The Solar Eclipse is coming and lots of us would definitely like to observe it. However, what should we do when we’re neither astronomers nor meteorologists. We do not have special devices to watch the crown of sunbeams around the Moon. Well, don’t get upset immediately, we’re here to show you how not to miss this phenomenon and enjoy it to the full. Continue reading
There are plenty of articles on how to manage such combinations as homework+work, homework+social life, homework+household chores. However, there’s still something on the list waiting to fit in – sports. Can you pick which suits you better today: to be healthy student with lean, athletic body but with no idea of how to solve the easiest equation or to be a highbrow nerd with a pale face and the bag of bones? One should balance, you say, but how? Let’s consider this problem here so that you’d be able to choose your way. There are normally several ways to set sports among your other everyday activities, but get used to managing your time efficiently. Continue reading
Parents take their kids to school from the best motives hoping that it is exactly what they need to become happy, self-assertive and successful in the future. A deplorable fact is that sometimes educational establishments can fail to meet parents’ and child’s expectations. Schools, colleges, and universities nowadays are more likely to be the product of history rather than the result of scrupulous investigation of studying process and desire to improve it since the traditions haven’t changed, only the equipment was improved. The most noticeable and ambiguous issue among the number of pros and cons of contemporary schooling appears to be the amount of homework. Trying to find out how advantageous and useful homework is, we simply stuck between the questions of its size and relevance. Thus, does this activity violate our rights of freedom being troublesome and labor-intensive? Continue reading
According to 2014 reports, an average student at state college spends from $8,000 annually to pay for his or her education, while their peers in private colleges give away (be ready!) almost $30,000 per year. A medium price for one-year course textbooks constitutes $600-1,000 each year. What’s next? Food. Typically, meal plan costs around $700 per semester, huh? Add your girlfriend, traveling, hobby, sports, and some fun during the weekend. Now what, an empty wallet? No good, let’s deal with it. Continue reading
Wait do you hear that? Is that Ho ho ho from Santa? (or from the teacher setting your finals?) Anyway, you’re probably decorating your dorm right now or taking a shopping walk in anticipation of Christmas. There are a lot of things for students to do on holidays, and little time to get prepared because of finals. Probably you won’t argue that Christmas tree is a must-have. If you still don’t have one, pick one of our geeky tree ideas. Another thing is gifts. And that’s something to think about! Check our list of best Christmas gifts for geeks and pick some ideas for your friends and family.
Christmas is around the corner and everyone is thinking about presents and decorations (unless you still have finals to pass..). Traditional glass ornaments and laces are adorable; however, if you’re bored with this stuff (or simply don’t have any at the dorm), you can create decorations for college in modern way, using almost everything, the only limitation is your imagination. Some science lovers cannot go without science even on holidays and thus yield sometimes strange, or even crazy ideas and hand-made implementations. We don’t recommend you to construct the foregoing stuff at home, as without understanding of physics and proper safety arrangements this could turn into troubles. If you are not a physics lover, proceed to other ideas for Christmas trees in this article. So look! Continue reading
When Christmas trucks appear on silver screen letting us know that “Holidays are coming”, we hurry outside to play snowballs and buy gifts since the most cheerful and joyous time of the year has officially started and nothing can stop us. Nothing, except… finals. Acid looking students are rather poor show, however, exam tradition hasn’t been canceled yet, so we have to put up with it. Here we are to give some hints and don’t worry we won’t advise you that simple truth about time-management and stuff written in each every article within this topic.
