The one topic that prompts more email than any other on this site is finding the theme of a book. I've received many terse comments from frustrated students who just ... Read More

Information is best retained when you use two or more of your senses to absorb it. The next time you’re studying for a test, try using your ears or your ... Read More

Once a teacher told me that my writing went through the most drastic change he'd ever seen from first draft to final draft. I knew what he was saying. My ... Read More

Many successful people find that the key to great organization is a simple checklist. If you find yourself forgetting to take your finished homework to school, or if you find ... Read More

A report from the New York Times shows that colleges are receiving more applications than ever before. While it’s great that students are eager to advance their studies after high ... Read More

Imagine a laptop that is so inexpensive that every student could own one. Imagine if that laptop were also more environmentally-friendly than any computer designed before it. Sound impossible? Not ... Read More

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Once in college, I was so embarrassed to get a history paper back with a big red circle on it because I had confused "serf" and "surf." And this was ... Read More

By now you have probably discovered that there's a difference in the writing styles used in your various texts. Different disciplines have different preferred styles. It should be no surprise ... Read More

Each year about this time we explore the new words and phrases that were invented during the past year. This year, a new phrase cropped up--but it isn’t a very ... Read More