A Profile of the Panama Canal

If you study a profile of the Panama Canal you will be surprised and astounded at what little you knew about it. When a ship sails through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic Ocean to the east to the Pacific Ocean to the west, it actually exits the canal 27 miles east of where it entered! I bet that surprises you! I bet you thought it went from east to west. Well it doesn't. From the Atlantic side the Panama Canal travels from Northwest to Southeast due to the orientation of the Panama isthmus. Look at a map and that will explain it to you.

Cooperative Learning in High School? Sure, Why Not?

Can cooperative learning be used at the high school level? Of course it can. In many ways it is actually better suited for high school students who can be more mature and capable of working together as part of a team. Give it a try, you may be surprised.

Teacher Training Just Isn't What It Used to Be - And That's a Good Thing

Should teachers training focus on methodology or content? The debate rages on.

The Brainwashing of a Generation and the Public Education System

It seems the education system as encompassing as it is, cannot mold every brain, some are simply too intuitive and fast at processing information to be brain washed. It is the job of our educational system to get every child on the same page and create a strong workforce so these people can get good jobs and take care of themselves. Still each person needs to be molded to fit into where they will be slotted.

Bulgarian History - The Birth of Europe

Bulgaria has one of the oldest histories in Europe; in fact some of its cities are older than Rome, Athens or even Constantinople. This history started over eight thousand years ago through the settlement of the Thracian people across the lands now occupied by the Bulgarian nation.

Drama in the classroom - Tips to Get Your Students Educated by Bringing Drama Into Their Lives

Education should be fun for teachers as well as for students. After 30 years of teaching various subjects and 10 years as the school's drama director, I came up with some fun exercises for my students and I noticed an improvement in their attitudes and grades instantly. Here's how I incorporated Drama into the Classroom and caught the attention of every student.

Direct Selling Four Tips to Get More Bookings

Direct Selling and Home Party Plan Booking TIips and techniques.

What Domestic Energy Assessors Do And How You Can Become One

This article looks at what Domestic Energy Assessors do and how someone can train to become one.

Resistance to Learning a Problem and Challenge of Our Time

It is amazing the problems in the world where people will not take the time to learn new things. There is a significant resistance out there to learning. Resistance to learning; well indeed, the average person never reads a book again after they graduate from High School so you can imagine the problems with someone like me who has been known to write 16,800 words in a day and then read 10 white papers to unwind and three chapters of someone else's book?

From the Top - Principals in the Classrooms in Cleveland Schools

With a district of 58,000 school age children Cleveland Schools face all of the challenges you expect in a large city: poor attendance, low test scores, and behavior issues. So the new CEO of Cleveland Schools, Eugene Saunders, has decided to address the problems from the top. As a part of his strategy to turn around a struggling district, this former Toledo Schools CEO is sending Cleveland Principals back to school.

Increasing Reading Speed, 8 Best Known Secrets

In this age, there is lots of information you'll need to get acquainted with. Information ranging from sports, to business, to specialized skill acquisition. Whatever your choice, the place of speed-reading cannot be overemphasized - you'll want to get down to reading, suck out most of those juicy information. Best of all, you'll want to do it very fast.

Holistic Health Seminars - What they Offer

Because healing arts schools are on the rise, there are scores of holistic health seminars from which to choose. For instance, if you would like to learn how to integrate art therapy into healing the body, there are holistic health seminars specifically offered for this purpose. In addition, there are holistic health seminars that encompass body energy balancing techniques, such as energy healing, chakra balancing, reiki and meridian therapy.