Archive for July, 2008

The Stress of Making Tough Decisions »

Whenever you have to make a tough decision in your life, you cause your body some undue stress. For most people, this is a temporary issue that doesn’t cause any long-term effects. For others, the effects can be seriously damaging.
Let’s imagine that we have two people who both plan to be students of cooking schools. [...]

Competition Improves A Student’s Skills »

There are two very different types of approaches that can be taken to the classroom environment. One is the collaborative approach and one is the competitive approach. The majority of classrooms will rely on the competitive approach at least to some degree (just think of the grading system in most schools and you can see [...]

An Online Associates Degree Should Be a Stepping Stone »

 

If you are considering getting an online associates degree, you should be focusing your search for the perfect degree on finding a program that is going to be merely a stepping stone to the next part of your life. The ideal online associates degree program is one that will lead to an immediate job but [...]

Monica was My Hero »

I used to love to watch the show Friends.  My hero was Monica, because throughout the show she demonstrated ambition and perseverence in pursuing her dream of being a professional chef, and eventually she was successful.
I know it’s not easy to create a successful career for yourself in the culinary arts, but it’s obviously possible [...]