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May 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Living

Reduce Your Math Anxiety

Math makes a lot of people nervous.  Is there any hope?  You bet there is!  Below are a few helpful hints. You are not alone!  Relax.  Many people dislike and are nervous about math.  Even mathematicians are unsure of themselves and get that sinking, panicky feeling called “math anxiety&[...]

April 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Living

Listen to Your Teachers in Class

It is important for you to be a good listener in class. Much of what you will have to learn will be presented verbally by your teachers. Just hearing what your teachers say is not the same as listening to what they say. Listening is a cognitive act that requires you to pay attention and [...][...]

March 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Living

Effective Study skills

Effective study skills must be practiced in order for you to improve. It is not enough to simply “think about” studying; you have to actually do it, and in the process use information from what you do to get better. This is the central idea of this page. All that follows depends on this [...]

February 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Living

Concentrate on Your Study

Do you have problems concentrating? Believe it or not, you are not alone! The first thing we need to do – before we can discuss how to concentrate – is to define the term “concentration”. According to Princeton University’s WordNet, concentration means: “great and constant diligence and [...]

January 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Living

Ways to Keep New Year’s Resolutions

Many of us are gathering up our willpower for a brand new set of New Year’s resolutions. But have we learned from past experience? A large number, if not the majority, of previous resolutions were probably broken in weeks, days, or even hours. So, how to make this time round more successful? Well [...]

December 1st, 2009 - 1:48 am § in Living

Simple Ways to Boost Your Intelligence

Just like a muscle, your brain needs exercise. If you use it often and in the right ways, you will become a more skilled thinker and increase your ability to focus. But if you never use your brain, or abuse it with harmful chemicals, your ability to think and learn will deteriorate. Here are simple [...]

October 3rd, 2009 - 6:20 am § in Living

Tips to Help Control Your Life

Don’t feel you have enough control over your life? Feel that, from the moment you wake up to the point when you finally get to put your head down for the night, you don’t have much of a say in what happens? If this is the case for you, then it may only be a [...][...]

September 7th, 2009 - 8:30 am § in Living

What After Ramadan?

We leave the blessed month of Ramadan, its beautiful days and its fragrant nights. We leave the month of the Qur’an, Taqwa, patience, jihad, mercy, forgiveness and freedom from hellfire… Have we fulfilled the requirements of Taqwa and graduated from the Ramadan school with the diploma of the god[...]