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By Annagail Lynes Here–” I said, handing my mother my progress report as I walked into her room. I braced myself for the inevitably screaming I was sure to hear. “My teacher says you have to sign this.” My mother looked at the card, then at me. “How could you be getting a ‘D’ in Earth Science?” Some students have a natural ability for academics. They receive excellent marks, yet rarely crack open their textbooks. Others have to study night and day to get the same marks. Its not that some students are smart, and others are dumb. It is a matter of tapping into what study methods work for each student. Here are seven ways you can study more effectively and improve your grades: Track Assignments The first step is to keep track of assignments. Some loose-leaf binders come with school-year or all-year calendars. If you dont find one you like, consider buying a teachers’ planning calendar from an office supply store. It can be inserted into the front of your binders and used to record assignments. Your teachers may provide you with assignment sheets. These sheets can be slipped in front of the calendar. The day the assignments and tests are announced, work out a study schedule. Commit To A Regular Time And Place For Homework You should study every day to continue to make progress. Homework time doesn’t have to be a hassle if you are flexible with your schedule. Some students like to start their homework right after school. With their homework finished, they are free to go out or watch television. Other students prefer to relax first, then do their homework with a fresh perspective. Once you have committed to a homework time, stick to it. Where you study is as important as setting a regular study time. You may enjoy studying at your bedroom desk or lying on the floor in the living room. No matter where you study, the environment should be noise-free and well-lighted. You should be able to spread out your books and papers. Also make sure you have all the supplies you need within your reach. Be Conscientious Every night make sure your homework is done, is correct and is orderly. Neat homework and projects earn higher grades. In the business world, if you make a sloppy presentation, you will lose the client’s account. Also turn your homework in on time. After the test and assignments are handed back, sit down with them and see where you made mistakes. Why were the errors made and how could you prevent similar errors in the future? Write notes on the assignments and tests. Make a file for the test and notes, for cumulative tests later. Use Memorization Techniques In order to remember lists, try inventing a combination of letters (an acronym). Each letter will give you a clue to an idea you need to remember. For example, BRASS is an acronym for how to shoot a rifle–Breath, Relax, Aim, Sight, Squeeze. You could also make up a sentence where the first letter of each word is a hint to what you need to recall. For instance, Dumb Martians Just Sit Nearby Eating Tender Noodles is the phrase to remember the order of the Eight Is Enough children–David, Mary, Joanie, Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, Tommy, Nicholas. For remembering names, devise a relationship between the name and the physical characteristics of the person. For example, Shirley Temple might be remembered as having curly–which rhymes with Shirley–hair around her temples. When you have an ordered or an unordered list you need to memorize, you can create a story linking the ideas together. The more crazier, the better. If your vocabulary words are success, assistant, cemetery, scrutinize, you might create a story of a successful assistant scrutinizing tombstones in a cemetery, searching for her boss grave. Studying For Tests Write down a study checklist of what will be covered on the test. Make a list of notes, formulas, ideas and text assignments that you are responsible for. Create flashcards–put topics or questions on the front and answers on the back. Have a friend, parent or sibling quiz you. Keep running through the flashcards while you brush your teeth, are on the bus, when you are in the restroom and when you are doing chores. Produce a mock test. One with only the questions and another with only the answers. Hide the answers in a drawer or give them to a parent. Take the test and when completed, compare your responses with the ones on the answer sheet. Keep repeating this process until you know the material backward and forward. If you want to make studying for a test fun, team up with a friend and play the game show Twenty-One. A parent or sibling should host , reading off the questions. You and your friend compete against each other until one of you reaches twenty-one points. Avoid Getting Involved In Too Many Activities If you want to participate in an extracurricular activity, you can reschedule your study time. However, if baseball, ballet or any other activities make you stay up late trying to finish your homework, then you are involved in too many activities. Play Educational Games After the homework is finished, pull out a board game. Monopoly encourages mental calculation when counting money and determining moves, and Clue requires logical deductive skills. Try to figure out the measurements when doubling a recipe in the kitchen. Playing word games with your family or friends can improve spelling skills. Scrabble, anagrams, Wheel of Fortune and word jumbles can teach you to spell new words. II Timothy 2:15 says to study to show yourself approved unto God. 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By Jerry Sakala The truth is the Jones did have such a thing as self righteousness. They actually suffered from feelings of superiority or inferiority complex; a cover up, to hide from their own sins in their soul, from feelings of deep purposelessness and a confused state of mind. The Jones always acted and felt and performed in accordance with what they imagined to be true about themselves and their environment. This is basic fundamental law of the soul. Its been like that since the creation of mankind; In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth. And the earth, which is the heart of man was in confusion, purposelessness and darkness was in the deep. Within them they did not have the power to do what could make them feel significant and influential to make meaningful contribution in life…at least not a permanent basis. Once in a while they would do charitable deeds towards each other, family and friends and of course the community at large. In addition they would entertain themselves and pursue intellectually inspiring and stimulating activities too. All this however could never take away sins in their soul, the feelings of deep purposelessness and their constant confused state of mind. The more they tried to self-improve the more they needed to repent to temporarily wipe out these negative emotions of helplessness and feelings of being stuck in an ever changing uncontrollable chaotic world environment. All this came about because they allowed themselves to be hypnotized by religion and human ethics of morality. The Jones invariably compounded the error by striving for self-righteousness. Their feelings sprung from the false premise that they could achieve a sense of significance and influence in contributing to a religious and or ethical cause of their interest all in a hope of wiping out their sins in their soul, purposelessness and confusion of mind for life. This striving got them in even more heartache, depression and frustration. Religion and human ethics are reverse sides of the same coin. Their cure lay in acknowledging that the coin itself is fake. The truth about the Jones is this: Jesus Christ was sent to earth, born of the virgin Mary. At the age of thirty his cousin, John the Baptist lay his hands on him to baptize him as an act to take away or accept all lifetime sins in the souls of the Jones once and for all. Jesus took upon himself the condemnation of the Jones sins and thus was crucified to shed blood on a cross. Jesus died and rose on the third day. There is now no sin to condemn in the souls of the Jones. They are guilt-free in the name of Jesus Christ who came by water (to be first baptized to take away sin of the Jones and the world once for all) and by blood (crucified and shed blood to die on the cross for the Jones sins). Do the Jones act sinful from time to time? Of course they do. They are flesh and blood. But they thank God their souls have been eternally purified and God himself has promised them a new spiritual body to go with their perfected souls. That will be when they eventually die are resurrected and ruptured. Once you see this simple, rather self evident truth, accept it and believe it, Youll be like the Jones; your sins in your soul will vanish, born again to experience a life of significance, influence and meaningful contribution to an abundant life awaiting the resurrection and rapture to glory of the saints. Jerry Sakala is Book Distributor Of New Life Mission a Free christian books Ministry. visit http://www.bjnewlife.org Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jerry_Sakala http://EzineArticles.com/?Self-Righteousness—How-The-Jones-Cured-Theirs&id=398589 credit card no credit check cash advance services in oceanside ca bad credit lender mortgage bad credit personal loan company

By Richard Sem Lets pretend that a wise holy man, inspired by God Himself, is revealed today. Lets further pretend that he presents us with the Meaning of Life, the answer to at least some of the eternal questions that have vexed us since we climbed down out of the trees. What would happen to his words and deeds? Most likely dozens of pundits and experts would pop out of the woodwork and author dozens of books analyzing every word and nuance of the message. Within a year or two theologians would be interpreting each others interpretations and disputes would arise. Within a decade the original Meaning of Life would be lost in a flurry of sects, rituals and rules. This somewhat pessimistic and over-simplified scenario is a reflection of human natures irresistible tendency to take a sacred concept and, over time, to ritualize, bureaucratize and reinterpret into something very different. As discussed under What would Jesus, Moses and Mohammad Think, I doubted that the myriad denominations that evolved from their words and work were what they had at all intended. I cant believe that they ever imagined the colossal, wealthy and aristocratic bureaucracies that were formed in their names, let alone the superior, judgmental and angry viewpoints that often followed. So, what might they have hoped for? What legacy would a prophet hope to leave behind? How would he or she have seen his or her followers acting a century or two after his or her passing? What would be the structure of their ideal religion, if they had at all intended the formation of a faith and long-term following? What might be the ideal religion? I should first of all mention that my perspective comes out of Christianity because that was my upbringing, but I would think these concepts would apply for any tradition of faith. We might consider, then, the earliest Christians, who didnt yet call themselves Christians. In the early days they met in each others homes, often over a meal, prayed together, and discussed their common history and beliefs. No formal church, with all its rituals and rules, had yet formed, although the Judaic rules and rituals were mostly still followed. Over time, of course, disagreements arose over Jesus words and intentions and over whom or what he actually was. Leaders, such as Paul, eventually stepped forward, imposed structure and interpretation, and we were off and running. Note that bibles were not widely available until the sixteenth century and, besides, most people were illiterate during those early centuries, so it was more necessary for them to depend upon others to read and interpret for them. But could we step back and re-form a faith closer to what Jesus, or the other prophets, might have hoped for? For me, such a faith would be one with an elemental foundation, such as certain holy books (with the possibility that others might be later considered and added), a belief in God and, in the case of Christians, at least an acceptance that Jesus existed and was a holy man worthy of emulation and study. Some general codes of morality such as the Ten Commandments and Golden Rule might be included. Congregates would periodically gather together to study, discuss and pray. Leaders might be elected, but their duties would not include imposing rituals or interpretations. While chapters and verses would be studied and discussed, the overall intentions of the prophet(s) would not be forgotten. I fear that I am naive, that such a congregation couldnt exist for long without falling to the siren song of bureaucracy and a theology of rules and rituals. After all, Utopian philosophies never succeeded because they didnt take into account the fact that greed for power and influence happens, that some will inevitably lead for their own gratification, and that many will follow no matter what. But perhaps this age of the Internet will allow for a discourse closer to the founders intent than anything that has come along so far. We can hope. For more, see my blog at www.therestofus.net. Dick Sem Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Richard_Sem http://EzineArticles.com/?The-Ideal-Religion&id=430627 faxing loans no online payday christmas faxless payday loan figure withholdings on paycheck pay day loans with bad credit

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By Jeff Herring Private practice marketing is enough of a challenge without all the obstacles we put in our own way. Here is an example of how I got in my own way and the reframe I used to remove the obstacle. It was fall of ‘04 and I was getting ready to expand in some way, looking for other things to do and I was looking for ways to build my practice, even though I had a great one at the time. But as those things began to grow, one of the things noticed was I was really kind of holding myself back. And I thought what in the world is this about? So there I was at, what was that then, 46‑47, having experienced more success than I’d ever thought I would in my whole career. I mean, I had a full private practice, straight pay, no insurance, no managed care, I was a professional speaker, I’d been a syndicated relationship columnist for several years, more things than I knew what to do with, and more business than I could handle. So as I kind of dug deeper into what was holding me back, I had this notion. And I’m not sure where it came from, still it doesn’t matter, I had this notion that somehow I had peaked, OK? And this was as good as it was going to get. OK, I’d gotten lucky, I’d gotten successful early, and I had peaked. And at best I could hang on and maintain the way things were, and at worst it was all downhill from here, sort of the downslide into retirement. Now, do you think that would get in my way a little bit? Heck, yeah! So I started playing with a reframe. How else can I look at this, how can I argue with this obstacle? And being a child of ’70s music, I mean, give me any song and I’ll tell you who did it, what year, probably what cut it was on the album or 8‑track, that’s dating myself. What began to play in my head was an old Bachman‑Turner Overdrive song with the chorus “You aint seen nothing yet,” OK? And so that kind of became my theme song for a while, “You aint seen nothing yet.” And it got me past that obstacle, and I’ve expanded a little bit in the last few years. So whatever it is for you it may be silly sounding like mine is, and even the reframe or the solution strategy might be silly, but it works. It was there, it was in my way, and that song works. For more tips and tools on playing large in private practice, please visit http://www.BuildingYourIdealPractice.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jeff_Herring http://EzineArticles.com/?Private-Practice-Marketing:-How-to-Remove-Obstacles-to-Your-Success-in-Private-Practice-Marketing&id=525242 bad credit personal loans bad credit personal loans payday loan bbb payday loan no credit check military payday loans