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From balancing your course load to forging relationships with classmates to extracurricular involvement, these are the tried and true methods to nail your career as a student.

Five Things I Liked About Going to School
Back to school season is in full swing and I hope that everyone has a successful year. The last time I ever stepped foot inside a public school was nearly 20 years ago. I attended two different vocational schools and graduated from both of them in a span of two years. The last school I attended, I graduated with Honors. Next month will mark 15 years since I graduated from the now closed Ouachita Job Corps. I've talked about my time there in one of my previous stories, which I'll link down below. In this story, I'll share some great things I loved about going to school. Many people dread it, but there are some good parts about it. Let's go over this list together and the following are in no particular order. What did you like the most about school? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 2 months ago in Education
I Spent 15 Years Dreaming of a Professorship – Here’s What Nobody Tells You About 2026‑2027
0. The question you’re most afraid of Not fear‑mongering. Your observation holds: among the many German PhDs around you, few have landed a 211 faculty position directly. Over the past five years, more than 80% of newly hired computer‑science faculty at China’s 985/211 universities have completed at least one postdoctoral stint abroad, and a significant portion returned with an “Overseas Outstanding Youth” (or equivalent) talent programme. Direct PhD‑to‑lecturer/associate‑professor cases have become rare, concentrated in specialised fields (chips, security) or internal hires.
By Jin3 months ago in Education
IS DOLPHIN DANGEROUS? THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT THE OCEAN'S "SMILING PREDATOR"
Dolphins are often portrayed as the friendly ambassadors of the ocean. Their permanent "smile," playful behavior, and intelligence have earned them a reputation as gentle companions to humans. Movies, documentaries, and marine parks have reinforced the image of dolphins as harmless creatures that love interacting with people. However, beneath that charming appearance lies a powerful wild animal with instincts, complex social behaviors, and hunting skills that may surprise many people.
By PDZICOX3 months ago in Education
The $2,000 Problem
On August 1, 2026, OpenAI posted an announcement titled Ten Advances in Mathematics . Their next-generation model, Astra, had solved ten problems across high-dimensional geometry, coding theory, group theory, operator algebras, quantum complexity, lattice cryptography, and extremal combinatorics. Several of these—constructing non-sofic groups, disproving the Connes rigidity conjecture, proving an exponential parallel repetition theorem for general two-player quantum games—had been open for two to three decades, some for half a century.
By Jin3 months ago in Education
Seventeen Wrong Answers and One Rule Nobody Explains Right. AI-Generated.
Last week I sat down and read through every answer on Quora to one recurring question: how many hours can an international student in Australia actually work?
By Shoumya Chowdhury3 months ago in Education
Beyond STEM
I am no teacher, and my hat goes off to those who have the patience to mold the minds of the next generation for so little money. However, as a student and an observer of humanity, I have noticed that our—meaning the United States’—education system is lacking severely in several key areas. There are three main areas, however, that I feel that the United States as a country needs to focus on more in order to make our country function better—and, believe it or not, not a single one of them is a STEM class.
By Stephanie Hoogstad3 months ago in Education
China’s Postgrad Exam Is Cooling—and the Smartest Kids Are Aiming Lower
I. A Seemingly Contradictory Decline The registration numbers for China’s 2026 national postgraduate entrance exam have been released: 3.88 million. That marks a second consecutive year of decline, with a cumulative drop of over 800,000 candidates.
By Jin3 months ago in Education
Laughter Yoga
My thought was that it would be great and better outside than to disturb other classes that were happening. There was a classroom set up like a band shell with chairs, tables and benches for the kids. I had a display board I worked on for just this event.
By Denise E Lindquist3 months ago in Education
Top 5 Things Programmers Should Know Before Starting Web Design
Here are a few things you would have to consider starting out as a programmer: 1) Content Management System There comes the dreaded day in every young web developer and web designer’s life. When your client first comes to you requesting that, he or she wants to edit his or her own website. This is a huge leap to come from creating your own static websites in HTML and CSS to not only allowing your client to come and make changes to that but also getting your head around setting up a piece of software which allows this to be done. Now, the systems we usually use to do this are Content Management Systems (CMS) and these come in all shapes and sizes. You can get CMS’s, which are hosted services, these are websites that provide you with an account and they would manage this process for you. However, the majority of them are software, which you have to download and set up. To see which CMS is the best? Well, every client is different, every website is unique and that has a different set of problems and therefore is no one solution.
By Jay Mehta3 months ago in Education
Teaching Media Literacy
I am currently teaching an online Media Literacy course for Ukrainian college students and thought I could use this as an opportunity to share some ideas while they are still fresh.
By Lana V Lynx4 months ago in Education
Good news came early
Let me start from the beginning. A year and a half ago I was stuck in a rather shitty place. One where I knew I wanted—no, needed! —a change, but had no idea what it should look like exactly. All I knew was that I couldn’t go on like this. It had to end. So I ended it. I quit my job having zero plans for the following steps.
By Cristal S.4 months ago in Education
AI and Education
Disclaimer: The following article is largely informed by the insights shared by Kristina Kallas during her TEDx talk at the University of Tartu, seamlessly integrated with the author’s personal reflections. Readers are encouraged to consult the original presentation for full context.
By Whitestone Yong4 months ago in Education