Career roadblocks are something everyone faces as they enter and move through the workforce. It’s just a fact-of-life. But so long as “you do you,” anything can be overcome. The real problem starts when the obstacles aren’t created by situations but by character flaws. Students need to be aware of what these character flaws are […]
read more →
The push for digital decluttering has gained momentum across every technologically active generation. While our devices are still very much capable of sending us off down rabbit holes of information and entertainment, the harmful effects of too much tech is starting to become widely known. That’s why you see more and more people recommending less […]
read more →
MLK Quotes always pick up in popularity this time of year, with good reason. It can be easy to dismiss the impact that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had — and continues to have — on society when you didn’t grow up in his era. So it’s important to keep the dream alive and remember […]
read more →
“Adulting skills” may be a relatively new term, but there’s nothing new at all about the concept. It’s basically fresh verbiage for the concept of “growing up.” We all share the same apprehension for growing up. And we also share the reality there’s nothing we can do to escape it. Not if we wish to […]
read more →
Recommendation letters can be difficult to ask for, especially when you consider yourself an introvert like some of us around here. For those of you who don’t, you could still benefit from the points we’re about to discuss. What you’ll find as the details of each section starts to emerge is this: A recommendation for […]
read more →
Morning routines are helpful for anyone who’s ever had difficulty getting up, out of bed, and to class on time. They’re also great for those of you who simply want to avoid a Battery-1st Charge on the “morning person” in your life. We know it isn’t easy facing the day head-on, but we also know […]
read more →
As we near the end of the year, your educational goals — like others — are likely coming closer into focus. How many did you accomplish? What’s left on the docket? Is any of it possible in the next few days? If you’re like us, this time of introspection can be simultaneously disappointing and reinvigorating. […]
read more →
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 […]
read more →
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 […]
read more →
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 […]
read more →
