Month: September 2019

How Children Succeed

Students in class

“Students in class” by UGA CAES/Extension is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 

 

Radio Lab:

Listen to a podcast on the subject here

*Kids who waited for a Piece of candy got higher S.A.T. scores

*The people tracked these kids to see what happened later on and realized that the lack of self control can lead to bad behavior and a success rate

*Self control is a key ability that can develop during a young age of 4

This American Life:

Watch video from This American life podcast, Back to School 

*Parents really try to teach their kids at a young age by teaching them old skills that only waste their time and doesn’t benefit them as much as it used to

*Getting your ged is 4 years of high school crammed into a few months, It’s just crazy how thats possible

*BUT the people who got ged’s are slightly better than your normal drop outs and nowhere close than high school students and tend to drop out of real life decisions

Internet Safety Tips

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“IMG_1869” by Фото Москвы Moscow-Live.ru is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 

 

Watch Safety Videos Here

 

Example: In the first video “split decisions”

 

*It shows how social media can mess up your social life

*Gives you an example of a better approach

*Basically tells you that putting yourself in other’s shoes will benefit you rather than being close-minded and put your anger out online

Listen Smart – Safely Handling the Power of Sound

Can You Hear This?

Listen Smart – Safely Handling the Power of Sound

Sound is wonderful thing that gives people happiness and comfort, but we can’t get too loud. Especially with concerts. Look, concerts are awesome I know but if we want to maintain our hearing and be able to listen to music in the future then we need to be careful of what we listen to. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t go to a concert and have fun but just be cautious about it.

 

soundadvice.info

The link above tells you about what to do in certain situations. This can be a guide for noise controlling, helping you save your ears. Example: you can use hearing protection equipment as a last resort when at a concert or live event that includes a lot of noise.

The charts below show the different types of sound and how they effect your hearing.