
As a parent, you may have be incredibly frustrated with the FCAT -- Florida's High Stakes Tests.
16% of the 3rd graders failed the 3rd grade FCAT.
28% failed the 10th grade FCAT.
What is scary is that many smart kids from great families are failing the FCAT.
For students with Dyslexia, a ... Views: 3134