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- Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:15 am
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: How much has the ACT actually changed?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4702
How much has the ACT actually changed?
I'm a secondary teacher and I want to recommend this book to my students that really helped me to get a good ACT score. It's called Crash Course for the ACT . Problem is, the book I read was written for a version of the test dated several years ago, and I've heard the test has changed a bit since th...
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:30 am
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Answers I liked
- Replies: 1933
- Views: 1576973
Re: Answers I liked
Okay, I don't want to create an entire thread devoted to this, but what on earth is Question 80895 about? What are "Hinckley's Banyans?"
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:42 am
- Forum: Favorite of the Day
- Topic: Best of 2010
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16835
Re: Best of 2010
How can we just get rid of this section, since no one uses it anymore?
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:40 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Requirements for Monson Scholars
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22463
Re: Requirements for Monson Scholars
Showing a bank deposit of some kind is now a requirement when applying for all international student visas, regardless of the school. The amount is determined by the school and reported on immigration forms to the government. The student must then prove through financial statements that he/she or a ...
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:43 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Requirements for Monson Scholars
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22463
Re: Requirements for Monson Scholars
The USA and Canada are both, in general, making it difficult for international students to get into either country, in my opinion. Canada currently requires them to deposit all $50000 or so that they'll need for a 4-year degree into a bank account up front and doles a certain amount out to them mon...
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:42 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Requirements for Monson Scholars
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22463
Re: Requirements for Monson Scholars
That essay question sucked, and I might still be slightly bitter about it It wasn't really a good essay question because it was far too broad. You were either lucky enough to think of what they wanted to hear, or you weren't. ( I liked my essay but I still have no idea if they did.) My high school ...
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:07 am
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Requirements for Monson Scholars
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22463
Re: Requirements for Monson Scholars
Now they don't give scholarships to incoming international freshmen, so I just squeezed by on that one! Whaaat? I'd heard that BYU has raised expectations a lot for incoming international students, but this is a new one to me. My mom remembers when BYU was desperate to get international students; s...
- Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:56 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Requirements for Monson Scholars
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22463
Re: Requirements for Monson Scholars
I was a Hinckley Scholar a bit more recently than NerdGirl. Funny thing is, I actually can't remember everything about the applications process, but I'm pretty sure there was no interview for me, because I think I'd remember that. I was involved in service clubs in high school a bit, but not gung-ho...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:33 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: #79841 - Not Going Home for the Holidays
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6034
Re: #79841 - Not Going Home for the Holidays
I live within about an hour of home. With the youngest child leaving home, my parents recently became empty-nesters, so I feel a little more pressured to visit them than I used to. On the other hand, I always have fun with them and I'm really looking forward to the holidays (which I'd planned to be ...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Friendly High School Collections Agency
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5767
Friendly High School Collections Agency
I'm a teacher and a club advisor. The kids have to pay some money to the international branch in order to be officially registered members, but so far only maybe 4 out of 30 kids have paid their fee--and it's been about two months. (Even most of our club officers haven't paid! Eek.) I'm not really a...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:21 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4944010
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
Maybe just take a break for an indefinite period of time, Whistler, and see what you think later... If I just received a text from someone I've dated a few times recently and (before discussing something normal to talk about) she starts off with "hey buddy," is there any possibility that I...
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:14 pm
- Forum: Soapbox
- Topic: Rant of the Day
- Replies: 630
- Views: 1192776
Re: Rant of the Day
Amen a thousand times over. I cannot accurately express the level of detest I feel for those long wait times!Emiliana wrote:Football, where "two minutes" means fifteen minutes of actual time.
- Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:08 pm
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Things to do in Indiana (or thereabouts?)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3474
Re: Things to do in Indiana (or thereabouts?)
Thanks for the suggestions, Katya! I ended not being able to do a ton of things out and about and mostly spent the time hanging out with my friends (which was totally worth it) but we did get a chance go to some nice restaurants in the area. We would've maybe gone to the Feline Rescue Center, but th...
- Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:12 pm
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Things to do in Indiana (or thereabouts?)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3474
Things to do in Indiana (or thereabouts?)
So, I am going to Bloomington, Indiana, in a few days. The principal reason is to visit one of my best friends, but while I'm there I plan on engaging in some zany hijinks. Does anyone know of any good tourist attractions in the area? I will have some car access and am considering making a trip out ...
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:14 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Casual Sexism Yay
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12930
Re: Casual Sexism Yay
To paraphrase the swear words thread http://www.theboardboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3473 , those are just words, why do you let them bother you? :twisted: (Potential trolling? I did a little double-take when I saw this post.) If you are not trolling--oh snap. Others will have more to say, but...
- Mon May 26, 2014 12:30 am
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4944010
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
It was a weird lesson, and I don't know that I did any good with it, or that my goal for it was a good one. Usually I feel like my lessons generally are good, and that my willingness to be emotionally vulnerable is an effective teaching tool, and it brings us closer together, but today I don't know...
- Sun May 25, 2014 1:34 am
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Old Class Schedules
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5232
Re: Old Class Schedules
I am tired and sick of working, so I decided to come up with a list of reasons why a person might hypothetically want to access their past schedule with times-of-day included: - Helping to establish an alibi. Now you can tell everyone exactly where you would have been on the night of February the tw...
- Thu May 08, 2014 2:52 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: recommendations site
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5027
Re: recommendations site
Portia, I have no idea, but because attempting to answer this question is a nice distraction, here are some ideas:
Is it any of these five sites?
Timeout.com?
That's all I've got.
Is it any of these five sites?
Timeout.com?
That's all I've got.
- Fri May 02, 2014 9:42 pm
- Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
- Topic: Common Core (NOT a debate!)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13028
Re: Common Core (NOT a debate!)
First: Uffish speaks truth. As far as the core standards for English are concerned, they're perfectly reasonable--and there's nothing that says teachers can only teach from the Core. If students already have mastery of the standards for their grade level, their teachers can focus on other things. (T...
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:32 pm
- Forum: Random Chatter
- Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
- Replies: 5227
- Views: 4944010
Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
I think political science is a pretty neat major, too, Amity. No bad blood exists between us if you haven't formally studied absolutely everything that interests you (or that at least distracts you from work). ^_^ So, Portia, as you have clarified, this seems to be my Month of Relationship Woes (and...