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Benefits of Getting the Piece of Paper »

I dropped out of high school right before graduation. That sounds ridiculous now but at the time it made a lot of sense to me. I didn’t think that the education I had gotten meant anything and I didn’t feel that I needed a ‘piece of paper’ to prove to the world that I was [...]

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 [...]

Skill vs. Passion at Vocational Schools »

 

There are two reasons that someone might be interested in attending a vocational school such as Gibbs College in Melville. The first reason is that the individual is passionate about a certain area of work and wants to be able to get a job in that field. The second reason is that the individual needs [...]