Comments for Educated Nation http://www.educatednation.com A higher education blog about news, humor, advice, and opinion on education, college degrees, university life and careers. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on The 10 Most Expensive Public Medical Schools For In-State Students by Alvin Edwards http://www.educatednation.com/2011/12/31/the-10-most-expensive-public-medical-schools-for-in-state-students/comment-page-1/#comment-168090 Alvin Edwards Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:15:53 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/?p=2604#comment-168090 Education is so important, but becoming more expensive and harder to obtain. We must all support each other to be the best we can be. As a doctor, I recognize the importance of following your dreams – unfortuntely, so many cannot.

]]> Comment on Poetic Memorization by Dixie Dursteler http://www.educatednation.com/2012/01/03/poetic-memorization/comment-page-1/#comment-168083 Dixie Dursteler Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:38:18 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/?p=2611#comment-168083 It is never too late to start memorizing poems that strike your fancy. Nice to have that bit of art in your mind to give you pleasure whenever!

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]]> Comment on Being Smart Enough To Ask For Help by Josh http://www.educatednation.com/2011/12/01/being-smart-enough-to-ask-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-167906 Josh Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:31:59 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/?p=2556#comment-167906 Good article. As a college student I sometimes find myself not asking for help when I know I should. I think we get somewhat scared for no reason.

]]> Comment on SATs and Chilling Out, For Eff’s Sake by Simple Country Physicist http://www.educatednation.com/2011/11/05/sats-and-chilling-out-for-effs-sake/comment-page-1/#comment-167762 Simple Country Physicist Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:22:14 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/?p=2533#comment-167762 Similar experience, reverse conditions. I was told by teachers I had to take the SAT and ACT tests to apply for college but it was portrayed to me as nothing more than a formality, a ticket punch as it were. The most onerous parts of the experiences, which were only a couple of weeks apart, were getting pencils (I am a mechanical pencil guy,) and being cool for a hour or so after I finished the test and had checked it thrice. My little bubble of complacency got shattered a few weeks later when the scores came in and I found out how important they were from the frantic kids.

]]> Comment on Michelle Obama Supports Girls in STEM Majors and Careers by Brian http://www.educatednation.com/2011/10/26/michelle-obama-supports-girls-in-stem-majors-and-careers/comment-page-1/#comment-167745 Brian Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:40:38 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/?p=2505#comment-167745 In my personal experience, it is FAR easier to go from math/science to the humanities than the other way around. Many people fear that students will never be able to do any humanities with the STEM program, but if they don’t have the building blocks of science/math early on, they may never get them.

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