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Nifty Notepaper

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

I’m a complete geek when it comes to all things study-skill related. Some of you might be reading this because you attended my Study Skills for Super Students workshop – welcome!  One of the notetaking methods I didn’t have time to explain in class is known as the Cornell Method. In a nutshell: Write all [...]

Orientation 09-10

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Hoping this works! Here is the orientation presentation for both campuses. Please let me know if you have any questions. Click the link to download the powerpoint slides. Orientation 2009-10 (If you don’t have powerpoint installed, you can download a viewer here: http://tinyurl.com/3ywowm )

Rest. Relax. Calm Down.

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

What? Don’t you know school is about to begin? There are supplies to buy, lessons to plan, and schedules to create.  Shh…  Contemplate this: “Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish, even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds [...]

The Apprentice: Year Two

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Last year at this time, my first visit to Charlotte, I was a scared first year apprentice with the Circe Institute. This year I’m not as worried, plus I actually read the assignment beforehand! (Hmm…remind me to talk about this in my upcoming study skills workshop!) Yesterday’s lesson was all about the 3 problems of [...]