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3 steps to overcome your fear of class participation | USA TODAY College
Afraid to speak up in class? Here are some tips on how to make class participation easier.
When you walk out of your last exam
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Schools that Fit Your Need(s): Schools with the Best Need-Based Financial Aid
What greatly shaped my college list was my need for financial aid, and lots of it. I mean, TONS of it. Are you in my shoes, trying to figure out all the college speak in terms of how much money you…Figure out all that financial aid terminology!
If I went to my professor’s office hours during finals week
Don’t be tempted.
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The Best Career Advice You’ll Never Hear in a Graduation Speech
“Follow your passion” is the stupidest career advice I’ve ever heard. Why? Because my passion in life is for singing bad karaoke. My friend Dodgy Dave’s passion is for dealing crack cocaine. Some of my friends have many passions. Most of my friends have none.
“Do what you’re good at” is better, but still stupid. It gets things the wrong way around. For almost all activities, being “good at” something is the result of thousands of hours of practice and learning (pdf). In choosing a career, you’re almost always making the decision about what to become good at, not the other way around.
How, then, should you find a job you’ll love?
Here’s my slogan: ”Do something valuable.”
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The Best Career Advice You’ll Never Hear in a Graduation Speech
“Follow your passion” is the stupidest career advice I’ve ever heard. Why? Because my passion in life is for singing bad karaoke. My friend Dodgy Dave’s passion is for dealing crack cocaine. Some of my friends have many passions. Most of my friends have none.
“Do what you’re good at” is better, but still stupid. It gets things the wrong way around. For almost all activities, being “good at” something is the result of thousands of hours of practice and learning (pdf). In choosing a career, you’re almost always making the decision about what to become good at, not the other way around.
How, then, should you find a job you’ll love?
Here’s my slogan: ”Do something valuable.”
Read more. [Image: Getty]
As a culture, we love consulting consumer guidebooks and lists for a shortcut method to choosing electronics and cars, but the college search requires a more personalized approach. It can’t be reduced to rankings with numerical values when it requires a thoughtful self-inventory, starting with determining a student’s motivation for attending college: their needs and desires, learning styles and interests, and the community of learners of which they envision being a part.
3 ways you’ll fail in college (and how to deal with them)
In college, you will fail. But, fear not, there are ways to get back on top and triumph!
