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Health & Fitness > Fitness & Exercise Tips Why exercise variety leads to fitness success: 1 of 15

Imagine a basketball player who spends his entire workout, every day, running sprints up and down a basketball court. His legs become toned, his heart strong, and he soon becomes the fastest sprinter on his team. Game day comes, and when his team gets to take the ball out, he sprints faster than every player on the court to ...
Education > Secondary School Issues Should high school students be required to volunteer in community service projects?: 3 of 30

Community service projects are wonderful ways to show high school students the value of hard work and the impact they can have on their environment, but as many will point out, requiring students to participate in this kind of activity will make them view it as work: servitude rather than service. The students will see compl...
Education > Study Skills & Test Taking Do final exams help or hinder the education process?: 2 of 19

When devised correctly, exams do help the education process, especially if they serve as a motivator to keep up in the course and stay active to ensure preparedness. The main problem with a lot of final exams in the past was their reliance solely on the memorization of facts, figures, formulas, people, dates, etc. Students w...
Education > Non-Traditional College Students Benefits of living at home during college: 1 of 8

Most students are ready to get out of their house by the end of high school and try living life "on their own" in the experimental structure known as college. Still, there are some benefits to living at home during college: whether or not they outweigh the benefits of living on campus, I'll leave up to you. 1) Finances: this...
Health & Fitness > Fitness & Exercise Tips Journal your exercise program: 2 of 12

No matter what a person's level of fitness experience is, and no matter what kind of workout routine a person is using, everyone can benefit from keeping a journal to log their exercise program. Here's how to do it right: Motivate Yourself From the moment you write "Workout Journal" on the front cover of a notebook, the jour...
Health & Fitness > Kidney & Urologic Diseases How to massage the prostate to check for prostate cancer: 1 of 5

Performing a prostate massage yourself cannot replace having a digital rectal exam by a physician; however, it can be done in between yearly physicals as an added interval check for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most commom form of cancer for men. Examining your prostate six months after your most recent physical c...
Education > Homework & Testing Tips for successfully completing a writing assignment: 2 of 9

Writing is a very personalized process, but there are a few things about writing assignments that everyone can pay attention to in order to ease that process. Writing assignments generally have three parameters: 1) theme, 2) length, and 3) a deadline. Many assignments have more than this, and some don't include all, but thes...
Education > Educational Philosophy The benefits and the drawbacks to block scheduling: 2 of 8

Block scheduling was implemented in several middle schools and high schools across America in the 1990's, with the expectation that it would increase student learning. Years later, the system's effectiveness is still under investigation as more and more benefits and drawbacks are uncovered. Some expected benefits and drawbac...
Education > College Study Tips Setting and achieving goals in college: 1 of 4

College is all about setting and achieving goals. For many, getting into college was a goal in itself, and now that it has been achieved it is time to sit down and figure out what your next set of goals will be! Students have short-term and long-term goals. As a college student, a short-term goal may be to attain a certain G...
Education > College Courses & Majors Choosing your major in college: 3 of 11

Choosing your major in college can be overwhelming; there are so many majors available and so many careers available through them. You may not have found your "calling," or you may feel fairly evenly spread in skill and interest across many areas of study. The good news is that accomplishing this task can be simplified by as...