Understanding Your Math Coursework

Understanding Your Math CourseworkIf you have to take an Advanced Placement (AP) math course in your sophomore year of high school, you are not alone. Many other students who want to study math and science during their years in high school and college struggle with the advanced mathematics coursework that takes place.So many students spend so much time studying algebra. They spend countless hours preparing for tests and trying to become a master of this subject. Yet, they don't understand why they need to do this at all. You, however, do not need to become an algebra expert to survive.Take your algebra for granted. You don't need to be great at algebra to succeed in your college career. If you learn enough of the basic math to get by, you can still excel in your studies and have a rewarding career.You probably already know a few basics in algebra, like how to identify the variables and how to use them to solve problems. You probably also know how to count from zero to nine, but you d on't need to learn about decimals or complex functions. Your algebra is not complicated, and you can still pass most AP math tests if you take the right classes.Find a good math course for your freshman year. That will give you plenty of time to take algebra. If you learn early enough in the course, you can be the only student on campus with a working calculator, which is good news for your college career!Get enough credits toward your degree. Although an AP test is not required, it is essential that you have AP-level credits if you want to maintain your grade point average (GPA). If you don't have enough AP credits, your grade point average will drop even further.Glencoe Personal Tutor is a good place to start. The school emphasizes interactive learning and flexible scheduling, making it easier for students to stay focused. You can take an easy-to-understand math course, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and others, all with a small fee.

Career Advice for Students 5 Questions with Neil Patel of Kissmetrics - Private Tutoring

Career Advice for Students 5 Questions with Neil Patel of Kissmetrics BobbiM Mar 25, 2013 Neil Patel Interview:  Career Advice for Students Often the best help for those in High School or College is someone that can provide clarity and vision for what the heck is at the end of this super long road we call formal education. Ive found out that the best sources of clarity are to hear and receive advice from those that have done it. So, in keeping with our goal of helping students, tutors, and parents, were starting a new series where we pose 5 questions to successful business people, politicians, and those that have made it. Our first interview is with Neil Patel a person who is very well known in internet marketing circles and in entrepreneurship in general. But dont let his baby face and young age fool you: He has successfully started and ran 2 companies already. His School of Hard Knox training can teach the rest of us a thing or two. 1. Hi Neil. Can you share your background with the audience and what youre up to currently? I’m a serial entrepreneur who just enjoys solving problems for the marketing world. I’m currently 27 years old and when I am not working I enjoy watching some TV or just hanging out with friends. As for what I am currently up to, I spend all of my time focusing on KISSmetrics, which is a customer analytics platform. We show companies what people are doing on their website and what causes them to make a purchase or even ask for a refund. 2. Thinking back to your time in High School and College, what classes or training do you suggest for students aspiring to become entrepreneurs one day? I don’t think there are any classes that can help. Or at least there  werent  any that helped me. The best way to learn is by doing. I recommend you just go out there and participate in things like Startup Weekend. And if you like what you see there, you can always jump right in and start a company. 3. So, a tutor is kind of like a mentor. What mentors did you have and what affect did they have on your career or life decisions? My main mentor is a guy by the name of Andy Liu. He taught me a lot about business, how to find good deals, negotiation tactics, how to raise money, and countless number of other things. He had a huge impact on my life, I actually even moved to Seattle because of him. Over the last 7 years he has made me millions of dollars. 4. Did you ever need help from a tutor? Can you share your experience? I have. My mentor (tutor) guided me through tough parts in my entrepreneurial career such as lawsuits or how to get things done when you are strapped for cash. 5. Any final career advice for the budding entrepreneur in High School or College? You just need to go out there and do it. Stop spending you time in the classroom trying to learn about entrepreneurship as that’s the wrong place to do so. You’ll learn a lot more by doing.

Whats the Difference Between Much, Many, Little, and A Lot

Whats the Difference Between Much, Many, Little, and A Lot RULE:   Many is used with countable plural nouns like children and students. Much, on the other hand, can only be used with uncountable nouns like money or homework.  A lot can be used with both.           Many RULE:  Use many with plurals. INCORRECT: There were much people waiting in line. CORRECT: There were many people waiting in line.             Much RULE:  Use much with uncountable nouns. An uncountable noun has no correct plural form. INCORRECT: Do you make many money at your job?. CORRECT: Do you make much money at your job?       RULE:   Sometimes the uncountable noun is left out of the sentence. You can do this when the meaning is clear. There wasnt much to do.  There wasnt much  work  to do.           Little RULE:   Like  much, use little  with uncountable nouns: There wasnt  much  milk in the fridge. The  little  milk that remained was sour.           A Lot RULE:  Much and many are used mainly in negatives and questions. In affirmative sentences, use a lot of. INCORRECT: I have much homework. CORRECT: I have a lot of homework. INCORRECT: I need  much coffee to  wake up in the morning. CORRECT: I need  a lot  of coffee to  wake up in the morning.           A Few RULE:  Use  MANY  and  FEW  with plurals. There were  many  passengers on the bus.  Luckily, only a  few  of the passengers were wearing backpacks.          Practice Exercises Much many few little grammar practice exercise Find Much-Many-Little-Few Error Detection Exercise with Audio Find Much-Many-Little-Few Error Correction Exercise   Check Your Writing for Errors   Use the Virtual Writing Tutor grammar checker. Its free and has a number of useful writing tools that you can use: check grammarcheck spellingcheck vocabulary for cliches, power words, field related vocabulary, academic and conversational vocabulary, and check for target structurescheck your paraphrases for plagiarismcreate an outline for your essaycreate a hypertext narrativereview your feedbackand play an error correction game with your own errors     Please follow and like us:

How Tutors Shape Our Lives

How Tutors Shape Our Lives Need to Know: How Tutors Shape Our Lives and the Lives of Our Children Tutors can help shape our lives from various perspectives. With regards to procuring a coach, the most popular reason that guardians employ a guide is so they can have somebody who can help their kid who is battling with their work at school.   One of the manners in which that a tutor can shape lives is by furnishing youngsters with help with scholastic. Tutors can provide students with assistance while they are having a troublesome time with a specific subject. Being that a guide should go about as a youngsters coach as far as academic issues like academic writing, there are heaps of potential outcomes for a tutor to help shape a kids life in the manner in which that they require it. Extraordinary Amounts of Improvement Shown in Grades When you are considering contracting a tutor, you are likely reasoning about procuring them in light of the issues that your kid is by all accounts having in school. Problems in school can frequently prompt less than stellar scores on tests and homework. Getting the perfect measure of consideration, the quietness of the earth and numerous different things can mirror the evaluations that a kid gets. Tutors can assist youngsters in building up the abilities that are required for the challenges that they are having with learning. On the off chance that incapacity is the explanation behind the youngsters less than stellar scores or conduct in school, you are additionally ready to search for a tutor who is prepared with helping kids with specific handicaps. Giving the Right Amount of Motivation and Challenges There have been numerous investigations that have demonstrated that students can profit on the off chance that they are coached by somebody who gives them the perfect measure of difficulties, and furthermore somebody who can provide the appropriate standard of inspiration. Tutoring is a blasting business, and consistently an ever increasing number of families enlist private coaches. Coaching enables typically gifted educators to sharpen their specialty without earning a showing endorsement (which in a few states is to a high degree troublesome and tedious, and regularly has almost no to do with instructing) or managing a packed classroom where teach takes need over learning. Extraordinary guides can originate from all kinds of different backgrounds, and they dont have earlier instructing or tutoring knowledge (however encounter is useful). It doesnt require a graduate qualification or a constant and bureaucratic affirmation process, so there are not very many boundaries to section. Then again, usually troublesome for students and guardians to locate a gifted, skillful tutor because there are no all around characterized necessities or capabilities for guides. Organizations, for example, Tutorz.com and Academic Writing Pro a fortune off employing school to age kids, sending them to an end of the week instructional class, offering academic writing, at that point calling them confirmed and charging over $100/hr for their administrations (while paying the guides just around 15% of what they charge). Gratefully, guardians are beginning to insightful up to this promoting plan in the wake of being scorched by too many negative encounters with these unpracticed tutors. (By differentiating, rather than influencing our coaches with a one size fits all strategy for instructing, we enable our guides to build up their showing plans and styles. We do give direction, materials, and preparing, however, we realize that coaching is artistry to be aced, not an introduction to be retained. This is the reason a significant number of our tutors were previous educators or instructors in the nearby educational system a long time before they progressed toward becoming coaches. We likewise pay our tutors exceptionally well for their administrations, and monitor their experience and additionally their outcomes.) While the broadly diversified test-prep organizations are for sure very problematic, its as yet not sheltered to accept that every single littler organization are reliable. Numerous little coaching organizations will flaunt that the more significant part of their tutors scored in the 99th percentile of a government-sanctioned test, or some similar claim, however, I never comprehended the reason for this arrangement (even though I speculate it is primarily utilized as an endeavor to awe potential customers). Indeed an extraordinary test score has almost no to do with ones capacity to instruct others how to step through that exam. Guardians: consider the students who had the best scores in your secondary school class on the SAT. Much of the time, this individual had practically zero social abilities, a Napoleon-Dynamite compose a character. Would you genuinely need this individual coaching your tyke? Just a bunch of guides across the country can consolidate 99th percentile scores with 99th percentile tutoring/counseling abilities (as a student of arithmetic I will disclose to you that is roughly one out of ten thousand), and that is the reason these uncommon coaches can order such high hourly rates and are so elusive.

Holiday traditions from around the world

Holiday traditions from around the world It’s an exciting time of the year in countries all over the world. Here are some unique seasonal traditions teachers in Japan, Scandinavia, and, Kazakhstan will get to enjoy over the holiday season. The Japanese New Year Kadomatsu Teaching in Japan allows the opportunity to witness the Japanese New Year celebrations. The Japanese are always enthusiastic to welcome a new year. Amidst the celebration and decor is an interesting and unique decoration called the kadomatsu. It appears from after Christmas Day through the first week of July. The kadomatsu is always presented in a pair at the entryway to a building or space; one is placed on either side of the entrance. They’re made from pine and bamboo and are placed to welcome the spirits of the harvest. The Scandinavian Yuletide Log You’re likely familiar with the presence of the yuletide log (in person, on TV, and as a nickname for a popular seasonal dessert) as well as the symbol of the fireplace during the holiday season. But what you might not know is that the this tradition originated from the Scandinavian countries of northern Europe. The tradition of ensuring a fire was lit began as a way to maintain light during the darkest days of the year - in one of the darkest places in the world. Originally, Scandinavians burned whole trees! Now, a holiday log in the fireplace is common in many countries around the world. The Kazakh Snow Father Like the Japanese, the people of Kazakhstan thoroughly enjoy celebrating the beginning of a new year. Celebrations begin near the beginning of December and build as the month approaches the 1st of January. Instead of celebrating Christmas, emphasis is all on New Year’s Eve and New Year's Day, but there are some familiarities to western society’s Christmas: there’s a New Year’s Tree as well as a Snow Father (who resembles Santa Claus) and a Snow Maiden who deliver New Year’s presents to children. Even better, Kazakhstan is almost always a snowy winter wonderland during the holiday season!

Teacher engagement and the pursuit of happiness (Part 4)

Teacher engagement and the pursuit of happiness (Part 4) Ash Pugh, Director of Operations at Teach Away In the final installment of our four-part series, we look at the third part of the recruitment, onboarding and retention cycle: retention. Paving the road to retention According to Dr. Jurewicz’s research, 63% of teachers surveyed intended to stay in their current roles beyond two years. Conversely, only 43% of teachers intended to stay after year three. This highlights the challenge that international schools face on a regular basis when it comes to sustaining staff levels. Even when teachers are relatively happy, the lure of travel (among many other potential factors) can draw them away. So, what can you do to entice teachers to stick around longer and maintain the strong foundation of faculty that you’ve worked so hard to build at your school? To help answer that question, we asked our candidates what they value most in their jobs: Top factors for on-the-job happiness Source: Teach Away, International Education Recruitment Report 2017-2018. Download the complete report at www.teachaway.com/report. 1. Make opportunities for growth at your school. By training teachers and investing in their career development, you can make them feel valued by your school. Beyond training, it’s vital to ensure your new hires know that there’s room to grow professionally through opportunities to lead within their department or subject area. It also stands to reason that when your teachers feel they’re able to do their jobs more effectively, they become more confident and secure in their roles and are less likely to look elsewhere. 2. Involve teachers in the hiring process You depend on your teachers for input on other vital school matters. So why not involve them in the hiring of new employees? Think of it - they’re going to be working alongside any new hires and will be just as invested in finding the right teachers as you are. Their familiarity with your school culture and values also gives them unmatched insight into the candidates who could be a great fit for your school community. And now that we understand why recruitment needs to be an ongoing process, this can also be a great way to relieve yourself of some of the demands of recruitment. More than that, though - you’re keeping your current teachers engaged and allowing them to develop a new skill set, to grow professionally by encouraging them to stay invested in your school’s future success. In short, you're making them want to stay around. Professional growth for your teachers leads to retention for your school. 3. Let them be responsible for new teacher onboarding Nobody knows the challenges of relocating abroad better than those who have already done it. Empower your existing staff to take the lead on passing along their experiences and preparing incoming staff for their new environment. Again, you’ll see dual benefits as your new hires are supported with a robust onboarding process and existing teachers are able to take on leadership roles. So there you have it - by embracing these actionable teacher recruitment, onboarding and retention strategies, your school will be well on its way to attracting and retaining the best international teachers, even in an increasingly competitive hiring landscape This article originally appeared in the Spring 2018 edition of InterED, the bi-annual newsletter of the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE).

Our Narrow Lens American Mainstream Media Coverage Of International Terrorist Attacks

Our Narrow Lens American Mainstream Media Coverage Of International Terrorist Attacks http://www.columnf.com/ A year and three months before this, our screens played and replayed the video of American journalist Steven Sotloff’s death at the hands of the new “IT” crowd in terrorism, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). In the same month, we saw the death of another American journalist, James Foley. For weeks we replayed the media, we shared articles and videos on Facebook, and re-tweeted our prayers for the victims and their parents on Twitter. For months, the United States mourned. We hung our heads in grief on the behalf of Paris when, just months after our reporters were killed, a French magazine office was shot up by Islamic terrorists. The “Je suis Charlie” cartoon had been posted, re-posted, liked, tweeted, re-tweeted, and favorited on screens across the United States. Our citizens identified with the need to assure the world that we would not be put down so easily, either. Ten months later, we lower our flags to half-staff as we grieve once again in solidarity with France. There is still new media regarding these attacks flashing across our screens, a week and one day later. There is a noticeable lack of terrorism-related deaths to those who are not natives of the United States or its allies, though. Or is there? According to The Guardian, on October 10, 2014, actually, ISIS publicly beheaded two men in Iraq. The victims were Raad Mohamed al-Azaoui, who was an Iraqi cameraman and photographer for Sama Salah Aldeen TV, and his brother, who remains unnamed. At least 15 other Iraqi journalists were killed between January and October of 2014 and nine were given a public ultimatum to either stop reporting and join ISIS or face execution. The Committee to Protect Journalists said that, at that time, more than 80 journalists had been kidnapped in Syria since 2011, and the number that had then been held by ISIS was approximately 20 journalists, most of them Syrian. According to Haaretz, Japanese reporter Kenji Goto had been killed by ISIS in February of this year. During a debate on Islam and free speech in Copenhagen, according to The Guardian, in February 2015, one person had been killed and three injured after terrorists had opened fire on the café in which the debate was being held. The victim had been a cartoonist who had received death threats for his caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. Images of these deaths, words about these victims, have not been broadcasted across America as news of the attacks on Paris and on U.S. journalists had been. These stories do not get shared on Facebook and Twitter. American mainstream media views the world through a narrow lens, and passes that worldview on to the American public. The message this sends is, “the only people whose deaths and lives are significant are those of Americans and natives of their allied nations.”