Common Study Mistakes

Have you ever studied for hours, even days, yet still got a low score on your exam? After all the definitions you’ve memorized, the notes you’ve taken, and the copious highlighting you’ve done, you wonder how this could possibly happen. If poor test results are...

Summer Safety

While summer means seemingly endless days of fun with friends and family, always remember that too much of playing or lazing under the sun may have unpleasant effects on your health. In a tropical country like ours, for example, the temperature can get sizzling hot,...

Highlighting Not Such an Effective Learning Tool

Who can resist the colorful charms of those luminously vibrant highlighters? They’re practically requisites in every student’s pencil box with children marking important points in their textbooks with glee. But apart from livening up those dreary gray pages with...

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...