category: high school life
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rock your school presentation: best alternatives to powerpoint
does anyone actually want to sit through another boring powerpoint presentation? powerpoint presentations went out of fashion maybe four decades ago. (what? of course i know that powerpoint was only founded in 1990.) anyways! here is a list of eight powerpoint alternatives sure to make your big presentation a hit! 1) prezi this is one…
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that summer before senior year
as consumed by finals as you may be (or may not be, if you’re an intelligent senior… i am not one of those), you can start finding solace in the fact that the end is near. i’m talking breakfasts at 11:00 a.m. afternoons by the beach. evenings catching up on every netflix movie that you…
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25 things i learned senior year
i’m about to drop some truth bombs.
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how to plan your finals studying
i hate to say it, but finals are coming up soon for most of us. it’s time to start thinking about how you’ll plan out your studying. but never fear! i’m here to help you organize yourself, so that your studying is as stress-free as it can possibly be. here’s my step-by-step guide. 1.…
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sweet dreams: the effect of sleep on student learning
you are probably one of the guilty ones. you have piano practice after soccer practice and then you have to drive your brother to swimming while you eat your sandwich in the car and then you finally sit down to study at 9:00 but you realize that you have physics homework that you forgot about…
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before your ap test
welcome to ap testing. hopefully, by this point, you’ve already started studying. and if you haven’t, i highly suggest that you stop reading this blog post immediately and crack open the nearest review book. (you can mail me a thank you letter later). these two weeks are inundated with pockets of stress and fleeting moments…
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how to master your focus
focus is the key to getting things done quickly, thoroughly, and efficiently…but it’s just so hard to maintain! mastering your focus can help you stop procrastinating and finish your work faster and better than ever before. unfortunately, mastering your focus is something that often takes a lifetime of effort…well, most of us don’t have a…
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the best napping techniques
as a second semester senior, i can proudly say that i am a professional napper. i take one nearly every day! but even for non-seniors, i believe that naps are very important, especially when you have a lot of work and/or have to pull an all-nighter. when i used to nap, i would wake up…
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how to stay awake and aware
oh, to be a junior – in all of my seventeen years (and nine months), i have yet to encounter a time when i was more desperate for 25-hour days. you’re constantly pulled in a dozen directions (whilst being scolded for not achieving that healthy eight-hour sleep quota), and by the end of the week,…
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how not to study: the most common mistakes
the worst feeling in the world: studying hours and hours for a test, only to receive a bad grade. trust me, i know. so frustrating! to ensure that this doesn’t happen to you, make sure your study strategies aren’t the problem. don’t just read your notes interact with your notes in some way.…