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The Blogging Express—Next Stop: Procrastination Station
I often find myself weighing up the advantages and disadvantages of blogging. On the one hand, writing on a regular basis and being able to provide examples of your work is important if you wish to pursue a job or career in which writing is a key element.
By Siôn Stedman6 years ago in Journal
In The Name of Art #2
Daniel put down the phone and sighed. It was an old phone from his grandma's flat. White plastic, with a ringlet of a cord that had gone from white to grey with time. The handset was yellow from nicotine and sweat and sin. The sins were all his.
By George Boundy6 years ago in Journal
ACT
Dear Jim, It is wonderful that you are about to take the ACT. However, it would seem that you need some questions answered first, which is reasonable. The ACT reading test is a 35 minute test with 40 questions about reading passages. Each reading passage is about 750 words long and there are 4 passages total. There is one passage about Humanities, Prose Fiction, Science, and Social Science, all with 10 questions per passage. You should know the directions beforehand, so as to not waste time. You should know the layout of the test. On the left side of each column of reading material, there are numbers. These numbers tell you the line number, and they appear every 5 lines. This helps you quickly reference the lines that a question refers to. After reading each passage, the questions are in no particular order and vary in difficulty. You will be given an answer sheet, separate from the test booklet that has the passages and questions, you will use the answer sheet to record your answers. It is important to note that nothing you write in the test booklet is graded, so make sure you use the answer sheet.
By Jared Smith6 years ago in Education
Best Online Brokerage Accounts for Beginners
Everyone who has the least bit of math skills will tell you that you should start investing in your 20s. However, that decade of life isn't one that really allows for a lot of time to learn how to invest in the stock market. To make matters worse, most old-school routes of investing are pretty intimidating—not to mention pricey.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart6 years ago in Trader
Students vs. The American School System
Okay, so everyone knows that school is intended to be a place where education and learning happens, it's supposed to be a place where children discover what they want to be when they grow up, it's supposed to be a place to prepare you for reality. Not in America!
By Siobhan Vibiana6 years ago in Education
Bachelor's Degrees with the Highest Salary Potential
It's no secret that getting a college degree is expensive—criminally so, in many cases. Getting a degree from one of the top private universities can easily leave you with a debt as high as $150,000 for a Bachelor's degree. In the case of medical degrees, becoming a doctor only to realize that you hate it can be a million dollar mistake.
By Riley Raul Reese6 years ago in Education
A Day in the Life of a Social Worker
We all have an idea of what a social worker is. My favorite is the phrase I hear most often, "Oh, you mean Child Protective Services." Sometimes to save breath, I just nod and agree with them. But I realize I need to stop agreeing and educate my fellow human.
By Teddi Coleman6 years ago in Journal