Posts Tagged ‘ school ’

Poetic Memorization

Hilarious bit about what happens when students are made to memorize great poetical works and can recite them at will for life, even when drunk and wandering the streets in the dead of night. [ READ MORE ]

Tightly Wound Parental Units

The parents who will be driving their offspring to insanity as soon as the kids can spell S-A-T start in on the psychotic haranguing early[ READ MORE ]

For-Profit Success vs. Not-For-Profit Failure

I don’t want to agree with Michael Platt that for-profit schools succeed and not-for-profit schools are seemingly always in financial straits, but he makes a certain amount of sense[ READ MORE ]

How To Pull Yourself Up After Everything Falls Apart

If you’re a lucky bastard, this will only happen to you once or twice in your life: Everything will fall apart, either through your own doing or just because when the universe flings poo, it has to land somewhere and this time it hit you[ READ MORE ]

Feds Will Require Better Numbers From For-Profit Colleges

Starting in July 2011, for-profit schools, like DeVry and Phoenix, will be required to tell prospective students statistical facts concerning the school’s track records in two specific areas: Graduation rates and post-graduation job placement rates. [ READ MORE ]

Maybe It’s Better Not to Know What Kids Think

It’s cringe-y and funny and it just upset me and made me laugh until I snurfed green tea out my nose. I think you should read it too. Chag Holland is Cynical Dad and he is capable of making your day better. I help out in my daughter’s class. I used to just do simple [ READ MORE ]

Spring Balance

This may help to put it all in perspective for any higher-education seekers and providers who may be having a difficult time embracing Spring and letting go ever so slightly[ READ MORE ]

Backing Up School Brands With Quality

Colleges and universities cannot rely only upon their good name to continually rake in the higher-education-pursuing masses; schools have to back their rep up with solid output. [ READ MORE ]

Plan B: How to Salvage a Broken Work/School Day

There are days when one must finally succumb to reality and admit that despite the intense need and desire to beat the To Do List into submission, the day that was once full of productivity possibility is FUBAR to the fullest extent of that term and Plan B is the only viable option. [ READ MORE ]