And no, it's not the kind where seven people are picked to live in a house. In our editorial intern's final post, she tells you all the things you shouldn't waste your time worrying about in this time of inevitable worries---graduation. Hi all, Today is my last day as an intern at eNotes. Because they’re promoting…
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The Beginnings of a Sea Change
In an area of Nigeria that is "as densely populated as Paris" but contains only one primary school, innovative architecture aims to make education available to all. In the water community of Makoko just off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria, an exciting new project attempts to turn the tide of limited education and unstable infrastructure.…
Digital Learning Day Brings Technology into the Classroom
Yesterday marked the second annual celebration of "Digital Learning Day," the culmination of a year-long focus to utilize the power of technology in more classrooms nationwide. But we're not just talking about throwing iPads into classrooms in the hopes of engaging students' short attention spans. No, the ideas employed in classrooms and libraries around the…
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How College Is Like That Juicy Hamburger You Just Don’t Want to End
Just come with us on this one... eNotes' intern offers more advice on how to savor college and prep for the real world, which in foodie-terms can only be likened to that salad bar at the Souplantation--a bottomless pit of just "meh." So, now that we've livened your spirits... Picture this. You’re at a restaurant,…
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“Mediocris Scholaris”: The Average Student Scholarship Contest
Whether you're preparing to attend college or you're already there, you'll probably have figured out by now that applying for scholarships to fulfill that expensive education is almost as difficult and as time consuming as attaining the degree itself. With the massive amount of competition out there, you might feel you have about the same…
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Catcher in the Rye To Be Dropped from Curriculum? Puh-lease
New Common Core Standards drop classic novels in favor of "informational texts." The US school system will undergo some big changes within the next two years, chiefly due to a decision to remove a good deal of classic novels from the curriculum, or so the recent media reports would have you think. The idea behind…
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Two Tales of Campus Fails
Ahh... idyllic picture of college life, mais non? Well, recently on American campuses, two not-so-wonderful events transpired. Fail Numero Uno: Let's begin with that bastion of the Ivy League, Cornell University. It seems that the school's stalwart repositories of knowledge, its libraries, have been used for some non-academic purposes, namely the filming of pornographic videos.…
No More Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room: Tracking Chips On the Rise for Junior High and High School Students
I have a child in junior high and a child in high school. Every day, both of them must wear their school-issued identification card on a lanyard around their necks at all times. The doors to their schools are locked at 8:30 a.m. After being checked out on a video camera and buzzed in, parents…