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...

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...