http://collegenews.uniblogs.org An education blog covering academic writing and other college-related stuff Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:26:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Teachers like to assign students writing an essay about their vacation or some holidays. After Christmas vacation, students come to school and they need to describe the way the spent Christmas. For many students it is quite a difficult task, because they can hardly think of something new and write ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/12/25/essay-on-holidays/ Writing is one of most popular activities among students because professors and teachers often assign students to write various essays and papers. In order to write proper papers, students should definitely have nice inborn writing skills. But of course they can acquire and master writing skills in the process of ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/12/25/effective-writing-tools/ Not so many youngsters want to study to become physicians, because it is a well-known fact that future physicians have quite a long educational path. However, if you want to get this noble profession, you should be prepared to learn a lot. Students of medical or healthcare departments read a ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/11/28/preparing-to-become-a-physician/ It is always much more convenient to learn something if you have some manual or guidelines. For example, you will hardly get along with a new technological device if you have no manual to it. That is just for studying as well. If you start learning some new discipline, it ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/11/27/guideline-materials/ Along with providing knowledge, teachers should also stimulate students’ thinking. Actually, we can get knowledge in any sphere if we want that, but what is really crucial is to know how to use that knowledge and how to apply it. That is why it is really great if teachers come ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/11/26/development-of-thinking/ Writing social essays is considered to be quite a complicated assignment for school students. Firstly, because a student has to express his original point of view and that is not an easy task. Not all students are aware of some social problems and not all students have their vision. Besides, ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/11/23/writing-about-social-problems/ Literature classes are quite popular among students, especially those who love to reflect and speak about their reflections. But literature classes are necessary not only for lovers of humanities, but for all students, because studying literature enriches personality. Indeed, when you read books and, especially, when you discuss stories, plots, ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/11/22/literature-classes/ When speaking on most unpleasant things about high schools or universities, many students point to various tests, checks and exams. No wonder. All people are afraid of being estimated; especially if they feel that they didn’t do all they had to. That is just for all spheres of life, but ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/11/20/why-are-students-afraid-of-tests/ Essays are often mentioned in the list of “disliked assignments”, because many students feel difficulty with expressing their thoughts on paper or with expressing thoughts at all. Writing is mostly popular among students who prefer humanities. For example most people who like literature like to reflect on various books, heroes, ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/11/20/essays-at-school/ Schools perform not only educational function, although there are no doubts that education is an essential element of schools’ activity. Schools also provide students communication channels. This function is really essential, because communication may and in most cases boosts up studying process. What is more, schools and universities create their ... http://collegenews.uniblogs.org/2006/11/15/communication-at-schools/