Howard Gardner, a professor of cognition and education, was the developer of the M.I. theory in 1983. A summary of Gardner’s theory: There are eight different intelligences that each person has, some of them higher than others (Example: someone can be good at math, while struggling at English). And the key point of Gardner’s theory: All intelligences can be nourished and grown. In other words, Gardner challenged the notion that everyone had just one intelligence that could no

Reedley College’s Reading and Writing Center (RWC) is relatively young (22 years of service), but many of its tutors left lasting legacies. One such tutor is Stephanie Duarte. Duarte teaches English C1000 here on Reedley College’s campus and shares some wisdom for current and aspiring tutors of all subjects.       Reflecting on that time, she recalls some struggles. Some students would book her for “a couple of hours,” which felt draining some days. Not because she didn’t lov

This year, we are celebrating a special event at our tutor expo: the 10th anniversary. Therefore, it is a good time to look back on our Reading/Writing Center’s history to find 10 Years of Legacy, Learning, and Success. This research has not only shown the passage of time but, more importantly, highlighted the lessons that, as a tutoring center, we have learned along the way. This research examined how being a tutor can equip you with the tools to follow your path and succeed

Assignment one. Check. Assignment two. Check. Assignment three. Check. Each of these assignments is the reason we go treasure hunting. We have goals in life, and yes, it is hard. This is why we have to find every excuse and every motive to move that pencil towards our paper and those fingers towards our keyboards. Organization helps us know what we have to do and when we have to get things done. I am truly aware that many of you reading this may not struggle with planning for

As the end of the semester approaches, the majority of students enter a period of high stress with final projects, deadlines, and the pressure to get a good grade, and our lives burn out. Stress, fatigue, and self-doubt can easily make us lose the purpose we set for ourselves at the beginning of the semester; however, one practice that has been forgotten nowadays can help us in this end-of-semester feeling: gratitude.     Gratitude is the intentional recognition of the good t

When you go to a vet clinic, you are paying for the expertise of these medical professionals, no different from seeing a doctor who studies the human body. Clients subconsciously downplay the professional advice they are receiving and complain that vet care is so expensive because they do not view it as real medicine. Vet clinics  are  a business, and they must charge what is necessary to make a profit to stay in business and continue to do their job of helping animals. Often

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