The book, "Memoirs of A University Life" gives a blow by blow description of the experiences encountered by a group of part time students, while on a five year long journey through the halls of their university. The account is given as seen through the eyes of the author, who was one of the students in the group. This book is however a very good read for students who are currently pursuing their university education or is planning to do so in the near future. In its pages are very vital pointers and tips to help them attain an exemplary tertiary level education. Each chapter covers the experiences and challenges encountered in particular years.

Congratulations Graduating from college is a big step towards the rest of your life. Take a deep breath You've earned it. Now, it is time to make the most of your new start. Getting organized is the best way to make sure that the next chapter of your life is successful. I put together these tips to fill in some of the gaps I had when starting my life after college. I hope they help get you off on the right foot

The evolution of student activism in sub-Saharan Africa is crucial to understanding the process of democratic struggle and change in Africa. Focusing on the recent period of "democratic transitions" in the 1990s, Leo Zeilig discusses the widespread involvement of student activism in democratic struggles across contemporary Africa and focuses on two case studies, Senegal and Zimbabwe. He provides an historical examination of the student-intelligentsia on the continent that played a crucial role in the independence struggles across much of Africa, leading and organizing nationalist movements and outlines the development of grass-root activism. Zeilig demonstrates how students shape and are shaped by national processes of political change and popular protest and reveals both the continuities and transformations in student activism in an era of austerity, crisis and poverty.

MBA Tales tells in a funny and biting way the experiences of a group of international students that meet in a business graduate study in Los Angeles. Being back at the university encourages them to reconsider their corporate jobs and their professional future while going once again through the fun of student life. New friendships are born within this multicultural environment but are affected by the ambition for money and professional success. Family dictates that apply even at the distance and the expectation of an ideal future in a country that doesn't always welcome them make them value their origins over the individualism of globalization.

The School Bullying Council Presents "Parent's Guide to Preventing and Responding to Bullying" This manual for parents and educators describes how we can work with students to prevent bullying and deal with it effectively when it happens.

UPDATE: Finalist, 2012 Readers' Choice Awards, in its category. Going to College or University? First Year? Want to know what to expect? A quick search on Google or Amazon will reveal plenty of material, mostly written by profs, or deans, or counselors, or trusted experts, or graduating students. Not this book. Here, you'll find hundreds of students, mostly in their first year, telling stories about how it feels, as it happens. Some wise, some crazy. Some funny, some serious. Some sad, some scary. Advice: well yes, but like everything in this book, actually written by students for students, from their own experiences. Hundreds of stories in their own words. More than 200 voices. A worthwhile read for students, parents, teachers, counselors. The accompanying website has 130 more pieces, accessible from inside the book.

Finally discover how to quickly and completely STOP being bullied. Survival is rule one in prison. Find out what most bullying experts, school officials and the police don't tell you and how you can finally put this "insider" information to work for YOU Author Dr. Dennis Regling has been involved in prison ministry for over 15 years. What he has learned can help you survive and thrive in high school and life.

It's a girls guide, most common descriptions, questions and tips about menstruation from the beginning to the ends.

The purpose of this book is to help guide parents and students that are interested in participating in College Sports. Overall this book is an easy read, and it will provide you with information that will cover what I feel are the 6 main components of Intercollegiate Athletics: Governance, Amateurism, Title IX, Admissions & Recruiting, Eligibility & Compliance, and lastly Athletic Personnel.

As a consequence of the federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) law, there is tremendous pressure on school principals, teachers, school superintendents, district staff, state departments of education and governors to maximize the increase in student achievement that is obtained with every dollar of expenditure. Currently, teachers are forced to rely on extremely inefficient approaches that take enormous amounts of time, both during the school day and throughout the K-12 learning years. This is experienced in terms of the reduced time that is available to teach subjects other than math and reading, as schools resort to double periods of math, double periods of reading, and enormous amounts of remedial instruction that directly reduce the time available for other subjects including science, art, and music. In contrast, this book suggests that student achievement may be increased in a way that is not only cost-effective in dollar terms, but efficient in the sense that it does not rely on unusual investments in the time required to obtain results. The book draws upon a wealth of cost-effectiveness data to dispel common notions about "what works" in addressing the achievement gap: increased expenditure per pupil, charter schools, voucher programs, increased educational accountability, class size reduction, comprehensive school reform, increased teacher salaries, more selective teacher recruitment, the use of "value-added" methods to measure and reward teacher performance, the use of National Board teacher certification to identify high-performing teachers, and a host of other approaches.

These stories were compiled with one idea in mind - what does every freshman need to know about college life before heading off to school? Inside the Campus series' Guide to Freshman Life, you'll find everything from how to conquer your freshman fears to secrets on how to balance your academic and social calendars to learning how to do your own laundry. Once you've read this freshman guide, you'll be well prepared for your first year on campus. The stories in the Campus series' Guide to Freshman Life were collected from Helium.com based on quality and topic. Helium is a knowledge co-operative where our writers are also our editors, reading and rating every article on the site. Writers from around the globe contribute viewpoints and opinions on a variety of topics. In this case, that topic is freshman year.

Sang just turned 15 years old. His parents send him to Canada for a year to learn English. On the plane he meets a Korean girl name Yen. She is studying in Niagara Falls but at a different school. They talk on the plane and Yen decides that she wants to go to school with Sang. They meet five other ESL students in English class. Joanne from Taiwan. Jerome from the Phillipines. Felipe from Colombia, and Sara and Karla who are sisters from Mexico. They all are at the beginning level of English and things get scary when they lie to their host-parents an spend and interesting day in Toronto.

Since Denis was 5 years old, his parents planned to send him to another country to learn English. He had no choice in the matter. So instead of starting high school with his Korean classmates, Dennis was starting his high school career at P. K. Smith Public High School in Niagara Falls, Canada. Tragedy occurs while he is away and he finds comfort in a beautiful blue-jay and his new friends He meets twins from Poland, Paul and Peter who look identical but have totally different personalities. The disciplined and mature Paul struggles daily with the rebellious and angry brother Peter. After a life-threatening fall, Peter comes to terms with his new situation in Canada. Mariola, an only child of over-protective parents deals with trying to get her parents to release their tight grip on her. She struggles with the meanness of her miserable host-mother and her delinquent son. The bubbly sisters, Maru and Mariana from Puebla add joy and laughter to everyone's lives. "It's all good " Mariana repeats over and over again as each of the students cope with their unique obstacles. Despite the language barrier, they soon realize that teenagers no matter where they are from have the same problems, the same insecurities, the same fears and the same worries. The ending Graduation ceremony is full of satisfaction and accomplishment. Each of the students conquer their problems and gain a new sense of maturity and independence. All things are possible if you put your mind and heart into it.

The idea of life curriculum came as a result of looking back at my past in relation to my studies in curriculum. I learn by reconstructing my past in the present to influence my future, and students, indeed everyone, can as well do so. Constructing a curriculum of life is also a continuous process of building, renewing, refining, and adapting self-defining values, ideals, beliefs, ideas, ethics, and convictions to the growing changes in the environment. Students obtain different curricula from various environments. Through a methodic process of thoughtful deliberation, students can reconstruct and integrate the different curricular experiences of their lives. To help students achieve this, there is the need to broaden the conception of curriculum to include life experiences in a way that interweaves school and outside school curriculum in the classrooms. And this can transform curriculum into a process of constructing life.

The idea of life curriculum came as a result of looking back at my past in relation to my studies in curriculum. I learn by reconstructing my past in the present to influence my future, and students, indeed everyone, can as well do so. Constructing a curriculum of life is also a continuous process of building, renewing, refining, and adapting self-defining values, ideals, beliefs, ideas, ethics, and convictions to the growing changes in the environment. Students obtain different curricula from various environments. Through a methodic process of thoughtful deliberation, students can reconstruct and integrate the different curricular experiences of their lives. To help students achieve this, there is the need to broaden the conception of curriculum to include life experiences in a way that interweaves school and outside school curriculum in the classrooms. And this can transform curriculum into a process of constructing life.

As a consequence of the federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) law, there is tremendous pressure on school principals, teachers, school superintendents, district staff, state departments of education and governors to maximize the increase in student achievement that is obtained with every dollar of expenditure. Currently, teachers are forced to rely on extremely inefficient approaches that take enormous amounts of time, both during the school day and throughout the K-12 learning years. This is experienced in terms of the reduced time that is available to teach subjects other than math and reading, as schools resort to double periods of math, double periods of reading, and enormous amounts of remedial instruction that directly reduce the time available for other subjects including science, art, and music. In contrast, this book suggests that student achievement may be increased in a way that is not only cost-effective in dollar terms, but efficient in the sense that it does not rely on unusual investments in the time required to obtain results. The book draws upon a wealth of cost-effectiveness data to dispel common notions about "what works" in addressing the achievement gap: increased expenditure per pupil, charter schools, voucher programs, increased educational accountability, class size reduction, comprehensive school reform, increased teacher salaries, more selective teacher recruitment, the use of "value-added" methods to measure and reward teacher performance, the use of National Board teacher certification to identify high-performing teachers, and a host of other approaches.

Finally... a college skills book easy enough to read even when you don't have time to read. Over 197 techniques to help make the college experience fun and useful while reducing stress and saving time. These are the best techniques that were tried and tested by hundreds of students. Sections include Advisement, Buying Books, In the Classroom, Online Classes and Technology Issues, Get Organized, The Exciting Textbooks, Money, Note-taking, Presentations and Writing, Time Management, Assignments, and Studying for Tests, Taking Tests, Roommates and Living Environments, It's Your Only Body, and a "Been There, Done That" A Special Contributors' Section. Become a fan on FaceBook Join us on FaceBook for more tips and interactions. A National Board Certified Teacher compiled the strategies in a user friendly format. Kim Holdbrooks Townsel loves to learn, but doesn't like to spend more time studying than she has to. She used the strategies in College Skills 101 to earn a 4.0 Master's degree from the University of Alabama and a 4.0 CLAD from UCLA. She also used them to pass her National Board Certification on her first try.

"Tyler's Pain" is the true story of racism-how, even though we have come a long way in this world, it is still a current and relevant problem. Janette Rusher's daughter, Tyler is now eighteen years old. When she was ten, she had to endure the taunts of children who insulted her because she was black-different from them. They had been taught that it was acceptable to treat others who are different in a disparaging manner.It is hard to imagine that a child of ten might be considering her own death in order to avoid the daily pain of being targeted just for being a different race. "Tyler's Pain" is the story of a mother's journey guiding her daughter through such events to insure that she survived. She wanted her daughter to understand that the world is good and that the actions of a few ignorant people should not change a happy life. Above all, Rusher wanted her to know how important it is to must stand tall and always fight for what you believe in. "Tyler's Pain" does not favor one race or another. The message that resonates through it is that, through patience, love, and faith, it is possible to make a difference in the life and perceptions of a child.