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4 Factors to Guide Unmotivated Students toward Finishing the Semester StrongBy Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life CoachHave you ever wondered why so many students get close to the ‘finish line’ of a semester or even graduation and then fail to finish? Parents, teachers, guidance counselors and tutors can be cheering for a student to push forward to finish strong and...

My high school in West Virginia has a newsletter for all graduates, thanks to the hard work and dedication of one of the graduates. It covers all years and items of interests to all graduated classes. Recently, the newsletter had an article about the visit of our state's governor to recognize the high school for its Nation Blue Ribbon status and to present certificates of appreciation to eight...

(To readers: I originally wrote this a while back. Given it’s that time for graduations again, I thought I’d republish it. Who knows, maybe a graduating student will stumble on it and read it. - John) Someone near and dear to me graduated as an RN today. I proudly attended her graduation. It is called a pinning for nurses, but it still is a graduation ceremony with all the elements...

It was suggested to me by several different people that I try and find a student intern from the Marketing or Communications department of a nearby college to help me design and then implement marketing campaigns for my book. As I’ve mentioned before authors have to be marketers as well. The idea of getting an intern was a new one to me, but I was assured that students, especially those...

I get up at 5am, shower, dress and finishing packing the car for the two hour college road trip. We get to the place my daughter says is where orientation is going to be held. Nobody's there. It was the AnimalSciencesBuilding. Then I see a lady walking towards the building. I ask her if she knows anything about student orientation. She did not. My daughter, who went into the Animal...

Today I, as a baby boomer, mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: knowing when to come in out of the rain; why the early bird gets the worm; life isn't always fair; and...