You go through the years of school only to realize that the only thing standing between you and standing in college is the practical exam. As the moment approaches and the day of the exam approaches, you begin to feel anxious. If you can’t do it during the ACT study session or if your school […]
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In a poor job market one of the best ways to survive is to create a job rather than looking for one. Many small businesses that are conceived as a dream job, a career change or a retirement and are begun with the utmost confidence end up in failure. On the other hand, sometimes a […]
The teaching of New York is not at all. Sometimes you don’t have enough supplies, the principal only cares about standardized tests and half of your students don’t come to school. At the end of the day you still have to teach! “Only the strong go mad. The weak just go on.” – Roasted Shakur […]
Do students really need to spend $500, $600, $700 or even more on classes to prepare to take the SAT? No. Most students can master the skills taught in these “professional test prep” courses WITHOUT spending the vast sums. Education as a Product: Test preparation companies are businesses, NOT schools. They have a bottom line […]
Arguably, our society places too much emphasis on standardized tests. Many students get good grades but are poor test-takers, and the opposite is just as true. But these kinds of trials continue to follow us from our first school days into advanced academia. Everyone is familiar with the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), which many college […]
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The Praxis I Exam, also known as the PPST (Pre-Professional Skills Test), is the first exam of two that all education students have to take in order to become a teacher. The PPST test is comprised of three sections- reading comprehension, writing, and math. There are hundreds of test prep books on the market for […]