Action figures have fueled the happiness of children all over the world for decades now. While the act of playing with simulated characters goes back to Army Men, the industry didn’t really start to get huge until the 1980s when dozens of properties like Transformers, M.U.S.C.L.E.S., MASK, G.I. Joe, Thundercats, He-Man and the Masters of […]
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The “Smartphones for all” concept is currently being debated at public school districts across the nation. How do you pull that off? What are the financial and moral implications? In the following article, we’ll be examining these questions and then some. After all, smart devices are a part of our daily lives now. They’re not […]
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Job rejections can sting when you first get them. After all, you’ve sweated the details. Worried about the interview. Prepared for it. And you showed up on time dressed to the nines and ready to put your best foot forward. When you’ve gone to all that trouble and still get the form-letter rejection, it can […]
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The idea of Students with PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, often gets laughed at by older generations. But if you look at the data — and just the latest headlines — it becomes clear this is a dismissive, condescending, and flat-out wrong attitude to have. Students today are dealing with more uncertainties than ever before. […]
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Before Thanksgiving break, it’s tempting to turn off your brain and leave a lot of matters for the week after. But if you do this, you’re missing a big opportunity to take care of some small but necessary things ahead of the final stretch (and final exams). In the following article, we’ll be pointing out […]
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Your college accomplishments will probably be more important to you than high school. That’s rather obvious. But sometimes it’s difficult to gauge just how far they might follow you into the rest of your life. In other words, the decisions you start making in college tend to hang around when it comes to their impact […]
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Horror movies aren’t usually a topic you’ll see turn up on a site like 4Tests, but every Halloween, it’s tough not to get into the spirit. And since we like to share some reading recommendations from time to time, we thought we’d marry the two for a very “scholarly” celebration of the movies you may […]
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Your list of high school accomplishments is something you should start working on the minute you enroll in that first ninth-grade class. You’ve only got four years to make the most of them, so it helps to have a game plan going in — a “bucket list,” of sorts, except at the end of this […]
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We’ve discussed what to do to prepare for a job interview. But what often gets overlooked — by us and other places online — is what to do afterward. It is true that a good interview performance won’t necessarily translate into a job offer. That’s because employers tend to use a multi-layered approach in determining […]
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A job interview is your chance to shine. It may not be the only decider, but it can certainly make or break a lot of possibilities for employment. Therefore, you have to be on your A-game when you go in, whether it’s a one-on-one, panel, or remote interview. Your success depends on knowing what the […]
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