A blog article suggests that going to bed only when you feel sleepy and getting up with an alarm clock at a fixed time every dayd of the week is the key. I am yet to get this method to work, but the theory stacks up. I managed to wake up consistently at 5:30 AM […]
Tagged as: Life skills
I recently heard an interesting show on ‘Radio National’ talked about the effect that noise has on the classroom . It talked about how noise distracts students, and in extreme cases, a seemingly minor distraction can change the meaning of the whole lesson.
It gave the example of a children’s story read to a group of […]
Tagged as: Ideas, Life, Philosophy, Radio National
Image: Body Language, Faceless Expressions by Jimmy MacDonald
At a very early age, I saw my Dad’s best friend (who was like a second father to me) die of lung cancer; like many strong-minded, stubborn latin american men, he took to smoking from an early age, and it killed him at the peak of […]
Tagged as: Life skills
Image: Path to knowledge by fictures
Are you a knowledge junkie? Take this quizz and find out!!
1. How many ‘self-help’ books do you have in your bookshelf?
a) None
b) 1–3
c) 4–10
d) more than 10
2. How many ‘self-help’ books have you actually read?
a) None
b) One
c) Less than Five
d) More than Five
3. How many Seminars (non-work related) have you paid to attend […]
Tagged as: Life skills