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Spark Your Notes with Sparknotes.com

Sparknotes

If you haven’t been introduced to SparkNotes yet, then it’s time you met one of your new best friends.  Sparknotes is an excellent student resource that can turn the baroque language of Shakespeare, or the often complex and difficult language of academic texts, into English that is easier to manage.  Sparknotes has been helping students for the past 13 years! 

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Are You Right-Brained or Left-Brained?

Are You Right-Brained or Left-Brained

(Click Here to get the printable version of the exercise!)

Are you right-brained or left-brained? That is the question! Understanding which side of your brain you use most to learn can totally transform the way you feel about school and academics. This is exciting stuff—we are here to help you transform! Continue reading

A Helping Hand For Your Kids!



In a world filled with fast-paced upgrades and changing lifestyles, we sometimes find ourselves stumped by how unfamiliar something might be to us. That’s when we realize we aren’t as synched with the times as we thought we were, and worse yet, your child might not be either.

There are some simple ideas and methods that have always been useful tools for progress, and yet aren’t employed as often as they should today! Parents, head back to the basics and learn or re-visit some brilliant ways of helping your children grow into independent adults and keep them on top of the various challenges and developments that life will bring!

Follow the link to read more:
9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn via www.dailygood.org

Study Hard Or Study Smart?

study hard or study smart?

Academically speaking, life in college is much more demanding than in high school and many students are scared of the idea that it requires a huge amount of studying. College definitely demands more effort, but, it does mainly depend on how you tend to study.

One of the most common perceptions of college students is that the amount of course work is so massive, they have to lock themselves up in their rooms and cram all night before the exams. This kind of studying is by no means the ideal method. Continue reading