Archive for the ‘ Studying ’ Category

CourseSmart Launches First Mobile Web App For eTextbooks

Technology and education coming together to make college students smarter, faster, better! I’m so excited I can barely keep my pants on![ READ MORE ]

This Is What Professors Think About When You’ve Answered the Question Absolutely Wrong

Ever wonder what your profs think about you and your wretched performance after you’ve fully hosed a final exam answer? Female Science Professor writes her ponderings so we can all know how our eff-ups can throw our professor for a loop. [ READ MORE ]

10 Things College Students Waste Money On

Forbes has an article up on the 10 Things College Students Waste Money On. Tuition seems to be the least avoidable item on the list, but textbooks and school supplies are certainly full of frugal options. [ READ MORE ]

Five Commandments For College Freshmen

It’s difficult to balance the learning part with the taking advantage of everything college life offers, but you’ll figure it out eventually. I hosed Fall Term of my freshman year pretty well, but I maintained a life and a solid GPA after that. Good luck, everyone. Here's some advice from me[ READ MORE ]

Marijuana Use and Dull-Wittedness

The question thousands of high school and college students want to know the answer to: Does Marijuana Make You Stupid? Jonah Lehrer at The Frontal Cortex has the answer[ READ MORE ]

CourseSmart Research Reveals College Students Lerve Their Digital Devices

The findings further reveal that students are completely dependent on technologies—eReaders, Smartphones, laptops and more—to get through their daily college routine. Nearly all of the students surveyed (98%) own a digital device. And 38% of students surveyed said that they could not go more than 10 minutes without checking in with their tech device—about the same amount of time it takes to walk to class[ READ MORE ]

Leave My Caffeine Addiction Alone, Scientists

Caffeine may not be considered as beneficial as scarfing down 5 pounds of organic kale, but it’s not the worst chemical we humans suck up. I feel particularly justified in my caffeine use/addiction as I don’t drink alcohol or smoke or have any recreational chemical habits of any kind. If I didn’t need caffeine, what else would I have to lose when the apocalypse comes? [ READ MORE ]

Some People Choose Anxiety

Researchers studying highly anxious people were intrigued to find that the more twitchy humans among us don’t necessarily want the sources of our anxiety to be dealt with; we like our high anxiety levels where they are, so back the hell off. It’s free, it’s legal, and it’s an awesome rush. [ READ MORE ]

Epic Procrastination Inspiration

It's pretty much just fear keeping everyone going. In this situation, procrastination can reach epic levels of profundity[ READ MORE ]

There’s Always Money In the Banana Stand*

These bothersome fixations are not at all interesting except to some annoying-ass bit of my grey matter, which has no effing business using its precious energy on anything but my quest for badass knowledge-acquisition and the pulling of me through reality in one piece[ READ MORE ]