- Annals of good news: Practice reading by reading out loud to a therapy dog
One of the admirable trends of today is the 'therapy dog' programs, where kids can learn to read by reading aloud to a therapy dog. Dogs like the attention. Kids get good reinforcement. The image is of a girl reading…
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- Remove âEUR~MâEUR(TM) from AMU, âEUR~HâEUR(TM) from BHU, says UGC panel
The Indian Express reports that a UGC committe has suggested that the words ‘Muslim’ and ‘Hindu’ be dropped from the names of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), respectively, to reflect t…
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- The 25 Most Important Business & Career Skills All Smart People Should Know
1. Business Management: Basically, the art of getting people to do things
2. Marketing: Because the purpose of a business is to find a customer, thus, marketing
3. Selling: Knowing how to sell things to peopl…
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- How Reddit can be an alternative to college
This is the idea of the week: Reddit as an alternative to college. Lots of like-minded, better-read-than-average people doing a dazzling mix of internet activity, combining the best best and worst of learning with typica…
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- 40 ideas about what every educated person should know
Good grades, first class degrees or titles, and/or income levels do not necessaily mean you have had a good education. It has been said that an educated person must know how to acquire knowledge and skills. Learning is t…
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- 40 most underrated life skills
To me, the most underrated life skill is humility - not getting over your head with knowledge, wealth, power, gadgets, lifestyle...whatever. Some other big underrated life skills, according to the internet hive mind are…
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- 20 most important things that are not taught in schools
Peter Drucker said, "From time immemorial, teachers have believed that the ass is the best tool of education. The more you sit, the more you learn." I don't need to tell you again that school is not the place to get real…
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- 20 most important things you should teach an adult
The first thing I would like every adult to know is to get over it. Yes, I know about your disappointments, failures, what-ifs, why-mes, and what now. I have been to those place too. Shit happens. Don't panic. You still …
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- 25 most important things you should teach your kid
What most kids learn in school is of little use in the outside world. General Douglas Macarthur wrote this in his "A Father's Prayer":
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave…
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- How to take online courses (and make it look like a regular class)
Online courses are the future. No, not the University of Phoenix type but a mix of 'Khan Academy + MIT Open Courseware + Youtube + Wikipedia + Coursera + Mobile Learning + Degrees of completion'...well people are still w…
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- Simple things #8: 25 Things Every Kid Should Know - A text poster
Here are the top 25 things every kid should know, in a handy text poster format.
If you liked this, please check out The Success Manual - 600+ pages of compiled wisdom on 125 important traits, skills and activities.N…
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- How to change business education in India: Bhavya Sahni says make internships compulsory for MBA students
If there is at least one original thing the 'always-copying-the-Americans' Indian Business schools can do to churn out better prepared students, is to make interning with startups compulsory. Bhavya Sahni explains the be…
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- Why Indian students plagiarize: They have been taught to do so and they don't know how to write properly
Here are two reasons why Indian students plagiarize, as explained by an academic Prof. Rohini Muthuswami from the School of Life Sciences, JNU: 1. Many students don't know what is so special about plagiarism when they h…
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- What they don't teach you in school: Part 1
Today the whole education system in a flux. People everywhere question the existence and utility of schools and colleges. Internet initiatives such as Wikipedia, MIT Opencourseware, Khan Academy and others are giving peo…
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- The Blackboard Handbook for Teachers and Students
Despite its buggy reputation about being inefficient and slow as well as accusations of being a patent bully, many educational instititions continue to use Blackboard as a Educational Content Management System. Until a w…
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- The Easiest way to ensure equal education in India
A report [PDF} from Emily Oster and Bryce Millett says that if there are call centers in the neighborhood, it gives a boost to school enrollment in the locality. People in the area go for English-medium schools in part…
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- The Success Manual: Do we need MBAs?
This summary is from The Success Manual, The Encyclopedia of Advice. A list of all the articles in the series on one page can be accessed here. You will also want to read 100 ways to be remarkable, articles from The Su…
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- The Simple MBA Manifesto: Do We Really Need MBAs? - Presentation Transcript
This guide belongs to 100 Ways To Be Being Remarkable Series, a special project that brings you business and self-development advice from The Success Manual.
Transcript of a useful presentation I just uploaded on Slide…
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- The Ultimate Guide to Succeeding as a Student - Part 2 - Taking Exams
This guide belongs to 100 Ways To Be Being Remarkable Series, a special project that brings you business and self-development advice from The Success Manual.
Read Part 1 of this Guide here
Test rehearsal
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- The Success Manual: 125+ Ways to be Remarkable in Work and Life
Learn 125+ Simple Things to Succeed in Work and Life
Forget Dense and Repetitive Business and Self development books and Blog Posts. We've Cut Out the Fluff and Given a You Simple but Powerful Collection of Wisdom t…
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