Celebrity tips with Vadi PVSS
We chat with celebrity and educator Vadi PVSS about balancing work, studies and fame. From acting in Calefare on Channel 5 to teaching Economics, what have you been up these days? Currently, I am studying Law at Singapore Management University (SMU) and teaching the modue “Writing for Media” part time at Singapore Polytechnic. I still … Continue Reading
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An F9 to an A1 in Maths? How?
it might sound like an impossible task, but in the case of Malini, she made it happen. Last year, she was a Secondary 5N student, always up to trouble. She had ear piercings and her uniform was always sloppy. “I wouldn’t accept any of the school rules,” she says. Her teachers and discipline masters were … Continue Reading
Ace Your Finals The Smart Way
I’ve never been that keen on studying before an exam. I rarely study for more than a half hour, even for big final exams worth more than half my grade. When I do study, I usually just skim over the material and do a few practice questions. For some of my math classes I have … Continue Reading
Double Your Reading Rate
Reading is an incredibly important skill to have. Just about any form of education will involve reading, sometimes almost exclusively. You can often make yourself an expert on an intellectual subject just by reading enough in that area. But despite the incredible importance of reading, most people are wildly inefficient at it. Like a child … Continue Reading
Take Notes with the Morse Method
Taking notes the old-fashioned way can really slow you down when you’re wading through dozens of pages on your textbook. Would you like to speed things up? Take the Morse Code Method a spin. Ph.D. student, Cal Newport developed the method to help him in his note-taking in a demanding graduate seminar, but it would … Continue Reading
The Art of Taking Notes
We don’t need to tell you about the importance of taking notes! But how many of you take effective notes? The goal should be to produce a set of notes that are sufficient to re-teach you the materials in 10 years after you’ve most of it. In a nutshell, understanding the material is everything and … Continue Reading
How to Stop Procrastinating
You have a deadline looming. However, instead of doing your work, you are fiddling with miscellaneous things like checking email, social media, watching videos, surfing blogs and forums. You know you should beworking, but you just don’t feel like doing anything. We are all familiar with the procrastination phenomenon. When we procrastinate, we squander away our … Continue Reading
6 Ways To Get Rid Of Your TV
Have you ever had that moment while watching TV when you felt “What am I doing? Shouldn’t I be doing something more productive?” We’ve all been there. TV can be a huge timesucker and there’s been a crusade in recent times against it. While you may not be ready to completely remove TV from you life, … Continue Reading
