NuView Tutoring - Manhattan Beach, CA and the Untapped Interest in Drawing Ability

NuView Tutoring - Manhattan Beach, CA and the Untapped Interest in Drawing AbilityAs a tutor in a private tutoring program, I often work with students who are not only academically gifted but also have exceptional attention to detail. In fact, as a member of the school board and as a parent of one of these great kids, I often get the message, 'My child is better than other children because he's got talent!' Well, my reply is, 'You're an excellent example of a very special child!'That's right - they are very good at academic subject areas like math, science, reading, and language arts - but they are also very good at many other very important talents like playing musical instruments, speaking, writing, singing, dancing, sculpting, building, painting, creating, creative artistic expression, and so on. And those traits are now turning out to be one of the most valuable assets for schoolteachers as we look ahead to the next decade or two - even the next generation.Let me give you three p rincipal characteristics of a very good student in each of these areas - so you can get a better idea of what I mean. Let's start with one of the most talented areas of academic achievement. One of the qualities in the art form that is usually overvalued by administrators and teachers alike is drawing talent. It seems that drawing ability is more important than it really is for most children, so I'll focus on this.The specific art form that I'm referring to is drawing. Drawing ability is really much more important than it is for most other areas of academic achievement. Indeed, one of the few areas in which this point is not true is in math. Math tends to be perceived as being more like visual art than it really is.This area is just one of several that is usually over-emphasized inmath. In most schools, the majority of students' math homework is done in visual art. Yes, it's true that math is indeed visual - but most students fail to get the visual learning out of the math concept. This is not the point.The point is, drawing ability is also a learned skill that anyone can do. As well, drawing ability is a learned skill that anyone can improve. So, in addition to reading comprehension, language arts, and mathematics skills, drawing ability is learned skill that anyone can increase and improve. It's a really important skill that teachers, administrators, and parents need to pay attention to. These are just some of the major aspects of my career experience in the modeling industry, but as a member of the school board and as a parent of one of the most successful student models, I've been hearing from educators across the country for years that their students have great drawing ability.They believe that if they want to reach this audience, then they need to create a more comprehensive approach that includes exposure to more drawing ability, and then offer instruction in articulation, casting, skinning, cutting, and art making. What they see is an opportunity to re ach a larger, younger audience. They're in the very early stages of learning and practice. And what they're learning is how to reach a larger, younger audience. As they learn how to develop their own unique style, they're moving away from an outdated notion that drawing ability is more important than it is.

PTA Fundraising with Tutorfair

PTA Fundraising with Tutorfair 40% of students in London have a private tutor, and Tutorfair.com is where you can find the best tutors in your local area. We have hundreds of vetted and trained tutors covering subjects from Maths and English to Admissions and Music. We also promise that for every student who pays, Tutorfair gives free tutoring to a child who can’t afford it. Not only is Tutorfair the socially responsible way to find tutors but your PTA can earn ~ £60 per student through recommending Tutorfair.  All parents need to do is sign up to Tutorfair via your PTA fundraising  link. On average parents spend £1,200 on tutoring. As a website Tutorfair can afford to take less commission than a traditional agency  and tutors get to give back through the one-for-one mission, which is why so many great tutors are on Tutorfair. “Their 'child for child' promise ensures that tuition is not just for 'the privileged few' and replaces the X-Factor (X for eXpensive) with the Feel Good Factor. It's helicopter parenting with a conscience; the educational equivalent of off-setting your (naughty) air miles.” -  SchoolGuide.co.uk Plus, PTA fundraising is quick and easy to set up: We create a unique link including your code  e.g.tutorfair.com?regcode=your_reference. You share it with parents, friends, groups on email, Facebook, blogs, school website etc. When a new student books a tutor we pay you commission. A few more details: For now, Tutorfair is only in London and surrounding areas. Payments are made monthly in arrears. On average, parents spend £1,200 on private tuition and your PTA earns ~ £60 (5%) of everything spent on tutoring over a year. Percentages are calculated from pre-social, pre-VAT hourly rates. Client must sign up via the PTA’s link for the commission to be tracked. For example: If a tutor costs £30/hr and a parent booked 40 lessons over 4 months the school PTA would receive £15/month for four months. This is a great way for your PTA to raise funds for your school, whilst helping those children who can’t afford a tutor.   Tutorfair's free tutoring had helped over 2,500 children by 2015. If your PTA would like to sign up please fill in this form.  If you have any more questions please email Breanna at breanna@tutorfair.com.

Are unconditional offers a blessing or a curse - Tutor Hunt Blog

Are unconditional offers a blessing or a curse Are unconditional offers a blessing or a curse? Are unconditional offers a blessing or a curse?UniversitiesI can remember receiving an unconditional offer from my chosen university, and joking with my parents that I didn`t need to revise for my exams. `Whatever I get they have to admit me!` I thought, believing this was a licence to relax in my studies, and perhaps work on my computer game technique. Thankfully my parents made sure I knuckled down and got to work, and in the end I actually chose to go to another university after receiving my grades - but receiving the offer felt like a golden ticket. There has been concern over the precipitous rise in unconditional offers granted during the last 5 years. In 2013 the number of unconditional offers granted to 18 year olds was a modest 3000. In 2018 however the number had risen to a staggering 117,000! Quite an increase there, nearly 40 fold by my calculations. There has also been a huge growth in the so called `conditional unconditional` offers, which didn`t actually exist in 2013, but were granted to 66,000 students in 2018. I wasn`t actually aware of the `conditional unconditional` category, but have since learnt that it means the student is granted the place without question, with the stipulation that they make that university their first choice. Concerns have been raised by both schools and colleges that those students granted such guarantees are underachieving in exams, spending less time revising by taking `their foot off the gas,` according to the Office for Students (OfS). Researchers also found that those with unconditional offers were likely to miss their predicted marks by as much as two or three grades. It is disquieting to think that there may have been many A-Level students who were on course to receiving A grades, but after being granted unconditional offers became less studious, and ended up getting only C grades. OfS chief executive Nicola Dandridge has expressed serious concern about the huge rise in unconditional offers, in particular critiquing those `with strings attached, which are akin to pressure selling`. With the introduction of university fees the students, as opposed to local councils, now pay the majority of the bill, and securing placements may have become more of a commercial enterprise. Indeed, the Office for Students has likened the commonplace use of unconditional offers to `pressure selling,` and has said that universities may even be contravening consumer law. This is hardly the language one would expect when discussing the education sector, but the simple truth is that university places do need to be `sold` for the institutions to remain functional. Despite these concerns there are many who are of the opinion that unconditional offers have a vital role to play in ensuring everyone has a chance of going to university. Chris Husbands, vice-chancellor of the OfS has said that these offers give a chance to those students who `might otherwise not have the opportunity to study at a very high level`. `What unconditional offers can do when used in this way is to remove one element of pressure from the system and then ideally help students to achieve their potential and to thrive.` The Office for Students has said it will be monitoring the situation closely, and will be looking for a correlation between unconditional offers, and students not attaining their predicted grades, or dropping out soon after beginning their courses. They will also be encouraging students to be aware of any `pressure selling practices,` and have said they will take regulatory action, which may include fining universities, and forcing changes in their internal practices. The Student Room, an online forum where students can discuss all matters relating to university, has been discussing the pros and cons associated with unconditional offers for some time. In one post a student said they had received four unconditional offers out of their five applications, but each had the stipulation that they had to be selected as the first choice. This left the student rather disillusioned, feeling that `the universities do not actually care if I get the grade, instead, they just care about how many places they fill and want to guarantee as many as possible with the appeal of an unconditional offer.` Universities should only admit students onto courses who are academically suited for them. But with the growing commercialisation of the education sector, it is inevitable that the primary concern of universities will be ensuring their courses are fully booked up. Empty seats in the lecture hall means a loss of income. For many receiving an unconditional offer will be confidence boosting, and galvanise them to get the best grade they can; for others though it may mean they get a place on a course not suitable for them, and end up dropping out of university all together. 13 months ago0Add a Comment

16 Ways to Conquer Mathematics in 2016

16 Ways to Conquer Mathematics in 2016 16 ways to conquer Mathematics in 2016:Study. It can be very difficult to study for mathematics! But, I find that it can increase your math test scores dramatically. The best way I find to study in general for all subjects is to set a goal. Whether it be a list of chapters to review, a concept to go over, or a skill to re-learn, set a goal for yourself. In math, your text book can help you highlight the main points of a lesson. Look for the vocabulary words, big concept boxes, and the clear directions. Don’t waste your time deciphering!Practice. You aren’t going to get good at something that you haven’t practiced doing. I am a very good guitar player, and I didn’t just pick up my guitar and start playing, it took years of diligent practice. The odd numbers in the back of the textbook help, but don’t show you how to get to the answer. Try doing the example problems in the lesson!Use tools to your advantage: your calculator is your friend, but it is not your crutch. Sometimes it’s useful to be able to do simple math operations like add and subtract, or even complex ones, like graphing and finding intersection points. Use them appropriately, make sure you know how to do the calculations that your calculator is doing!Get Organized: Not only do you need to know when your assignments are due, have scheduled study/homework time, and balance school, work, and family, you need to be organized in the way you do your math. make your scratchwork neat, number your problems, explain things to yourself in your notes. The best person that can explain something to you is yourself. When you get something the teacher or professor has taught you, write down what made you get it!Take Good Notes: Many students struggle in class understanding, and then struggle even further at home! You are not alone. Math is hard! Make sure that you take really clear notes. It goes with organization. Write neatly and professionally, if someone were to find your notes, could they teach th emselves? I like to draw pictures, make mental notes, and doodle. Keep your pen in your hand, ready to write.Go to class: A lot of times, especially in college, students skip class because the teacher is boring, or the content is. Don’t do it, this results in an instant drop in your grade. It’s harder than you think it is to catch up in Math! And when you are in class, don’t be a library book. Meaning, don’t be checked out!Work hard: Math is not easy! You need to do your homework to the best of your abilities, especially if you don’t understand the subject.Points Matter: Don’t skip out on doing homework because it’s only a low percentage. If it’s 5% and you have a 65% in the class, and you didn’t do your homework, you missed out. You have to put in work in order to pass, don’t expect a free A. There are two grades in all classes. Effort and Actual. Your effort grade, is something that you give yourself. Make sure you have an A, meaning you give as much as you can . Your actual grade often reflects your effort grade.Put the Cell Phone Away: It is such a distraction. Music can help sometimes, but your brain is horrible at multitasking! Focus on one thing at a time, and you can accomplish more.Pace yourself: Waiting until the last minute to do your homework is something that I have watched students do over and over. I even do it myself. It is not something that will benefit you. You may get it done before the due date, but “cramming” and doing things last minute result in poor knowledge and understanding of the subject.Sleep: Staying up and doing homework is just simply not worth it. Six to eight hours of sleep will benefit you as a person! Running on four hours and coffee is not good!Be Healthy: Feed your brain good food! Be the best you can be! Your brain is the most valuable resource, when your brain is healthy, it is sharp and ready for anything! Especially those tricky math problems!Double Check: When it comes to the big test, the slee p, and the healthiness will help, but we are human! We make mistakes all the time. Make sure that you double check your work. Often times in Math, you can!Be positive: Being angry and frustrated is okay! But be positive. One more try, one more chapter review in the textbook, or one more problem can be the difference in understanding a difficult math concept.Reward: When I do good on a test, I like to reward myself! Weather it be my favorite restaurant, or a new pair of shoes, I always treat myself after getting a good grade on a test!Ask for help: Your teacher, your parents, your tutor, are all here to help you! They want you to succeed, so use them to the best of your abilities. Scheduling with Frog Tutoring can help you improve beyond the sessions, in the classroom, and in other subjects! Book me,Quentin Nolf, today!

7 Recipes to Try If Youre Thinking of Going Vegan

7 Recipes to Try If You're Thinking of Going Vegan via Pixabay What Does It Mean to be Vegan? You may be wondering what it means to be vegan. Vegans do not eat animal products. This includes meat, milk, or eggs and anything made using those three animal products. That limits all dairy products, which can be a little rough, especially for people who love cheese and ice cream. However, people who have a vegan diet have experienced better health and feel more energized and just feel great overall. So, if so many people love the diet, why wouldn’t you want to try it for yourself? Vegan Pancakes Get the recipe here. There is nothing better than waking up on a Saturday morning and eating a stack of homemade pancakes. These vegan pancakes are extremely easy to make and use vegetable oil to replace the eggs and water to replace the milk that you would have regularly used. Top with fresh berries and pure maple syrup for a purely vegan breakfast. Vegan Mac ’n Cheese Get the recipe here. Cheese may be the hardest thing to give up when adopting a vegan diet. However, there are many recipes that teach you how to make imitation cheese, such as this Mac ’n cheese recipe. There are many ingredients that go into this comfort food dish such as cashews, onion, potato, and dijon mustard. Also, pay attention to the pasta that you use. Not all pastas are vegan. Black Bean Tomato Chili Get the recipe here. There is nothing better than a hot bowl of chili on a cold fall or winter day. Don’t deprive yourself from your favorite dish if it doesn’t fit the vegan diet. Instead, try to find substitutes. This recipe uses black beans instead of ground beef to make sure there is a good source of protein and not just tomato and veggies left. Eggplant “Meatballs” Get the recipe here. If you love Italian food, then going vegan may be a little difficult when it comes to being vegan. It involves a lot of cheese and meat. So, when it comes to Italian Sunday dinner, you don’t have to miss out on enjoying spaghetti and meatballs with this recipe. Rather than using meat for the meatballs, you will use eggplant and chickpeas. If you don’t feel comfortable eating spaghetti noodles or are trying a healthier alternative, spiralize zucchini into long noodles. General Tso’s Cauliflower Get the recipe here. If you are a lover of take-out Chinese food, don’t fret! We have a vegan recipe that is perfect for you. Cauliflower has been incorporated into a number of vegan recipes. It can replace chicken and is sometimes used as rice for a low-carb alternative. For this recipe, you will basically do everything the same as if you were using chicken, but with cauliflower. Serve over some white rice or cauliflower rice, and enjoy! Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos Get the recipe here. Everyone loves tacos. Everyone loves buffalo sauce. So join these two loves together to create a delicious vegan meal! Once again, cauliflower is used as a substitute for chicken. Rather than frying the cauliflower, this recipe is a little healthier and instructs you to bake it in the oven. This means the meal is low in fat, which is great for anyone, vegan or not. Vegan Brownies Get the recipe here. These gooey brownies will taste just like your favorite chocolatey dessert. In fact, they may be even gooier than your favorite brownie recipe. Some people are under the impression that vegan meals are automatically healthy. This recipe is here to let you know otherwise. It uses plenty of sugar and vegetable oil. Are You Ready to Go Vegan? There can be many factors stopping you from becoming vegan. One of those factors may be that you will miss all of your favorite foods. As you’ve seen here, there are hundreds of recipes that imitate your favorite food, but only use vegan ingredients. So, you will always be able to eat what you love. Along with experiencing the many health benefits of going vegan, you will also learn how to cook new recipes and share them with your friends and family.

8 Different Jobs In Marketing To Explore

8 Different Jobs In Marketing To Explore Pexels.com Here are eight different jobs in marketing. 1. Consultant Consultants, unlike many other jobs which require only a degree or specialization in marketing, require some specialization in something else. A consultant helps people make specific decisions in certain areas that they have extensive knowledge about. Essentially, a consultant advises their clients about the best routes of action to take based on their previous knowledge and expertise. 2. Advertising Advertising doesn’t very well narrow down what an advertising marketer does. This is because advertisers are often involved with so many other jobs that it can be difficult to separate. Advertisers work with all the other marketing jobs to create the perfect way to promote and sell a good or service. They utilize all of the other specialists to coordinate social media, brands, and research to develop an advertisement. Many advertisers will specialize in one form of advertising like print or broadcast, though online advertising is increasing exponentially. 3. Social Media Your parents may believe that all your time spent on social media is a waste, but it could actually turn into a genuine career. Because more and more people turn to social media for news and updates, the traditional forms of information are dying out. This means that companies need to utilize and capitalize on the capitalistic effects of social media. People working in social media will usually run an account and post specific pictures, responses, and contests to gain more followers and promote the product or brand. 4. Communications Like advertising, specifying what someone in communications does is a mixed bag. They do almost everything, but their main goal is to keep everyone within and working with a company in good communication. This means lots and lots of organization, reminders, and people skills to help avoid conflicts between departments and other companies. Communications workers are crucial especially to large scale companies that must keep many parts working together smoothly. Pexels.com 5. Market Research For the advertisers and everyone else to do their jobs well, they need to have information and data regarding the success of their advertisements. This is where the market researchers come in. Market researchers are the ones who analyze and collect data on the company’s market campaigns. They may try out new placements and looks and then decide whether or not this has improved their profit. Market researchers will also conduct surveys and focus groups to get immediate feedback from customers that will then be implemented. 6. Brand Management Brand managers often work in close contact with the market researchers and social media developers to create the perfect image for their company. They’ll often try out new looks and ideas until they discover a logo and then continue to update it over the years. They’ll oversee the advertisers and the social media managers to make sure their look remains consistent with the overall brand theme. They work to find this brand theme and maintain it. 7. Public Relations People in public relations work in a very similar way to the communications department. However, where communications workers find the best ways for the company to communicate with each other, public relations managers work to communicate with, you guessed it, the public. Public relations workers often coordinate press releases and other ways official news is released to the public. It is essential that the company remains in good terms with the public by being careful with correct terms and licensing. If there does happen to be a scandal or issue, it is the job of the public relations department to resolve it. 8. Sales Representative While many of the other jobs work mainly with corporations and associates, sales representatives have a lot more opportunity to work directly with customers. Sales representatives will speak, usually on a one on one basis, with customers about how the product works and why they should spend money on it. They must use their own marketing strategies to convince different types of people from all walks of life. Sales representatives must be friendly, personable, and able to deal with the rejection you may face from many customers. With all that marketing has to offer, finding a job that suits your taste shouldn’t be too difficult. Whatever your interests are, marketing provides great opportunities to create and enhance your career. Choosing marketing will both challenge and reward you.

Evaporation Chemistry Definition

Evaporation Chemistry DefinitionEvaporation Chemistry Definition is one of the most important parts of the molecular biology. It explains why water evaporates and what is important in water evaporation, particularly in evaporative cooling or evaporation. Before this article, it is commonly believed that water simply evaporates into the air.However, this is not entirely true. If a substance such as water vapor is exposed to the atmosphere, it actually moves with the breeze. This motion may be called atmospheric evaporation or more commonly called atmospheric transport. The process of evaporative cooling happens when the molecules that are of the same size become too large to be held by the molecules of the smaller size and therefore, they lose their ability to hold one another.As a result, the particles in water actually escape from the water into the air, thereby causing the dryness that we often call rain. The evaporation rate in the air, which is the average rate at which it is bei ng lost, is actually very slow. This explains why no one noticed how water evaporated in a tropical paradise for years until scientists measured the rate at which it was being lost.Evaporation Chemistry Definition has also been used in computer science to explain the vapor and electrical conductivity of fluids. Just like moisture, both solids and liquids have a moisture content of 0. When a liquid evaporates, it leaves behind a vapor or vaporizes and becomes a gas; this can be explained with evaporation chemistry definition.As the liquid evaporates, it leaves behind the molecules and elements that were trapped inside it; this includes water, hydrogen, and many other particles. The chemical bonds that hold these particles together are broken and the molecule's molecular structure changes from liquid to gas. This phenomenon of splitting and reforming are known as the electrochemical reaction of boiling and vaporization.A liquid that is vaporized in its pure form, remains a liquid with out any residue. In contrast, a liquid that is evaporated through evaporation chemistry definition is chemically divided into its constituent molecules and the bonds that hold them together are weakened, which results in the vaporization of those molecules. This is because the molecules of water that remain unevaporated are not chemically bonded together, whereas those that are vaporized are.This process is why hot air balloon goes up in the air. If the balloon is not enough to hold the water and some of the water condenses into steam, a very light air and water mixture, the vapor that condenses is probably not enough to propel the balloon, yet it is enough to reduce the weight of the balloon.