Procrastination, time management, and balancing classes can be a student’s worst nightmare, but with the right strategies, balancing the stress of high school is possible. It’s 9 p.m. and you just came back from work. You decide to relax and spend some time decompressing. That’s when it hits you: you have an essay that’s due...
Category: Study Tips
How to approach SAT and ACT season
Oct. doesn’t just coincide with the start of fall, but also, brings about the stress of ACT and SAT tests and preoccupies the minds of many high school students. Luckily, many colleges have begun to adopt the “test-optional” policy, meaning students are given the choice whether they want to submit their standardized test scores. It...
How to succeed in core classes
As a senior, it took me three years to try to find the most reasonable ways to study. Truth be told, I found I do enjoy it when I study on my own with some good music, or an entertaining movie that I’ve watched and re-watched, as I’m fond of multitasking. I hope these tips...
Building a personalized schedule: broken down
BREAK IT DOWN. The most important part of the schedule-building process is identifying goals that a streamlined schedule will help to achieve. There are only 24 hours in a day. Crafting a routine is the first step to grasping control over a personal schedule—it helps take the challenge out of an extremely rewarding process. The...
Start the year off strong
As all grades are gearing up to return to school, many students are out of practice when it comes to a study routine. Now that I’m starting my fourth and final year of highschool, I have found many different methods of studying. This list is a few of my favorite ways to study, whether it...
New SAT Format: What to Expect
The Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, is now scheduled to take a turn to digital form by 2024. SATs have been around since 1926 and are used to determine what colleges students can get into. These tests are changing to online because they are said to be less stressful and more relevant to certain subjects....
John Stuart Mill: On Learning Things
“The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever...
School from home can mean some interesting work spaces
Annapolis, MD — Some students are finding creative ways to adapt to working from home, carving out areas where they can. Article and photos from the Annapolis Capital Gazette.
How to Survive Distance Learning, According to a Teacher
More tips from a teacher. We have found that a whiteboard is huge help in preventing awkwardly intruding on one another during classes and meetings.
Coping with Test Anxiety
Everyone gets nervous before tests. Here are some ways to help manage it.