You probably would have met many graduates with good academic results but live a mediocre life. There are MANY of them. You might be surprised why this is the case. These days, employers want to make fair and reasonable judgments of candidates, but with the proportion of high grades now being given, it is becoming
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Selfie was named ‘word of the 2013’ by Oxford Dictionaries but now there’s a new term on the block: The Usie. Pronounced ‘uss-ee’ – and rhyming with ‘fussy’ – the word marks the growing trend for people squeezing their friends into their camera frame, as well as themselves. In contrast to one-person selfies, usies are
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This is dedicated to those teachers who take delights in getting students scared by constantly telling them how hard their subject is, and bragging that no one would get good grade. The last time I checked, the best way to measure a teacher’s performance is still the good grades their students have. So, I think
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Classroom walls are traditionally covered in maps, drawings and paintings. However, researchers have found that the colourful covering could actually be distracting pupils. The key to learning effectively, they found, was clear walls. ‘Young children spend a lot of time — usually the whole day — in the same classroom, and we have shown that