COVID-19 has impacted lives across the globe. Whether it’s the loss of someone close to you, mental health challenges, or a reduction in your household income, the pandemic one way or another has affected us all. Children are not an … Continue reading
There is never a bad time to go back and further your education. There are many factors that should go into your decision, but age shouldn’t be one of them. Going back to school has numerous benefits to your career … Continue reading
Recent studies have shown that seasons don’t only affect our mood, but they actually affect our cognitive processes (attention, memory, learning…) and brain performance. Continue reading
Reports in the NY Times and elsewhere point to the rise of Chinese language instruction in our schools, against the backdrop of the demise of language learning in general. People justify this rush to Chinese by referring to the growth of the Chinese economy. The US government has declared Chinese a “critical language.” How realistic is this Chinese boom, and will it last? Here is a reality check. Continue reading
The importance of self education and self learning. This report and other recent studies show that online learning, distance learning, and self-learning in general, are not only more convenient, but, in fact, more effective than the classroom, for high school, college and adult learners. In the last decade, the Internet, the MP3 player, the iPhone, and other mobile devices,as well as social networking sites, language exchange communities, online learning systems, university courses online and more, have changed how we deal with knowledge. Independent programmer-entrepreneurs are constantly developing new learning applications. The language lab is already obsolete, can the college lecture hall be far behind? The walls of academia, and the costs of learning, are crumbling before our eyes and ears. Continue reading
Note: this is a follow-up the last week’s article, 3 Words That Forever Changed a Deaf Boy’s Life. After hearing those three words, life as I knew it was never the same. It put me directly in the path of … Continue reading
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