Mommy Memos
Kids look forward to the summer months because they can rest from school work and meet up with friends. But kids being kids, they’ll soon get bored with the long hours of just hanging out and will bug you about what to do next. Well, there’s a lot of stuff that your...
Winning Study Strategies
By Rossana L. Llenado I’m not only talking about new shoes, socks, clothes, notebooks, pens, notepads, pencils, books, a bag, and whatnot, although these are important because these are things that you will most likely be using for the next 10 months. But apart...
Awesome Pointers
Recession continues to be the buzzword of 2009. As Overseas Filipinos are being sent back home and companies are downsizing, families are tightening their belts as well – but at what cost? Families continue to spend for the barest necessities, including food,...
Winning Study Strategies
My 13-year-old son, who is starting on his 2nd year of high school this coming school year, asked me one time what prompted me to choose UP from among all the universities. My answer was simple: I had no choice. Coming from a working-class family, my mother impressed...
Smart Test Taking Tips
Whenever the entrance exams of the reputed top three universities draw near, we find students scrambling for their textbooks from their freshman high school year to the present. The student wonders, “Algebra first? Trigonometry? Or focus on Chemistry? What if...
