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Since newspapers and magazine are happy to supply accidents and or bad grammar, I am happy to share. Find an error online or in a newspaper, send it: kate_at_prepwise_._com This gem comes from the Wall Street Journal in an article on the Khmer Rouge (July 26, 2010): After an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians die during … Read more
Success requires endurance. GMAT study habits – Being Mediocre I recently blew a gasket when student asked me to reconfigure his study plan for the umpteenth time. He hasn’t followed any of the plans I’ve created for him and always has an excuse . . . none of which have been compelling. So here’s … Read more
Spelling Errors It is easy to get caught up in your typing. It starts by reversing the h and the t in the. Spelling errors just happen. Then you start dropping a comma here and there. Next thing you know ur ritng n txt spk. And frankly, that’s just silliness. I’m a bit more of … Read more
The Little, Brown Handbook is a mainstay in college writing classes. If you didn’t know, several tutorials are available online too. For budding grammarians and novices alike, Click here to visit. This is a useful way to test your knowledge and solidify your skills as a grammarian.
Mathematical Data: Women vs. Men A common misconception among students is that girls are bad at math. Indeed, most of my female students have heard this, but it’s not the whole story. Take a look at this data plot. The reality is, at the extremes, men outperform. At the extremes. In other words at the … Read more
Falling and Failing by pushing our bottom third into teaching. According to McKinsey and Co., Finland, Singapore and South Korea have 100% of their incoming teachers coming from the top 1/3 of their college classes. The US . . . has a dismal 23%. Over 47% of our teachers graduate in the bottom third of … Read more
Excuses: a fun look at failure This is the abbreviated version of a Saturday Night Live skit (Basement Karate – Bryan Cranston). What was so striking was the little boy’s reaction to getting shellacked by his old man. I have heard some of the exact same phrases out of my GMAT students…. I know, I … Read more
Crush Your Competition – the Superstar Effect The best way to win? Be better. How much better? Soul crushingly better. Sound cruel? The Weekend Journal shared a great piece about the Superstar effect – how some stars are so much better than everyone else in the field that they literally crush their competition before the … Read more
Winning with Nuclear Fusion Thursday evening I ended up in a conversation about nuclear fusion, not a subject I know much about, but I have a vague understanding . . . that got me thinking about what it takes to study for the GMAT, SAT or GRE. It requires an extraordinary amount of energy upfront. … Read more
Peak Years and Influence In an effort to determine the validity of my hypothesis about peak years I’ve scanned through high school data as I get my hands on it . . . turns out it is not so straight forward to get high schools to share their information. It has been even more difficult … Read more
Powerful Lessons, Perverted It is difficult to find a text to ignite enthusiasm for basic economics. Lack of training in the basics leads to all sorts of perverse incentives when it’s time to vote . . . but if you really reconsider the fairy tales we gave you as a child you may see the … Read more