The abilities a high school student builds running a business or leading a team are the same ones a hiring manager scans for a decade later. Here are four soft skills AI can't replicate, and what demonstrating them looks like at every stage.
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Amid the “higher-education hellscape,” @ibogost wondered, are schools like Amherst and Davidson the final bastion of the college ideal? He visited liberal-arts colleges across the country to investigate: https://t.co/lifOX62eET
A research-backed way to help students feel more motivated, focused, and interested in the world around them: nature journaling! 🌿🪲 Edutopia’s @YoukiTerada shares how to get started: https://t.co/hgx7b0sM0U
The days of Ohio girls skipping class or hunting for a friend with spare feminine hygiene products are about to be over. The Buckeye State will start providing free pads and tampons to students this fall.
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Playing multiple sports in high school is a good thing. Some of the best pros in the world didn’t specialize in high school.
Being well-rounded is important. Student council, music, arts, working a job.. Do many things in high school to build a well-rounded foundation for your future.
Operating within multiple social circles = growth. If you play baseball and are on the debate team you will be a part of two distinct cultures. If you play football and basketball you will progress in a multitude of ways based on the different roles you play on each team, the different styles of coaching, and the culture of each program.
Maybe you are all-conference in volleyball but a backup in basketball which you worked equally as hard in. This will teach you a lot about discipline, being a great teammate, role acceptance, and leadership.
Adding a part-time job to your schedule in high school is another great way to become well-rounded and create a foundation for the future. It will teach you how to answer to authority, how to work with others, customer service, how to stand up for yourself, money management and more.
Diversity in activities and social circles is important. It can be a generational talent like Aaron Judge playing three sports. It can look like a kid at a large school who participates in one sport, one non-sport extracurricular, and works part time. It can be the small school kid who does everything and still helps out with the family business.
It’s important for high school students to load up on activities which stimulate personal, academic, and future growth and avoid spending countless hours staring at screens playing video games, scrolling on TikTok, and watching TV.
Students can grapple with what they’re learning and reconstruct it in a way that makes sense to them by drawing—no matter their artistic talent. 🎨 ✍️
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Second-Year MCW Student Michael Esson was highlighted on NPR’s All Things Considered in a segment about #science and #art. Art having a measurable effect on the brain is an idea that is seeing support from a growing number of scientific studies—Learn more: https://t.co/lorx9yUnB8
For @GrownandFlown, Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule pens an open letter to prospective college students and their families outlining her perspective from both sides of the application process. @PreviewingPenn
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A look at the cognitive science of reading comprehension—and the crucial roles that privilege and background knowledge play in student reading performance. (2020) https://t.co/cNSpJkQjlB
When middle school students spend a day in service to others, they learn about empathy, kindness, and their capability to make change in their community.
Random Acts of Kindness Day is February 17. Here are five simple ways to bring both planned and spontaneous gestures of generosity to your classroom. (From 2020) #RandomActsofKindnessDay https://t.co/u3f7ICCJLD