Posts Tagged ‘school’
Top Five Canadian Cities to attend post secondary:
Applying to college or university is a chance to get out of your hometown and experience a new environment. It’s a scary leap from the safety of your home to a dorm room, but it’s worth it! When I applied to university, I refused to apply to any schools in my province because I didn’t [...]
Top 5 Student money mistakes
Whether you’re in college now or about to be, there is no time like the present to start thinking about your financial situation. It’s important to be as conscious of your finances as possible so you don’t wind up in trouble when you graduate (or before graduation, if you’re really negligent). 1. Ignoring the budget [...]
Africentric School’s: Cultural Division or Diversity?
Toronto could be getting its second Africentric school in the fall. Africentric education was first introduced at the elementary level in 2009. Being so young, it’s unclear what the full effects of this kind of education will have on our society and education system. However, a second Africentric school is being proposed this year. The [...]
GSA’s and Religion
I read an article this morning about Gay Straight Alliances and Catholic Schools. It’s not the first time we here at FYIHigh have commented on the issue. This time around, the news isn’t specifically about a school not supporting a GSA; it’s about Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty not enforcing the specific presence of a GSA [...]
Who’s cheating who?
It’s no secret that students share notes. While some teachers see it as a student’s decision to share, others see it as cheating. According to this article, there are websites run by former students that allow you to upload and download your own notes onto a database and make money by selling copies of them [...]
Top 5 Tactics to get into your first choice University
Very few students apply to JUST their university of choice because it’s always wise to have a backup. You still want to strive for the best though, so increase your chances of getting into your number one school with the following top five getting-into-school tactics. 5. Use every opportunity to promote yourself Everything you [...]
Dance with a dud
I went to the dance and may I just say, what a loser! I really should have known judging by his method of invitation that this guy wasn’t going to be my chivalrous knight, but my goodness what a disaster. Leading up to the dance I was pretty excited, and I suppose optimistic. I knew [...]
The early bird does not get the worm.
Back in the fall of 2009 a school in Toronto pushed its start time ahead to 10:00 a.m. instead of the usual 9:00 or 8:30. The theory behind the time change is that the biological clock of teenagers starts later in the day. By pushing the start time forward, students would be better rested, more [...]
To Overcome Shyness
Getting over being shy is not as easy as picturing a room full of people in their underwear, but there are a few tricks in the form of “The 3 P’s” that can help: Prepare: A lot of shyness stems from a fear of doing something that you don’t normally do. Whether that’s making a [...]
D becomes F in this Alphabet
The Mount Olive School Board in New Jersey recently eliminated the “D” from their grade scale. This means that if you are a junior high or a high school student and you receive a grade below 70 per cent, that you fail the assignment or test. Teachers in this school board were complaining that kids [...]