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A lot of people have asked me how they can learn a new language. First, I am not a language teacher, but I am multi-lingual and have some suggestions.
As you’ve come to expect, with an an antimimeticisomorphism approach, I will have a few twists to offer. But first, let me tell you a story.
I thought I’d confirm some recent questions about my study guide – yes it’s 100% iPad Compatible.
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I’m not sure where I got this, but it was so funny, I had to share it with you. Enjoy!
If you’re wondering where all your money goes, look no further. Today’s infographic shows you where the average student’s money’s going. Click on the image to enlarge!
I recently had someone in Boston write this on a few blackboards for me… That’s when I thought I might as you to do the same – spread the word to other students.
If you do, take a photo and send it to me and I’ll post it here on the blog.
Thanks in advance for helping us get the word out to more students. Sometimes all it takes is one idea to transform a mediocre student into a ‘genius’. By doing this, you’re engaging in a concept called ‘paying it forward’. Engaging the Law Of Attraction is something special that once you set it in motion, good things will start to happen, almost like magic.
Do it because you want to help and then see and tell me what happens!
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More and more computer science majors at U.S. colleges are opting not to take programming jobs after they graduate.
Not because they don’t want to work in the computer industry, it’s just that they want to spend a few more years in America before having to move to India.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
That’s not just funny, it’s a reality – the global landscape is changing very quickly. Are your skills going to be enough to adapt?
One of the ironies of the world is that in under developed countries, young people are dying to get to school – in some cases that’s literally true. I don’t want to get on a political soap box because that’s not what this blog is about. Others can do a much better job of promoting that agenda than I can.
I, however, can change the world one student at a time.
If you’re frustrated with school, ask yourself why. I mean really ask yourself the question honestly. Is it because you’re lazy? Tired? Bored? Scared (being bullied)? Not doing as well as you’d like? Not in the popular crowd/group?
Ask yourself the question until YOU KNOW the real reason.
When you do know the absolute real REASON, deal with it.
Deal with it because it’s what’s preventing you from getting the RESULTS you want and dream about.
We’re REASON or we’re RESULTS.
It’s as simple as that.
It’s as complicated as that.
Complicated because UNLESS you’re honest with yourself, you’ll never deal with the #1 obstacle in your path. That means you’ll never achieve your true/ultimate destiny.
That’s enough for you to think about for today, or not.
Most people won’t give much thought, but then again most people (as many as 80% of 8 out 10) end up unhappy in their lives as adults, with regrets.
Regrets that go all the way back to their school days when they KNOW they could have made a shift that would have changed their lives forever.
If only they had know then what they know now.
Well guess what?
You are young enough NOW to make the change.
Make it and I guarantee you that in 20 years from now, you’ll remember this blog post when you meet someone who has regrets and is unhappy. You’ll realise that YOU made the effort when it counted… RIGHT NOW.
And they didn’t.
Don’t be that person — I know too many of them.
Lives lost and ruined because of lack of discipline, self esteem and self worth.
But also pure, sheer laziness and lack of will.
You can achieve ANYTHING you want in life (or school), you just need to WANT IT BAD ENOUGH and then do WHATEVER it takes to make it happen.
I know -
- I have 5 university degrees, including an Engineering degree, MBA, Law and PhD degrees.
- I can solve a Rubik’s cube in less than 4 minutes
- I am a top 20 world-ranked squash player
- I speak 2 languages fluently and understand a 3rd conversationally
- I retired from the rat race at age 42
- I’ve been to 36 different countries
- I’ve had 6 BMWs, 2 of them convertibles
- I’ve been in the same committed relationship for more than 27 years
- I haven’t had a sick day in more than 20 years
- I can speed read 1,800+ words/minute
I’m not superman – I just have great strategies, but most important of all, I have passion and drive to make things happen.
Have a look at our testimonials page – I guarantee you it’ll motivate you to improve your study habits. So many of the students are not native English speakers – so if English is your primary or ONLY language – imagine how hard it is for someone to learn in a foreign language… And yet they do!
Simply amazing – click here -> to read a few inspirational student stories.
We all have bad habits, but bad study habits can kill your grades faster than anything else. I could go on and on, but you know what I’m talking about.
- Procrastinating, putting things off until the last minute.
- Not paying attention in class.
- Not doing the reading (at all let alone BEFORE the lecture).
- Trying to learn everything on your own without a MasterMind Group.
- Not taking enough notes.
- Reading slowly when you know you could learn speed reading.
- Getting stressed during exams and tests.
Perfect Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
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Even though we’re #1 in our category on ClickBank and have been for more than a year, it’s always nice to win awards and acquire other designations.
This one’s special because Pat Wyman does a great job with her HowToLearn.com website.
I’ll talk more about it in a few upcoming blog posts, but right now, it’s all about us and our new award that now adorns our blog page!
Whoohoo!!!
If you’re a high school or college student who hasn’t yet bought my bestselling study book, you’ll be interested to know that business entrepreneurs and executives are buying it to enhance and accelerate their careers. The study habits, tips and skills I teach are universal and make a difference regardless where you are in the academic system or in your career. We are all life-long learners and those who learn faster, get ahead and stay ahead. It’s survival of the swiftest – the fastest learners!
This blog is all about helping you get better grades with the least amount of effort. One of our sponsors is http://www.StudyFinder.com.au. I thought I would introduce you to them, just in case you’d like to access up-to-date information for Australian students, in one convenient location.
What is Studyfinder?
Some of the biggest key issues facing our community and institutes are concerning skills gaps, dropout rates, employment opportunities and even affordability of going to school and studying. For example:
- Why are there large gaps between employment and education?
- Why are our dropout rates at Institutes across the country so high?
- Are our students getting the right education?
- Are students given the right information to choose the right course, program or career?
With a national focus on closing the gap on education and skills, we want to be the web-based ‘[portal’ that revolutionises the education debate so we don’t forget the basics and continue to help students to pick the right course, program or career?
StudyFinder wants to answer basic questions such as:
- Is it all too hard?
- Where do I begin?
- Where can I find more information?
It is quite hard to get started if you don’t know where to begin. The pressure about exams and looking for better grades prove to be too much for some. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Education has evolved and moved into ‘the NOW’.
Courses out there are not all text based, classroom environments, some and in fact most courses are now developing practical skills with little written activity involved. The focus to have “real world” teachers and experience with strong links to industry is becoming the trend.
Today, you can start your quest and get employed by only doing a short course or a certificate rather than having to complete a full-length degree. That means you can start to work, earn money and keep studying as you work.
StudyFinder.com.au wants to help you by providing you proper guidance with a new Australian website designed to remove the frustration and time wasted searching through multiple websites to get to the information you need as a student. It helps students of all levels to search, compare and find study options across a number of areas of study all across Australia.
The tools are available online at www.studyfinder.com.au the best thing is… it’s FREE to use when you register.
Today’s post is just for fun. I like illusions like this.
Student Cheating 1 of 2
Not sure? Take another look….
Today’s post is funny, but then again it’s not really. I come across people everyday that can’t spell let alone put a few words together. Andrew Powell from Montreal Canada found this original article on Yahoo – America’s educational system captured in a single photo.
Well here’s something to make your old English teacher gasp in horror: A road contractor hired to paint the word “school” on a freshly paved stretch of highway near Southern Guilford High School in North Carolina rendering the traffic area in question a “shcool” lane.
But fear not for the surely confused area youth! The contractor, an area company named Traffic Markings, has already corrected the error.
This isn’t the first such mishap on record. Last year, for instance, a Miami area road crew offered the variant spelling of “scohol,” while in 2007, a Kalamazoo team managed to do the same “h” and “c” reversal.
Chalk it all up to a bad day’s wrok.
Today’s lesson – especially for high school students is this: You’re in school for a reason – to learn skills and develop aptitudes like reading, writing, math, research and now typing (properly) on a keyboard which is no longer something you can avoid. I know most high school students think a lot of what they do is a waste of time, but here’s the thing most don’t fully realise – you’ll NEVER, EVER go back to high school.
That means if you don’t pick up and DEVELOP those study skills and aptitudes, you’re #$@%#$ for the rest of your life and career. You won’t get the best promotions, job offers and certainly won’t get the biggest paychecks.
I see it every day – people who would like to write better, but just can’t. For whatever reason, when they should have learned the skills, they didn’t. It’s sad to see – because it’s a handicap. They have to hire other people to write for them. When they send email correspondence, the errors and poor grammar reflect poorly on who they are. Often, a prospect will lose confidence in them just because of that.
That’s painful to see – especially when there is NO QUICK FIX. What you DON’T learn in high school can take 10 to 20 years to learn as an adult – partially because of the lack of time, partly because adults don’t learn as quickly and mostly because trying to UNLEARN something is harder than learning it in the first place!
Anyway, those are my thoughts for the day – I am not sure why I understood this in PRIMARY SCHOOL, but I can remember vividly my classmates in high school who didn’t take it seriously and can now see the definite (wide) chasm between the successful and not-so-successful. It can all be traced backwards to high school and sometimes primary school just like CSI determining who committed a murder – all the clues are there.
The only question is – if you’re in high school or university, will you start to take the basics more seriously?
You have to be careful when you ask 5th graders questions. They will actually be too honest for their own good, like these examples:
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TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell ‘crocodile?’
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L’
TEACHER: No, that’s wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it’s H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn’t have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I’m a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ‘ I. ‘
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie…… Always say, ‘I am.’
MILLIE: All right… ‘I am the ninth letter of the alphabet’
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father’s cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn’t punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand….
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on ‘My Dog’ is exactly the same as your brother’s.. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It’s the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
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John Hall reviewed my study book. You might want to click on the hyperlink and have a read of his impressions. If you’re considering buying my study book, it might help you to know that it’s been sold to thousands of students from around the world, in more than 29 countries and is now available as an English Study Book, French Study Book, Romanian Study Book and a Chinese Study Book.
Have a quick read of John’s review and then make the decision to get better grades faster and easier!
The Education Tax Refund (ETR) is a new Australian government initiative to help with the cost of educating primary and secondary school children. It means eligible parents, carers, legal guardians and independent students could get 50% back on some education expenses. This includes items like computers, educational software, textbooks and stationery.
Most people are eligible for the ETR because they receive Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A. However, there are some payments that prevent you from receiving FTB Part A, but which still entitle you to receive the refund. You can also claim the refund if you are an independent student. For more information, see Am I eligible?
You can claim the ETR each financial year for children in primary and/or secondary school, or if you are an independent student. You will be able to claim the refund from 1 July 2009 for the 2008/09 financial year. This means you can claim for items purchased from 1 July 2008. Remember to keep your receipts as they will help you calculate your entitlement and you may be required to produce them as proof of purchase.
You can claim the ETR even if you are not required to lodge a tax return. For more information, see How do I claim?
Chances are if you’re in high school, struggling with your English courses – it’s at least partially because you’re TEXTING and TWEETING too much. A recent study reported that British teens were using approximate 800 words a day, significantly less than the 40,000 words a typical 16-year-old should have at his or her command.
Here’s an exponential tip for you – try to learn ONE NEW WORD EVERY DAY… That will help replace the one you’re FORGETTING every day!
A great site you can bookmark is Visual Thesaurus. It’s also a great resource when you’re writing term papers and need to find just the right word!
