Learning Together
What better way to spend your Saturday than by taking a learning workshop with the whole family? AHEAD Tutorial & Review Center, the country’s most awarded learning center, will be having a SMART READING and MIND MAPPING FAMILY WORKSHOP on December 15, 2012...
Sharpen Your Reading and Thinking Skills
The enormous amount of information that a person needs to process every single day can be overwhelming. Weekly reports need to be prepared by office workers, textbooks need to be understood by students, and news and reviews need to be grasped by consumers and...
Learning to Relax
For most college students, the pressure to do well in university can sometimes be overwhelming. College is the real deal; a student’s academic performance can have a direct effect on his future professional life. That’s why it’s not surprising for most students to...
Thinking Historically
Most students, when asked about their views on history, would say that it’s a boring subject filled with personalities long dead and battles too complicated. After all, memorizing seemingly meaningless names and dates ain’t no...
Using Your Inner Jedi in Class
Yoda and Obi Wan Kenobi, two great Jedi masters from the Star Wars movie series, would always say “Use the force” whenever Luke Skywalker finds it hard to concentrate. The “force” is a special mind power used by Jedis to control their enemies’ minds or move inanimate...
How to Get Good Grades: The Importance of Order and Discipline
One of the characteristics shared by kids who get good grades is a liking towards a sense of order and discipline. These are the kids who organize their notes and refrain from staying up late on school nights. For some kids, this comes naturally. Others need a bit of...
Managing Your Extracurricular Activities
When your monthly calendar is filled wall to wall with all sorts of extracurricular activities from volleyball competitions and cheering contests to science field trips, then perhaps it’s time for you to heed an age-old piece of wisdom: Anything worth doing is worth...
Are You Spending Too Much Time Online?
The average teenager is said to spend around 17 hours a week online. With this much time, what would you have done otherwise? Where would you have gone? Who would you have spent it with? If you are to compute these internet hours on a daily basis, that’s more...
Strive for Perfection
Some students shy away from perfection. After all, who wants to be unduly burdened by such a lofty ideal? But striving for perfection produces positive results especially when it comes to getting great grades. How so? Aspiring for perfection means putting your best...
Sharpen Your English Skills: Join Debates!
Friendly debates are a godsend. When you are trying to prove a point in a debate, you are not only sharpening your ability to think critically, you are also practicing your proficiency at speaking English fluently. For students, there are many benefits to engaging in...