I’ve always used the one-spiral-notebook-per-class tactic of note-taking.
This past year in college, though, I noticed some students taking their notes on loose-leaf paper, and keeping them securely organized in three ring binders. This struck me as a much better way of doing it– with a three-ring-binder, you can easily change, insert, move around, or even [...]
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A different note-taking strategy
Posted in college, education, learning, nontraditional students, school, tagged college, cornell notes, education, learning, nontraditional students, note-taking, notes, school, study skills on July 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Possible savings on textbooks this fall!
Posted in college, education, financial aid, school, tagged books, college, financial aid, student loans, textbook prices, textbooks on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This looks really promising: Four Reasons Textbook Costs Will Drop (from US News & World Report).
I thought I was doing well by getting used textbooks through Amazon, but there are some really interesting options developing– e-textbooks and textbook rental.
Also, I’m thrilled to see lawmakers doing something to help students! (Although the cynical side of me [...]
Back to school supplies
Posted in college, education, money, nontraditional students, school, tagged back to school, budget, college, education, money, office supplies, saving money, school, school supplies on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Much like Christmas, “Back to School” seems to starts a little bit earlier every year.
My local Wal-Mart is already assembling their big school supplies section, complete with an impressive array of Dark Knight backpacks and Dora the Explorer lunch boxes. Suffice to say, the Big Box selection isn’t always relevant to the non-traditional student, but [...]
Bush: the economy is “basically sound”. Ha.
Posted in college, financial aid, money, tagged bank of america, banking, banks, college, economics, economy, education, FAFSA, financial aid, stafford loans, student aid, student loans on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From this morning’s New York Times:
“My hope is — is that people take a deep breath and realize that their deposits are protected by our government,” the president said. He added that economic growth “was not the growth we’d like” but expressed confidence that the country would overcome “a time of uncertainty.” The nation’s troubled [...]
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Spammers among the blog commenters
Posted in college, financial aid, money, tagged blog comment, college, education, FAFSA, financial aid, pell grant, spam, spammer on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My blog comment spam filter caught this gem sometime last month:
A little hard to read up there: “It is tiring attempting the compute the hours we’ve used up searching for pell grant web pages.”
Now, I don’t have a lot of patience for spam and self-promotion in my blog comment area. It’s a rampant marketing tactic, [...]
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