I was going to write it myself, then I recalled something provided by TOS (The Oceanography Society). Here it is: http://www.tos.org/resources/publications/sci_speaking/poster.html It's helpful, isn't it? I don’t agree with everything it says, ...
Lenin's guard said famously (in the movie I watched as a child): Dont worry. We will have bread (to eat) tomorrow. For someone who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, his life today may be a lot better than his fathers. ...
You may say this is trivial, and it is once you have learned how to do it. I see various versions of C for temperature and N for latitude; some are pretty, what can I say, ugly looking (for the lack of beautiful words ...
Jalousie windows are hard to clean, especially when they are old and not well lubricated And I knew I should have cleaned these windows years ago, but there was always something more important to do. Truly, like the income tax return, which is due on the 15th of April. There is no due da ...
Now, lets plant some seeds, which is a list put together by the student, his parents, and his counselor, for colleges that match the students needs. This list will grow first (expanding), and then shrink down to 6-8 schools for the st ...
Before I move on to selecting colleges for my son (or yours), lets talk about Punahous philosophy of Good Match Appropriate Fit. I want to first cite something from Punahous college counseling Web site: ...
Lets talk about SAT . Many years ago, I reconnected with a grade school classmate. She told me that her only son got 2400 on SAT. Hearing silence over the phone line, she asked me if I knew about SAT. I said I only knew SAT is a ...
Lets first talk about grades, GPA (Grade Point Average). GPA is a numerical way to describe how well a student did in class. Each letter grade has a numerical equivalent: A=4, B=3, C=2, and so forth. Punahou School GPA c ...
There are 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S. to choose from... Where will my only child be in the fall of 2011? I have no experience in terms of helping a child to apply for colleges in the U.S. Am I nervous about the process? Not really. This is beca ...