52 days ago by Huston

The California State University system has succumbed to the overwhelming needs of underprepared students: Wracked with frustration over the state’s legions of unprepared high school graduates, the California State University system next summer will force freshmen with remedial needs to brush up on m ...

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54 days ago by Huston

I had some spectacular deja vu two weeks ago as my college classes were studying for finals. I took them down to the building’s huge main lobby, where I hung butcher paper on the walls, with titles I wrote in the center, based on the major units of the semester. I broke them into teams, [...]

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75 days ago by Huston

For years, I’ve taught mostly high school honors classes and remedial college classes. By a wide margin, the high school students are more literate, more creative, and more productive in every way. What do they do that’s different? They have already learned the key to success: self-motivation. Most ...

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96 days ago by Guest Author

With the founder of KFC, like the old man Ha Lund Sandoz, Harry before the age of 80 is just a normal to some unlucky person. Until 80 years old, he stayed all day doing nothing in a club chatting with other elderly people only feel a little injustice in this life passes. “I think I can what to do w ...

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184 days ago by E. Sheppard

Are you taking remedial classes? Some students worry about taking remedial, or "catch-up" classes. But they may be required to take them because of a test score. Don't worry. taking a remedial class is really a good thing. You get to refresh your skills and become better prepared than (maybe) some o ...

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278 days ago by Kathryn Baron

Dr. Katie Hern’s college students were discussing Bruce Alexander’s morphine-addicted rodents in his Rat Park experiment on a recent Wednesday morning. “It usually just comes down to the dopamine depletion hypothesis,” said student Michael Fleming, leaning forward in his chair as he made his point. ...

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