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Oct 2008
Planning for college starts before high school
October 28, 2008 12:00 PM Filed in: All Levels
I
am a single working mother of three with a degree in
psychology yet I’m an administrative assistant who
had to learn on the job. I started this job at
$18,000 and have worked up to $40,000 but am afraid I
am reaching my peak. I still have a fifth, seventh
and eighth grader to get through college. Yet look at
what college did
not do for me! My
kids deserve to have a better future. Is there
anything I can do? Read
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College remedial courses
October 21, 2008 12:00 PM Filed in: College
I
just came from a school council meeting where parents
were furious because of low achievement test scores.
These are the same people that put stickers on their
cars saying their child is an A student. How can you
love your child’s school one day and hate it the
next? When they give our children good grades,
they’re great but when they flunk standardized tests,
our schools are bad?Read
more...
Understanding the PSAT
October 14, 2008 12:00 PM Filed in: High School
My
son’s school recently sent a notice home saying he
would be taking the PSAT on October
15th.
What is the PSAT and what do I need to do?
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Advice for a lifetime for college freshmen
October 07, 2008 12:00 PM Filed in: College
Someone asked
for advice to give a young person leaving the
nest. It can be found in Shakespeare's Hamlet,
Act I, Scene iii. Lord Polonius’s son, Laertes is
going to France, but this applies even for a move
across town...Read
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