by Sarah Green | Jan 28, 2015 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Accept and except “Accept” means to receive something, while “except” refers to excluding something. Examples: I’ll gladly accept the award. I like all of the Beatles except Ringo Starr. Affect and effect “Affect” is a verb that means to influence something,...
by Sarah Green | Jan 13, 2015 | News, Student Issues
United States President Barack Obama has proposed a plan for two free years of community college for all American workers. Obama’s goal is to make community college education as common and ubiquitous as a high school education. If the plan is adopted in all 50 states,...
by Sarah Green | Jan 9, 2015 | Student Issues
Transferring between colleges can be a very difficult process. Some students go to community college and decide to transfer to a four-year school to save money, while others simply find that their current school doesn’t fit with their desires and need a change....
by Sarah Green | Dec 4, 2014 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The revised Advanced Placement US History curriculum, commonly known as APUSH for the sake of brevity, is once again coming under fire. This time, the North Carolina State Board of Education and the College Board will discuss APUSH. We have written before about this...
by Sarah Green | Nov 17, 2014 | Student Issues
With the winter holidays right around the corner, now is the perfect time to start planning for finals week. Yes, studying for those end-of-term exams should be paramount, but don’t forget that surviving finals week means more than just cramming for tests. Here are...
