Tactics to Fight against Odd...My Learnings

Learning phase can be glamorous for any one who really loves to learn. To mean it, I would say it is a craze, passion and a treat to my knowledge base. Little addition is so valuable in our day to day life that makes me happy and keeps me abreast of others. In a way it has to be enjoyed with natural and fresh look.

This post is going to be a bit special for me. I will try to leave a message with this. To guide you on my past experience, I have visualized education as my important growth phase of life. I am from Biology background through out my post graduation level. Then a sudden turn around to Management studies in Bangalore for another Master degree. From the very beginning I took my studies a serious affair and tried to perform in every occasion. But converting my direction to corporate world with a background of Bio-science was never an easy task for me. In fact I was not well aware of the whole course and the phases I would have to pass through out the tenure of MBA session with marketing specialization. I had to study and learn those stuff which I have never dreamt of or had any idea. That also a completely different stream in a different and polished environment and of course a pool of unhygienic competition. As a whole the experience was not anticipated at all.

But finally I came out with flying colors both in terms of Ranking and Job placement. I would share few of my strategies taken over there to establish my footprints. These can be helpful those who are trying hard to make their presence vibrant in an unfavorable environment having limited access to air your voice. Bit of courage and persistence can make you stronger in any awkward situation. These are mentioned here as follows:

First list those objectives you want to achieve down the line of 6 months,1 year , 2 years, 5 years ,10 years while pursuing education and aiming your expected job. Segregating time frame, setting up targets and finally chasing that really works wonder. It is important to understand the basic nature of your learning efficiency. One should know his potential and try to maximize it as far as possible. Easy going but planned way of learning keeps you focused, directed, confident and energetic. It is really important to increase assimilation power and relating course theory to practical incidence.

Answers to these self րasked questions can be indicative to formulate your plan for those:

1. Do you know your institution and industries well?

2. What is their latest trend of demand?

3. How are you are feeling as a part of this new phase?

4. What are your strength and in which field?

5. Do you have enough idea to route your skill in the required direction?

6. What is the way of measuring your stand among the crowd?

7. What are the areas to hit upon to make an impact on others?

8. Have you drawn out a study plan to optimize your time?

9. How well you can differentiate your plan of action based on urgency?

10. Are you good enough to write every small points of your learning?

11. Do you know how to collect small but relevant information methodically?

12. Is it possible to diagnose the key factors and key people who can be of

your help?

13. How well organized you are in planning out something new?

14. Can you differentiate between learning and execution simultaneously?

15. What are the negative ideas that keep you worried?

16. How well you can present yourself to the new people?

17. Are you good enough to do self analysis and interrogation?

18. Could you prove yourself better than yesterday?

19. What extent you are responsible to yourself and your ego?

20. How disciplined and methodical you are with a serious process?

I hope answers of these questions will vary from a person to person obviously. But thoughtful and individualized answers would boost your energy and keeps you ever motivated. I must admit that finding answers and approach towards these questions are case specific and relative. But every unique effort will prove gold to you once you are convinced on your dedication and expected outcomes.

Choose Appropriate Home Tutor for Your Children

It is really difficult to take after the education section of your children when both parents go out for their jobs. Choosing an ideal tutor for your children is the most hectic job to be considered. Assigning proper tutor or the best tutor is like dream come true. It may take plenty number of months after deciding to hire a private home tutor for your child or children. Career News lets you know the flicking points of a perfect tutor, by which you could measure them and be satisfied with the results of later part.

Initially parents need to clear about the perception of their child. This is the only duty should performed by themselves, based on that parents should search for tutors. The private tutor could be male or female. Female tutors are generally kind and soft by nature. Males are hard corresponding to female tutor. For infant and primary students female tutors are suggested. For higher class students, Male tutors will be good one.

Academic qualification and certifications need to known about the private tutor before they are assigned. Parents should judge and ask tutor frankly about the past education of tutor. Experience regarding past private tuition will stronger tutorҀs bio.

Locality of private tutor needs to be checked. Location of your childrenҀs tuition yet does not keep importance, but still parents should be aware of it. Most cases, parents could pick up the tutors or tutor may invite student in his/her house, due his/her personal boundary of not coming to your home.

If you find the tutor from any news ad or news referral from web or any, you need to examine the person very well from your children. In case, if you manage to get a tutor through your friends or relatives or familiar, examine should done there also.

Finally, get the feedback from tutor and your children about others, separately and secretly. This also let you know what is going on your absence. And after assigning your tutor to you children, you can trace the improvements too. But your contribution would not stop after appointing a teacher. Constant monitoring is requires. DonҀt be in hurry, a result requires time. Wait and watch. Your children will improve. Consult with your tutor regarding progress of your children.

Make sure that your children get comfortable with the assigned private tutor. Maintaining friendly and cool companionship need to be maintained. Cause education is about to share knowledge, it cannot be feed or make people swallowed.

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YouTubing the Admissions River

Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should do it. Cloning afghans (the dog not the blanket), building half-mile high buildings, teaching chickens to count--we just don't need em. The same is true, I think, for inviting students to submit YouTube-style videos as part of their college applications, as Tufts and as at least one other college have done in the last few days.

There's no question that the challenge of creating a video, even a simple one, can be exciting for someone who has grown up with pocket-sized video cameras and iMovie. Capabilities and equipment that were once confined to studios and labs have become commonplace and people have taken full advantage of them, sometimes to great effect. It's useless to pretend they don't exist or that students haven't grown up with them.

But is it appropriate to invite YouTube-style videos as part of a college application? 

Well, why not? Will it give better-heeled applicants an advantage? Probably. Will it induce migraines and binge drinking in admission officers who have to watch them? Definitely. But the big question is, what will the criteria for evaluation be? I've already read one comment that said an under-produced video seemed more authentic, and therefore more credible, than a slick one. Is that fair to the slick one? And wouldn't USC or NYU see the situation quite differently? Is a slick clip the equivalent of an essay that's been worked over by Joyce Carol Oates? Or is it just evidence of a real talent that could energize a campus? Does a student who uses a production crew get points for leadership or slammed for having others do his work for him?

I don't buy the argument that students may one day regret sending a clip into a college. They have grown up watching people, famous and ordinary, voluntarily humiliate themselves--sometimes as part of "rehabbing" their careers--in ways that we could only speculate about before. It's a hallmark of every reality show, from "American Idol" to "Jersey Shore" and shows no sign of abating. (Who's the breakout star of "Shore?" Snookie, the most embarrassing member of the group, who now makes highly anticipated appearances seemingly everywhere, and is planning her own handbag line.) It seems normal to confess egregious thoughts and behaviors to millions--think "Hoarders" or "Celebrity Rehab." And to think that only yesterday we were wondering if admission officers trolled social internet sites for dirt about applicants. Why go through that trouble when they'll send it themselves?

People are perfectly capable of humiliating or even incriminating themselves if there's a chance they'll be stars. (Recently in Chicago a group of students filmed themselves beating up another student and posted it on YouTube. What's the thought process there?) And who knows, there may be some pretty interesting things to come out of a video, but my guess is more often than not, not. When I was at Amherst in the far away 90s a transfer applicant sent in a 6-minute VHS videotape (remember them?) of himself in jacket and tie seated behind a desk telling us why he thought he was a good candidate. His final line was "And by the way, I'm not wearing any pants." This might have been amusing except for the fact that when he got up to turn off the camera, he was wearing pants. So, double fault. Presumably, kids are better editors today.

Students have been sending tapes of their auditions, their dance recitals, and other performances as part of their applications for a long time, so maybe YouTubing is just the next incarnation, with the problematic addition of self-conscious production values instead of dad's shaky and unfocused videography of an actual deed. The big difference is that the latter is a record of something; the former is of supposed value in and of itself. We're in an age where "broadcasting yourself" makes everyone a potential star, but is that what it all comes down to in a college application?

I don't see any reason not to look if students send a video (shouldn't we call it something else now? Or do we and I just don't know it?), but I'd exercise caution before making it even an optional part of a college application. At a College Board Forum session I attended last weekend here in Chicago about using new media to communicate with students, YouTubing wasn't even mentioned. If it does become a fixture, I hope at least that admission committees will figure out just what they'll be looking for first.

A version of this post also appears on the NACAC blog, Admitted.

Tutoring International Students Online

It is always enjoyable being online and getting connected to the people from other states which are far away from home. Online Tutoring is a kind of profession where a teacher gets connected to a student over internet. May be they are not from the same place or not able to call up, but they will come together over satellite connection easily, crossing thousand miles of geographic boundary. Learn with Career news how to proceed for teaching student from abroad.

One can start up his or her tutoring profile promoting sample of introduction videos. This innovative way also will help you to drag followers to you. One can write article or lucrative teacher's bio and can post for promotional purposes. One can promote through various social media, available. Promoting through blog sites or chat forums are also considered to be very useful.

Many international student need tutor of English and Math. These two subjects keep high demand in teaching industry. Among other subjects, science and foreign language are getting popularity. Parents are also showing their interest in this kind of teacher student interaction. They are also ready to spare plenty amount of money for online study, instead of local private tutor. No classroom or one way lectures of professor, but student can directly ask question if he/ she could get to the point, directly and comfortably. Even Teacher can evaluate the merit of student and student can get his own feed back. Teacher and student both get satisfied due to fairly maintained one is to one process.

There are many companies provide services like teaching students online. People from various places register and get connected to each others. time comes to choose subject and schedule after successful verification and log in. Student gets allotted and teacher can start up teaching and solving his/her query after introductory part. The whole process is based on voice over Internet Protocol where both communicate with audio and video medium. Both should have micro phone and speaker, having web cam will bring extra support. Weekly both sides can check the feedback reports made by other side. Payments are bee made monthly basis, one should have international bank a/c.

Work in staying home as a tutor has become most popular jobs profile, now a days. Living online from home provides you comfortable atmosphere and makes you more flexible. If you confident enough to make people understand the fact, easy way, if you are a degree certified teacher or if you are experience in teaching with plenty number of case studies, you can choose online Tutoring as your career profile. And along with that you can work from home too.


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Private Tuition: An innovative Career Out Spectrum

If you are quite confident about your skills, If you are really ready to share your knowledge with others, Private tuition could be your Charm card of Career prospectus. Private tuition is not a challenging but laborious Jobs too. But People who love to study and carry the ability of guiding other should come and take up this as a profession. Career News brought private tuition as an interesting job prospectus, for this issue.

Education works as a paramount to the future of a human being. Your behavioral output and approaches will prove your tone and education. The following qualities are highlighted to let people know the criteria, which should have in a private tutor, or a person who is willing to be a tutor.

Always keep in mind that studying book and clearing exams in school days are gone. As a teacher is not always a good point to be a bookish. It is important to build up a character of learning new things, to your students. Study is not for clearing school or college exams. Study is a practice of collecting and sharing knowledge.

Initially, to meet the first criteria, one should have leading attitude. One can not be a teacher if he only continue with the flow of one way stream. Teaching is always a two way of process where teacher and student both learn.

Presumably, one good teacher should know to create interest in studies, and then he/she should let his/her student understand the importance of educational subjects, gradually.

Boredom may come arise in the topics. A good tutor should nicely handle the issue making the topic more lighter, easy with fun examples. Teachers should good in retracing there steps in explaining basics of the subjects.

Making the harder topic easier is good quality, undoubtedly. But making people understand till he/she could get to the point is a real exam of patience and emotions. Self control of a teacher plays a major roll along with caliber of making the topic perceivable to the student.

Enhance the bonding between student teacher relationship. Best way is the amplitude of communication. Speak normally with your student. Try to let your student speak to brake the boundary between you people. But never loose your strong personality.

Bringing encouragement to your student will return you in form of getting respect from students. Make your student believe that you are truly on their side. The positive response and learning experience will bring remarkable output in your future.

Last but not in the list, in addition, immense research work and developing organizational skills are highly required for character elements. play another crucial role in this career path.

Learning process requires dedicated efforts, It needs commitment on behalf of the tutor. Factors mentiond above are not enough to make remarkable result cause continuation of practice and experimental case studies are required. Remember, tutors play very essential roles in the academic development of a child, and their effectiveness. No wonder, why tutoring programs are still put to use in many educational institutions today.

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The UK government to control immigration

This is now quite clear that the UK government has finally decided to control the increasing immigration to the state. Nobody is going to blame the UK Border Agency for the tougher immigration/visa rules that has been imposed from time to time because this is a fact that after 9/11 the UK started receiving a large number of immigrants as the visa procedure to the USA became very complex. The UK has been one of the favourite destinations for the international students after the USA. So we can say that the students looking for their higher education in either state are to suffer now because of the tightened rules for entry to these two countries. The English language and the quality of education in the UK and the USA are the foremost factors that attracted the international students from all over the world and especially Asia.

The international students contributed a lot to the UK labour market but now that the world is suffering from the global economic crisis and unemployment has been witnessed in some of the worlds richest countries (including the UK), the UK no more needs the cheap labour being provide by the international students because its own nationals come first. It is for this reason that the UK government has decided not to allow students on short courses to work for 20 hours a week but for 10 hours only and they would not be allowed to bring any of the dependents to the UK. Secondly the dependents of the student on courses below degree level will not be allowed to work.

The UK Border Agency in this connection says

ӀMigration has brought benefits to this country, but we need to control it carefully in order to minimise its impacts on public services and communities.Ԁ

We make no complaints against all this as they reserve the right to control immigration by bringing in new changes for the goodwill of the nation but we request that the genuine students should not be harassed by introducing new amendments after amendments.

Secondly, we request that the processing time for the UK student visa/student visa appeal and the Administrative Review should be standardized so that the students may not waste their precious time by walking to and from the streets of the British High Commission.

Click here if you want to know more about the new rules introduced.

Note please; here we are to discuss UK student visa only and not any other sort of visa.

New rules to reduce the UK student visa ratio

Yes, finally the UK announced some new rules to reduce student visa ratio. These rules require no legislation and are to come in force within a few weeks.

This could be the most shocking news story of the week for the students looking for their higher education in the UK as there is no support for the students in this new review but the rules are going to be tougher and tougher so that the international students may suffer and suffer.

The new rules are to be imposed upon all the international students outside the European territory but Last week, the UK suspended student visa application from the Northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal following a sharp decrease in awarding student visas to Pakistani students.

Thus, this is quite obvious that the students particularly from South Asia are to face the new dilemma and if you are an optimist then you should believe the Home Office spokesman who said "It's a general tightening up of the system, it's not aimed at any area in particular."

According to the new rules each and every student coming to the UK have to prove English language skills above beginner level and presently there is no exemption i.e. the level and subject of study does not matter.

Secondly, a student on short course to the UK would be permitted to work for 10 hours a week instead of 20 and bring no dependents to the UK and that the Dependants of students on courses below degree level will not be allowed to work.

This new policy is a part of the programme controlling migration.

But why the UK government wants to reduce the student visa ratio? This is now the most important question click here to read moreŅ.

Visualize the futureŀ. It is online !

Life only favors simplicity and easily digestible concepts. Whether be applied for your professional needs, personal needs or daily activities, you look for such things which is always comfortable to deal with and effortless. It happens with individual as well as with business concerns. Learning can be made simple and less time consuming for students.

In a sense service Industry is focusing voraciously towards simplifying life and its associates. Changes are inevitable and constant. Everyone knows it and apply it on a trial basis to get hold in tough competition. Education sector in India is no more an exception to it. To specialize on students of class XI and XII from National and state boards, this change is very prominent. Turning point being internet penetration, students are no more just stuck to home tutor or self study. Resources are plentiful and industries are adding the fuel in to it.

Computerized learning system where whole of the syllabus can be read with text, multimedia and lot more advanced facilities are growing rapidly. Students are getting the tricks of online preparation benefits. Not even learning materials but also self evaluation, performance measurement, doubt clearing help 24x7 all these have become very familiar to students.

Start up companies and existing educational training centers are incorporating audio-visual and live system with modern communication facilities. This is being set up at individual studentҀs place at home facilitating them with every possible solution. For all India basis entrance preparations, traditional coaching centers are getting renovated with inter connectivity through internet. Here students are updating their all India rankling and preparation status. Undoubtedly this was not the scenario 10 years ago. Conventional study system is facing a downfall since comfort level and competition level gets hike like anything.

Thus if schools and college systems are adopting technology in their teaching method, the days area not too far when those institution will turn online institutes. Students need not to attend school classes by traveling distance. Video conferencing with each student will be the mode of teaching. Projects will be there like this once India gets sufficient computer literate man power and extensive internet penetration.

Revolution is there with whole education system now in India. New generation have responded to the need of the hour and utilizing the best resource available to them. So future is great for those organizations who have foreseen the power of web presence and future communication medium.

Child Exploitation at USC

Just when you think you've heard it all there comes another shocker, this time about USC's committing one of its football scholarships...to a 13-year old. That's USC's Class of '19. According to a report in Inside Higher Ed, the USC coach made a similar signing when he was at UT--Knoxville, and has continued his kiddie recruitment at USC. Here's an excerpt from the IHE article:

The University of Southern California's football team has committed one of its football scholarships for the 2015 entering class to David Sills, a 13-year-old quarterback at a middle school in Delaware, The News-Journal of Wilmington reported. Sills told ESPN that Southern Cal has always been his "dream school."

You can read the full notice here. The newspaper article is at Delaware Online.

How many things are wrong with this picture? Preying on a 13-year old boy is one. This sounds like child trafficking to me; if it had been done over the internet by a skeevy 45-year old we'd be prosecuting him. But out in plain sight, where the context is "education," (and by that we mean "sports"), it's being presented as something amazing. What does USC hope to gain by trolling middle schools for future football recruits? Do middle schools want older men in "coach" getups to start showing up at their games? I don't think so.

I volunteer at a national teen crisis line (National Runaway Switchboard) where I get calls from kids who have been lured away from home by "friends" they've made on the internet. They get sent airline tickets and instructions, and leave with promises of wonderful relationship with ideal partners, only to be greeted at the airport by an overweight, balding perv who loves young men/women. Blinded by what looks like love and affection from someone who understands them, they're trapped by someone who wants them only for his/her own purposes.

Aside from the ethical issue of subjecting an adolescent to the pressure of college recruitment while he's still in 8th grade, how is he going to live a normal life for the next five years, knowing that if he breaks a leg or tears a tendon, USC will toss him out with the trash? Is it remotely fair to put a child, however talented, in this position? And even though David Sills says USC has always been his "dream school," how does he know that it will still be his dream when he's old enough to vote? How developmentally inappropriate is it to lock him in to USC (in theory) with blandishments of scholarships and visions of sugarplums when he should be having fun playing football in school and awkwardly starting to date? How are his teachers going to cope with a young man who seems to have his life already set? What's the point of learning English or algebra? I hope his parents are not so starry-eyed that they'll roll over for this, but I wonder.

What is USC's coach thinking? And what does USC plan to do about it? One can hope that it repudiates this ridiculous and totally inappropriate stab at building a child army as soon and as publicly as possible. If I were president, I would fire Lane Kiffin immediately. But with the power college football coaches have these days, that's probably not going to happen. Shame on you, USC. Fire Lane Kiffin and repudiate this insanity.

And just so you know, I'm not the first one to wonder what's going on here...See this post on Bootlegger Sports from last June. And evidently USC has done some damage to other 13-year olds: See this article at rivals.com. And know also that the NCAA doesn't seem to have any guidelines for recruiting anyone before freshman year of high school, much less make a commitment to same.

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Make Things Difficult: Advice for Juniors and Sophomores - Auburn Journal

Make Things Difficult: Advice for Juniors and Sophomores - Auburn Journal