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Preparing for class, Before, During and After
(image by by It’s So Sunny! via Creative Commons) The semester has just begun, and if you’re classes are like mine, you’re already swamped with work. Every professor gives assignments, every professor...
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Finding a Faculty Mentor; That’s What they Get Paid for
So, I know that many students in City Tech are looking to get the most out of their education. I also know that many of those students have difficulty with many of their classes. Students attend...
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General Education: a Waste of Time or an Essential Part of School
Some faculty and students on the General Education Committee As undergraduate students in a technology college, most of us students have come to City Tech with a specific educational goal in mind....
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Saving the world, One Life at a Time
So, I usually write about things that are directly related to school, but I had an experience this weekend that made me decide to change my direction this once. The Nursing Department has a...
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College Life: All Work and No Play?
Image by JacQuLyne on Flickr There are many aspects of college life that contribute to varying degrees to a student’s success. Of course, a student’s primary responsibility is to his or her classes,...
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Passion, Perseverance, Practice
image from flickr.com no copyright infringement So I’m here to give you my newest hint for achieving success. I know that I’m still a junior in City Tech, but I think of myself as very successful. I...
View ArticleSemester in Review
At the beginning of the semester, I had posted a detailed description of my three part plan for assuring my success this semester. At that time, I was asked to report how the semester had gone based on...
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Mark Your Calendars!
some rights reserved from Tanakawho I’d like to start out this post saying that the lessons that are included in this entry are thanks to my ENG 1121 professor, Dr. Monique Ferrell. I want to start by...
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Using General Education Requirements to Further Your Career
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/correlation.png This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. As many of my readers know, I am graduating from my nursing program...
View ArticleWhat Do Deadlines Really Mean?
Even though this happens frequently, it always irks me. The paper has a deadline. On the first day of class, your professor told you when the term paper is due. It’s written on the syllabus ands on...
View ArticleLose the Weight
I know what you think. Even though many of us students have gained weight over the past few semesters, I won’t be preaching about the importance of losing that extra bulge I have enough that I need to...
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Avoiding Burnout in the Job Hunt: Stop, Drop, and Roll
So you’re finally up to graduation! You’re so excited. Finally you can enter the work force as a proud, educated, eligible employee. You’re on top of the world, no one can ruin your joy. Until you...
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Why put off to tomorrow what you may never need to do?
used with permission from UBC Learning Commons some rights reserved So we are nearing the finish line. At that point when you have some finals, papers, projects, and assignments left, but are getting...
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Textbooks, fight the battle win the war
used with permission from College Degree 360 some rights reserved I found this picture, and I was just wondering, are all those books for one class that the model REALLY likes, or does she just really...
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Avoiding the Finals Crash
used with permission from cuatower some rights reserved Ask most students, and a majority will agree that there is little to no sleeping during Finals week. This is not unique to any major, degree, or...
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