Math anxiety! As a tutor, this is a big issue I find with my students. There are a lot of things that you can do to try to calm test anxiety and these can also be applied to solving math problems. This article is quite an eye-opener into new research and findings in this area.
X Factor UK is sooooo much fun to watch. The bands this year are amazing, and there are a couple of solo artists that are fantastic as well.
I can't choose a favorite, but there are a couple that I really love. It is so much fun to watch the banter between the judges, and Louis is definitely the anchor of the show.
I am following both X Factor USA and X Factor UK this year. Not that I have the time, but I just catch the highlights on YOUTUBE after they have aired. That gives me the best part without having to waste my time watching commercials.
If I could only watch one or the other, this year I would probably pick X Factor UK because some of the contestants are sooooo unusual. I want to see what happens.
I am sad for the girls on X Factor US because Simon Cowell's judging partner, Mariah Carey could not come because of hurricane warnings in her area. I think he is just going to be brutal, and I think that it is his least favorite category to mentor.
Now this is Very interesting indeed! A theory referred to as Anderson localization. You have to really think about it. Can barriers that reflect sound waves result in the sound staying at its source, resulting in perfect silence? Because it never moves outward due to the destructive interference, it is considered as never having left the source.
It's a point that could be debated. Did the sound leave and then reflect back? Or never leave simply because no one ever heard it nor did technology detect it.
Hmmm. I will have to think about this one.
I'm trying to decide if I want to join one of my local toastmaster's groups this year. I do want to but I'm not sure if I will be able to be committed to it. That's the problem. Yet I do really want to become better at being a public speaker. It's something I have always wanted to do.
This article gives you 10 tips for public speaking.
1) Know your material. In other words, you have to speak on something you are familiar with or at least do your research so that the listeners will know that you know what you are talking about.
2) Practice, practice, practice. I can tell you that Steve Jobs is a really great example of this.
3) Know the audience. You should greet them when they arrive, talk to some of them, get to know a little about them.
4) Know the room. Get to the room early and do a walk around to familiarize yourself with how much room there is to move in, where the steps are, etc.
5) Relax. Take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Don't seem tense.
6) Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine out the whole process and imagine your audience loving it.
7) Remember that your audience wants you to succeed. They want you to be interesting, entertaining and they are on your side.
8) Don't apologize if you feel nervous; your audience probably doesn't even notice it, so don't draw attention to it.
9) Concentrate on the message; not on the medium. Your message is the important thing, not your own anxieties.
10) Gain experience. Every speech gives you experience and gives you something you can learn and grow from.
This is a pretty technical article, but it's very interesting the research they are doing into brain tumors. Brain cancer is a scarey thing, and it seems to be occurring at an increasing rate.
It makes you wonder what things are causing so much cancer in people? Pollution, radiation, and all kinds of other things in our environment are all contributors.
The more we can stay close to natural and away from toxic the better. That would mean what we eat, what we breathe, what we touch, and what we play with.
The research is taking place at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), which is considered to be one of the top departments in the entire world for this kind of research.
A tutor has a very special calling. To find the needs of the individual and tailor her lessons to meet those needs. A tutor helps her students to learn confidence, both in the academic area of study and in life.
A tutor is in a position of trust.A tutor is someone to whom her students look up. A tutor is a one-on-one teacher and mentor for a student who needs help academically, and sometimes socially.
Many times youth are struggling in a subject simply because their self-esteem is low. They don't believe they can do it. They think they aren't smart enough. This is simply not true. Some students have high self-esteem and struggle because they lack the basic fundamentals in the subject. Other students know the basic fundamentals but lack confidence in using them.
A tutor must find out the root of the student's struggle. That is the true way to tutor.
Another tutoring site with great info about tutoring. This article gives tutors an idea of how they can continue to make tutoring income over the summer months by offering day camps. One of the most popular of these day camps is a math camp.
The students would come to your house for the day, and you would teach them math principles and combined with fun activities that teach math concepts and the application of those concepts to real life situations.
The opportunity to tutor and make money while you are helping someone else improve their academic standing is a field that is rapidly expanding.
