Does it Really Matter Which Child is at the Top of His Class?

Does it Really Matter Which Child is at the Top of His Class?Does it really matter to you whether a child is at the top of their class or not? Or maybe you think it doesn't matter if the child is the best in the world. The only thing that really matters is your child's education. If you think that the time, money and effort spent in having the child in the top of his class makes more sense than a child that does not seem to have any problems, then you should have a serious talk with yourself about it.The problem with not having good tutoring services is that it means that the parents who can't afford to spend money on these will be out the pocket. If they are out the pocket, the child will probably be in the same condition as he was before, with no progress being made and no help coming to them.Even if the tutoring services are cheap, the cost that the child will pay is still a lot of money and the results that the child will get from them might be poor. How is a child supposed to do well when he gets the help of someone else?Not having good tutoring services, and keeping the child in his place is like sending him back to kindergarten. There is no point in making sure that he excels, when he will not be given a chance to learn.A parent who wants their child to get into a good school and to graduate needs to have him in a good school. And when the parents want to have the best for their child, they need to make sure that he has the best.A good tutor who is getting paid well is not going to charge more for tutoring services because of the expense involved. You should be able to get good tutors at a lower price.There are plenty of free online tutoring services available that will help you help your child with his homework and tutoring. All you need to do is to find one which suits your budget and the type of child you want your child to be.

Worlds Toughest Job

Worlds Toughest Job What is the worlds toughest job? Any guesses? Does it involve danger? Is it emotionally draining? Does it require  intelligence? Watch this interview, but STOP at 2 minutes 45 seconds and guess the job in comments! Dont Cheat!How much do you understand?1. List 2 different ways that he breaks the ice at the beginning of the interview.2. What is the job title? Is there a possibility the job title will change?3. Is the job physically easy?4. How much are you required to work?5. When do you get to eat your lunch?6. What kind of education would the ideal candidate have?7. What is required of you during the holidays?8. What are the job candidates reaction to the job requirements?9. How much do you get paid?10. What is the job?Happy Mothers Day to all our students that are mothers and all our teachers that are mothers! If you arent a mother give your mom some love today! Happy Mothers Day! The toughest job in the world!

Five Tips from Huntington Learning Center on Filling Out College Applications

Five Tips from Huntington Learning Center on Filling Out College Applications Theres a lot for teens to do when it comes to preparing to go to college. The journey starts early in high school, but as teens near the time when they need to submit applications, Eileen Huntington of Huntington Learning Center reminds parents that the volume of to-dos increases substantially. The college application is actually a substantial package of information that admissions officers use to evaluate students, so its important that teens allow plenty of time to assemble everything that will bolster them as candidates, says Huntington. She offers five tips for teens as they work on those college applications: Develop a timeline and detailed to-do list. At a minimum, teens must be aware of SAT/ACT dates (and registration deadlines), college application due dates (regular and early decision/early action) and all deadlines associated with the other materials colleges might request (e.g. recommendation letters), which vary from college to college (see tip #2). The College Boards college application checklist is a general list of the documents and tasks that most colleges need completed. Look to the colleges themselves for application tips and requirements. Many colleges and universities use the Common Application for basic information, but most also require quite a bit of supplemental material. Teens would be wise to visit college or university websites to get a clear understanding of what they request of applicants (and to review any tips or resources). Establish an organizational system. Once teens identify schools to which they plan to apply and assemble all due dates and requirements mentioned in tips #1-2, they need to create files for each collegeboth hard copy and on their computersto store all documents. Teens should update those college-specific checklists and keep them on hand. Follow all directions and be thorough. Yes, there are many tasks to complete in anticipation of college, but most colleges try to make things simple. Teens must review directions and the application steps provided on each colleges website carefully and thoroughly. Being diligent about following directions will prevent teens from skipping steps or submitting incomplete information. Devote time to the essay. If colleges recommend or require personal essays, teens should give them the attention they deserve. They need to choose appropriate topics that address the essay prompts, plan ahead to make the essay poignant and powerful, and write multiple drafts. Its also important to allow sufficient time for editing, ask for feedback on the essay from one or more teachers, and do a final proofread of the essay before considering it final. Last but certainly not least, Huntington reminds teens to put forth their very bet effort. College applications are students best chance to prove to colleges that they deserve to be accepted for admission, she says. Students should seize that opportunity by showing that theyve put in the work and by presenting themselves as strong candidates. Our advice to students is to work hard in school and get tutoring help when needed. Retake that SAT or ACT if they want to raise their scores. Ask for letters of recommendation from the teachers who see their potential, and give those teachers time to craft something compelling. Write a great essay. Then, pull it all together to create the best application possible. For more information about Huntington Learning Centers services to prepare students for college success, contact Huntington at 1-800 CAN LEARN or visit www.huntingtonhelps.com.

italki Team Language Challenge Week 1 Update

italki Team Language Challenge Week 1 Update The italki team is taking  the 2015 New Years Language Challenge How much Chinese can they learn in 20 hours? 3 members of the team at italki are taking the language challenge to improve their skill in Mandarin. Each of them will have 20 hours of lessons between January and February. Can you do better than them?  Check out their original Public Video Pledges that they made at the beginning of the Challenge here. Aimé, Intern Week 1 In this first week I’ve managed to complete 3 hours of lessons with my teacher Lea. I’m still feeling pretty confident about the challenge and the goals that I set out for myself, although it is a lot harder than I anticipated. I’m having the most trouble with my pronunciation but my teacher assures me that with lots of practice outside our lessons I will start to see improvements. Before we started the challenge I had a talk with my teacher about my Language challenge goals and she believes its doable if I commit myself and trust myself for the next six weeks and she assured me she will do everything possible to help me achieve my goals. My goal for the first week was to memorize about 4-5 sentences but unfortunately I came a little short, as I’ve been able to only memorize 3. Going into the second week I am a lot more determined to practicing by myself and working on my pronunciation. My goal this week is to learn 5 new sentences and to start using them around the office. Josie, Services Week 1 After the first of the language challenge I unfortunately have not been able to take any lessons yet. I’m feeling a little nervous as my schedule has all of a sudden gotten fuller, so taking lessons after work isn’t as easy I thought it would. Also my Internet connection has been bad lately so that doesn’t help much. Fortunately I have my teacher on WeChat now so it’s a lot easier for us to communicate. We have not talked much about the challenge yet but she is aware that I am taking the challenge and would like to use have as my teacher. I told her what my goals were for this language challenge and she was able to send me an online book to help me get started, which I have found to be very helpful. I also asked her to give me some homework because otherwise I won’t work as hard. My goals for this next week is to get at least 2 lessons and sit down and study for at least 3 hours. I want to be able to put my notes on flashcards to help with my vocabulary but I haven’t been able to find them anywhere. I’m really hoping my second week of the challenge goes better than my first week but I’m still very confident I am going to kick Kartick and Aimé’s butts in this challenge. Karthik, Data Scientist Week 1 After the first week of the challenge I have been able to get 1 hour of lessons under my belt. I’m starting to feel a little anxious, 20 hours is a lot! I thought taking 1 lesson every other day would be easy but in the evenings after work, its usually hard for me to focus on much. My teacher and I have discussed my goals for this language challenge and she assured me she would make lessons geared towards a more conversational focus that are appropriate for my level, context, and needs. My goals for this upcoming week are to be able to introduce myself, memorize 20 words of fruits and vegetables and have a 30 seconds conversation. I think I will be able to meet my learning goals for week 2 but I’m afraid I might now meet my session goals once again. italki Team Language Challenge Week 1 Update The italki team is taking  the 2015 New Years Language Challenge How much Chinese can they learn in 20 hours? 3 members of the team at italki are taking the language challenge to improve their skill in Mandarin. Each of them will have 20 hours of lessons between January and February. Can you do better than them?  Check out their original Public Video Pledges that they made at the beginning of the Challenge here. Aimé, Intern Week 1 In this first week I’ve managed to complete 3 hours of lessons with my teacher Lea. I’m still feeling pretty confident about the challenge and the goals that I set out for myself, although it is a lot harder than I anticipated. I’m having the most trouble with my pronunciation but my teacher assures me that with lots of practice outside our lessons I will start to see improvements. Before we started the challenge I had a talk with my teacher about my Language challenge goals and she believes its doable if I commit myself and trust myself for the next six weeks and she assured me she will do everything possible to help me achieve my goals. My goal for the first week was to memorize about 4-5 sentences but unfortunately I came a little short, as I’ve been able to only memorize 3. Going into the second week I am a lot more determined to practicing by myself and working on my pronunciation. My goal this week is to learn 5 new sentences and to start using them around the office. Josie, Services Week 1 After the first of the language challenge I unfortunately have not been able to take any lessons yet. I’m feeling a little nervous as my schedule has all of a sudden gotten fuller, so taking lessons after work isn’t as easy I thought it would. Also my Internet connection has been bad lately so that doesn’t help much. Fortunately I have my teacher on WeChat now so it’s a lot easier for us to communicate. We have not talked much about the challenge yet but she is aware that I am taking the challenge and would like to use have as my teacher. I told her what my goals were for this language challenge and she was able to send me an online book to help me get started, which I have found to be very helpful. I also asked her to give me some homework because otherwise I won’t work as hard. My goals for this next week is to get at least 2 lessons and sit down and study for at least 3 hours. I want to be able to put my notes on flashcards to help with my vocabulary but I haven’t been able to find them anywhere. I’m really hoping my second week of the challenge goes better than my first week but I’m still very confident I am going to kick Kartick and Aimé’s butts in this challenge. Karthik, Data Scientist Week 1 After the first week of the challenge I have been able to get 1 hour of lessons under my belt. I’m starting to feel a little anxious, 20 hours is a lot! I thought taking 1 lesson every other day would be easy but in the evenings after work, its usually hard for me to focus on much. My teacher and I have discussed my goals for this language challenge and she assured me she would make lessons geared towards a more conversational focus that are appropriate for my level, context, and needs. My goals for this upcoming week are to be able to introduce myself, memorize 20 words of fruits and vegetables and have a 30 seconds conversation. I think I will be able to meet my learning goals for week 2 but I’m afraid I might now meet my session goals once again.

National Poetry Month in April - Get your Child into Loving Reading Writing - ALOHA Mind Math

National Poetry Month in April - Get your Child into Loving Reading Writing Started in 1996, National Poetry Month is celebrated every April in the U.S. Poetry is one of the most creative types of writing and can help get some kids excited about words and writing. Fostering a love of language and of reading and writing is central to ALOHA’s programs. It can be a fun way to get interactive with words, in a way that often leads to deeper understanding, which is a Common Core goal as well. From Poetry.com, the sponsor of this month-long event, click to see 30 ways to celebrate Poetry this month, or year-round. For young children concrete or shape poems can be away into poetry and writing they can draw a simple shape of something they love like a baseball or a dog or whatever easy shape but make it take up most of the piece of paper. Then they can write sentences along the various lines about what is it they love about and why they love baseball, dogs or an apple or pear, writing the words along the the lines of the simple shape they drew. Click here for a worksheet with more ideas if your kids want to try this. The next simplest forms of poetry for children to understand and write is the Haiku this can work for younger and older students as well. An ancient poetic form from Japan, one of its most famous haiku writers was Basho a Japanese samurai warrior in the 1600s. A haiku is a poem made of three lines, 17 syllables total, broken up into 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line and 5 syllables in thethird line. Haikus do not rhyme. Traditionally they refer to a seasonand are often about nature, but if you are in an urban environmentyou could adapt it. Click here for a resource page about the haiku. Here is another site with examples of poems that can be read and study materials about them that work with the Common Core standards. The poems and exercises are separated by grade level and include multimedia content like podcasts and interactive sites.Click here for that site.You might also check out events in your local area for Poetry Month events. Hearing others read poetry aloud can also get older kids interested in the written and spoken word. Click here for that site.

Ask a Nerd! What kind of tech should I use to help me study

Ask a Nerd! What kind of tech should I use to help me study Ask a Nerd! Q: What kind of technology should I use to help me study? There are way too many choices! Brief: You are right that there are more apps and E-organizers out there than any of us can try so it’s important to start simple and see what works for you. Since school is just a few days away I recommend starting with the basics and building from there (READ: 10 Things to Do Prior to the Start of the School Year). Answer The first thing that you need to do is find a simple, user-friendly app that will help you remember when all of your assignments are due (see our earlier article about back to school apps). Because you have been off of your normal school schedule, the first two weeks are essential when it comes to either staying ahead or falling behind the best way to get the rust off and not fall behind is with the help of an Orange County private tutor. Try an app like Keep Track Of Homework, which can send you reminders and where you can input the contact information of fellow students. It’s a good old fashioned daily planner for the techno age. You can also replace all of those highlighters, pens, pencils and lined paper with the Notability app, which is essentially the compact electronic version of what I used back in the day. Once you are entirely organized it’s time to think about academics. At the very least you will be working on math, English and US history. US history is taught in a way that requires the memorization of a multitude of dates. Try out the US History Timeline app (free) so that you can have all of the important dates at your fingertips. This one is pretty simple and should be used to jog your memory when you are studying for a test or figuring out cause and effect in historical events. For math practice, I suggest getting the Desmos Calculator, which is way better than what I had when I was a high school student. For English class you will want to be familiar with literary devices and grammar rules. Try out the Grammar Up app, so that when your teacher asks you what a “conditional” is, you will know the answer, or at least find it out really fast (READ: 5 Awesome SAT Apps). If this is your first year in high school, I suggest keeping it simple. You will have a lot going on this term and the last thing you need to worry about is how and when to study. Keep the technology simple to start out and then add the apps and other pertinent study tools when needed.On the other hand, if you are starting your first AP class (or classes) or if you are studying for the all important SAT exam (have you booked your private Irvine SAT tutor? If youre taking it this fall, dont wait too long), then organization is the ultimate key to your success. You no longer have time to worry about things like when your assignments are due or when your private tutor is coming (READ: 6 Awesome Apps for Back to School). Get yourself organized by the end of the first week of school at the very latest. 21st century education is asking much more of your time than it did of the previous generation but it is also handing you a myriad of super cool technological tools to help you get started and to keep going throughout the academic year. Have a question for one of our nerds? Tweet it to us @TutorNerds. Give yourself the TutorNerds advantage by checking back often for the latest in our “Ask a Nerd” series. All blog entries, with the exception of guest bloggers, are written by Tutor Nerds. Are you an education professional? If so, email us at info@tutornerds.com for guest blogging and collaborations. We want to make this the best free education resource in SoCal, so feel free to suggest what you would like to see us post about. The beginning of a new school year is crucial for establishing a strong academic performance. In other words, if your child wants to reach his or her potential, they can’t fall behind from the start. Hiring an Orange County private tutor is much more than extra academic help, it’s a confidence boost. Have your child be the first to raise their hand in the classroom by hiring a college educated tutor from TutorNerds. Contact us today!

Chemistry Definition - How Important Is The Definition?

Chemistry Definition - How Important Is The Definition?During a heated discussion at work, some coworkers would ask me the chemical definition of 'significant figures'. The answers that I gave to them were such that it was either hilarious or mildly confusing to them. They came up with all sorts of words that, you could find more about in the sections below.Stokes and Huggins' Chemical Equation are the most famous Chemical Definition. However, it does not make much sense in itself. Why did we need that?For starters, Stokes' equation is a very simple equation. It includes only the chemical elements, 'NH', and,' 2P', which are the basis of all chemical reactions. On top of that, it is also non-specific. All we need to know is what reactions can be induced by adding those two elements.But as soon as you start to discover more complex reactions like the reaction of ammonia with water, Stokes' equation starts to make sense. At first, it was difficult to understand what we are getting into . But when you learn about the different chemical reactions between ammonia and water, you will find that it makes a lot of sense. Or at least, it should make sense to the person who used to use it.Of course, Stokes' equation is now being used in many universities and colleges to teach chemistry and chemical analysis. And the equation is also used in the official scientific reports and to describe the chemical reactions that are taking place during analytical experiments. The reason why it is popular is because it is easy to understand, and because it gives a good overview about the various chemical reactions.The next chemical definition I heard was that, 'You cannot use Stokes' equation to describe organic chemistry, because it doesn't mention any chemical reactions that involve chemicals other than oxygen and nitrogen. However, this statement is based on misunderstandings, which are easily refuted in other ways.You can easily relate Stokes' equation to other reactions that involve gases, like Gas Chromatography. In fact, that's the reason why the students in the introductory courses of gas chromatography come to know that the study of Stokes' equation is important in their life. No matter what you do, if you want to really understand how Stokes' equation works, then you have to study Gas Chromatography.