03rd January 2009
Debt is the curse of our time. We owe so much it would make our ancestors' heads spin. For some their income can cope with the repayments. For others their income simply does not cover all the outgoing and those debts are rising to ever more unsustainable...
31st December 2008
Believe
Believe, in yourself and your abilities. You don't need to impress anyone. You don't even need to share your dreams at the beginning, you just need to allow yourself to dream. Even if you don't have a clue about how you will achieve your dream, b...
14th October 2008
Stress can be good for you or it can be bad for you. There are both positive and negative stressors in life. Good or positive stressors can be things like going on vacation, putting on a party, a close baseball game, meeting a deadline, getting married, a...
06th October 2008
The traditional Halloween celebrations come round every October 31st, and these days those who enjoy the festivities the most are the children. Halloween is a time to dress up in fancy dress and take to the streets trick or treating. Some families go to a...
02nd October 2008
You want to go back to school. No, you need to go back to school, and you think an online degree program is the best way to fit an education into your busy life. Once you have made that huge, life-altering decision, the big challenge is to find the right ...
30th September 2008
Learning to spell words correctly is an important skill that will help students throughout their life. It helps with both reading and writing which are essential skills for success in today's world. This is why the weekly spelling test is such a staple at...
29th September 2008
What is memo? Who writes them? Who needs them?
There are three principle methods of written communication in the professions: letters, memos, and emails. While most businesses and organizations use all three on a regular basis, it is the memo that is t...
26th September 2008
The Power of Positive Thinking is the title of a best-selling book by the late Norman Vincent Peale. Thousands of people claim that the Power of Positive Thinking was a major factor in achieving their success.
Is it really the biggest factor in becomin...
26th September 2008
Technical writing, sometimes called business writing, is writing for a specific purpose and with a specific goal. Usually its goal is to inform/instruct or persuade/argue. Technical writing can really be considered transactional writing because there are ...
05th September 2008
Many students accumulate a number of loans during their stay in college. This is most often associated with their their day to day cost of living in obtaining their college degree.
The high cost of education makes students take up these loans. In other...
05th September 2008
Investing in your continuing education? What is it and why do it? It sounds a bit boring doesn't it? No way! It's about life. Your life, and future. And the future of your family, community and the planet. What could be more exciting?
The reasons for g...
07th July 2008
The words "Schools Out For Summer" strike joy into the hearts of children and often a sigh of relief for parents who are just as eager to take a break from homework as their progeny. However taking a complete break from the books for the entire summer can...
11th May 2008
Parenting is the toughest, most important job most people will ever encounter and yet there is no license required, no training required, and no 24/7 hotline. This is rather short-sighted on the part of society as the cost of bad parenting is immense, but...
08th May 2008
There is a huge market for parenting classes in this busy world. Many people find that they do not know how to balance their jobs as parents with their occupational goals, so they attend parenting classes to get some advice and to get some grounding in te...
08th May 2008
There are many different aspects of parenting that qualify as alternative parenting, including Christian parenting, gay parenting and surrogate parenting. All of these are somewhat normative in that they involve loving sets of parents that take care of th...
