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Exam Guide 1  - 5 Great Tips To Improve Your Strategy
by: Michael Smoke
 

In order to do well on a exam, you must first have a good knowledge of the information that is being examined. But, aside that, you must have a good strategy for taking the exam. This allows you to show what you know. This exam guide gives you some tips that will help you make a good strategy:

Directions
Test direction are very important, so read them carefully. Ask your teacher to explain any test direction that you do not understand. A good score on the exam is achieved only by following directions. If you don't follow directions, you won't be able to demonstrate what you know.

Examine
Examine the entire test in order to see how much you have to do, because, only by knowing it all you can break it down into parts more manageable for you.

Time
Once you are done with the test examination, it's time for you to decide how much time you will spend on each item. If an item has different points, plan to spend the most time on items that count for the most points. A good planning of your time is especially important for essay test where you have to avoid spending too much time on one item and leave little time for other test items.

Easiest First
Remember to answer the items you find easiest first, because if you get stuck on a more difficult item that comes up early in the test, you may not have enough time to answer items you know.

Review
If you plan you time correctly, you will have time to review your answers and make sure they are as complete and accurate as possible. Also make sure you review the test directions to be certain you have answered all items required.

Using this exam guide will definitely help you do better on exams, no matter the field they cover, and get better grades.

 

Michael Smoke:  From networking to database administration to programming,
http://www.ExamGuru.net  offers a wide variety of IT training guides to help you achieve your certification and career goals.   michaelssmoke@yahoo.com

A New Language Means New Thoughts
by: Steve Gillman
 

Hablas Español?
Do you speak any other languages? Maybe you've considered how good it would feel to be able to speak to people in another language, but did you know it also expands the range of your possible thoughts? It's true. There are concepts in each language that don't exist in others, as well as different expressions. These can give you new ways to think, and change your perspective on things.

Changing Your Perspective Through Language

It is no coincidence that many Americans see money as something created, rather than as a static quantity to be divided up. English, after all, is one of the few languages that speaks of "making" money. In most languages, the verb used is "to gain," or "to take," or "to get." Each of these affect the ways in which people think about money. Personally, I think "making money" is a very healthy perspective.

In Spanish, you are not thirsty or cold or afraid. You say "I have thirst (yo tengo sed)", "I have coldness (yo tengo frio)," or "I have fear (yo tengo miedo)." So what is the difference?

Did you know that the best therapists will tell you to stop saying or thinking things like "I am afraid?" It creates too much identification with the feeling. It is healthier to say "I feel fear." You are a human; fear, like all feelings, is just a temporary visitor.

Can you see how other languages can give you other perspectives? You might feel differently about decision making if you only had to "take a decision" ("tomar un decision" in Spanish)" instead of "make a decision." And the German word "angst," (roughly; a feeling of
existential anxiety) might immediately pinpoint how you feel, when you can't quite express it in English.

Better Understanding Through Language

You gain not just words when you learn a language, but the ability to understand things better. Who can speak more precisely about snow; someone with three or four words for it (snow, sleet, powder), or an eskimo with 23 words for it? And which is more efficient, the German word "zeitgeist" (roughly; the taste and outlook of a period or generation), or the paragraph of English you'd need to say the same thing?

Other Advantages Of Learning A Language

Did you know that most people experience a general improvement in memory from studying a language? There's more. Are you getting older? It has also been demonstrated that you can halt the age-related decline in mental function by learning a new language. You can tuck
that little tip away for later in life, or better yet, start learning a new language today.
 

Steve Gillman has been studying brain improvement, concentration, creative problem solving, and related topics for years. Some of what he has discovered can be found on his website:    http://www.IncreaseBrainPower.com , as well as in his free Brain Power
Newsletter:  http://www.IncreaseBrainPower.com/newsletter.html

 
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