The tradition of making New Year’s resolutions goes back to the Romans, who made promises to Janus, the god of beginnings and endings, at the start of each year. Many people still choose to make a New Year’s resolution when January 1 rolls around. Unfortunately, one week into the new year, 23% […]
High School Students
Winter break is that beautiful period between semesters when your obligations are few and you have the ability to do whatever you want, for as long or as short as you want, every day. You’ve finished the previous semester’s finals and chances are, you weren’t assigned much schoolwork to complete […]
Using Your Winter Break Wisely in High School
Note: This post was submitted to Student Caffé by Emmy Defigueiredo. We would like to thank her for her submission and credit her as the author of this blog post. College-bound students considering a gap year are wise to do so. Prestigious universities across the nation believe that students who take a […]
Why Colleges Want You to Take a Gap Year
When I went away for college, I thought I was prepared to be on my own. Needless to say, I wasn’t. I wasn’t ready to be fully responsible for myself (including cooking and doing laundry); I wasn’t ready to handle money alone; I wasn’t ready to have the freedom to choose whether […]
Things I Wish I Knew before I Left for College
The approach of finals week sends feelings of dread into the pits of many students’ stomachs, no matter how old they are. The good desks in the library are suddenly perpetually full, the campus café comes close to running out of coffee, and tired students shut themselves off from their […]
Nine Simple Study Tips That Will Help You Prepare for Finals
Cyberbullying is a new take on an old concept. Before getting into the cyber aspect of it, though, it’s first important to understand what the term bullying actually means. As a teacher, I heard many students (and parents) accuse others of bullying. Sometimes, they were right. Many other times, it was students just being […]
How to Recognize Cyberbullying
We are continuing our series on executive functioning (EF) skills. This article focuses on the EF skills of attention and working memory. What do “attention” and “working memory” mean? Attention is, in vaguest terms, the act or state of applying your mind to something. It allows you to select and focus […]
Executive Functioning Skills: Attention and Working Memory
We are continuing our series on executive functioning (EF) skills. This article focuses on the EF skills of focus and self-control. What do “focus” and “self-control” mean? Focus is the ability to concentrate on one thing and ignore everything else (to an extent). Focus helps you stay on task or on […]
Executive Functioning Skills: Focus and Self-Control
I’ve been reading the Harry Potter series since I was in elementary school. I went to book release parties at the local bookstore each time a sequel was released. I threw my younger brother a Harry Potter-themed birthday party. My best friend and I made a home video of Harry Potter and the […]
What Lessons Can The “Harry Potter” Series Teach Us?
Did you know that of more than 1,200 college students with credit cards, over 44% of them were never taught how to budget, how to actually use a credit card, or many of the other intricate details of building and having a line of credit? Earlier this year, in May, U.S. News and […]
The Relationship between Credit Card Debt and Credit Card Literacy
Maintaining a school-life balance is extremely important while you’re in college. You are obviously there to study and learn, but that should not take up all of your time. College is also about making new friends and being a part of something new, but again, these experiences should not make up your entire life. […]
How to Maintain a School-Life Balance
It can be distressing to think that a classmate doesn’t like you or that one of your friends isn’t as into your friendship as you are. It’s even more distressing to think that a teacher doesn’t like you or doesn’t want you to do well in their class, but it’s […]