Wilderness programs and other options

There are several options you can take when dealing with troubled teen boys.Wilderness programs are one of the more creative approaches and could be better than most other solutions out there.

Boys boarding schoolsjust don’t cut it anymore as teens today encounter more complex problems than teensdid back in the day.Sending your kid to boot camp is a difficult decision for both parties involved. In the end, the program might work or it might not. The chances are that you teen will end up hating you for making that decision. This does not mean that boot camps are bad altogether just that it may not be for everyone. Wilderness programs take different approach by taking the teen out of their usual city environment and putting them in the wilderness. Here they place importance on self-reliance, self-control and self-worth.Your teen will be taught that there are more important things in life than the daily issues that have plagued them and give them a new purpose and direction in life.

If you have a teen that is in deep trouble, i.e. drug abuse, you may have to take a different direction. Consider residential treatment programs as a solution for this problem. It is more or less the same as a drug rehab but with education and vocational training thrown in. In short it is like a special school which doubles as a drug rehab.

The bottom line here is, don’t worry if you have a troubled teen. There are plenty of solutions out there and plenty of people to help you.

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Going Back To School At 30 To Gain A New Skill

Article submitted by Home School Advices

Nowadays there is an increasing trend of adults going back to school at 30. The majority of the folks, who decide to go back to school at an age when they should preferably be working at their jobs or business, have taken such a decision which has financial reasons behind it. Despite this fact, the reasons for an adult to go back to school may not always be due to career reasons or financial reasons. The world is progressing at a much rapid pace. The progress includes the sector of education too. People who are adults now, and in the age group of 30 – 50, have pursued their education a couple of years ago. Many courses or skills that are being taught today may not have been there in the past years.

Though the number of people who decide to go back to school, only to gain some knowledge or skill, which is devoid of any goal of getting a better pay or a better job is very much small, yet there are a certain proportion of people who really are interested in getting an education. The government of America has done its part in encouraging such folks, with special regard to the single moms, by providing scholarships for single mom.

These scholarships for single mother do not apply to every woman who is a single mom, because there are certain stipulations for the eligibility to get the scholarship. The single moms need to be either spouses or widows of the war veterans, who lost their lives or were disabled during active war duty.

The Health Benefits of DIM

If your friends are eating a cancer prevention diet, you’ve probably heard them talk about the many health benefits they are getting from making nutritional changes. Certain foods can help people lower their cancer risks while also improving their overall immune system. Among these foods are Brassica vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale and brussels sprouts.

These foods are rich in diindolymethane (DIM), a powerful organic compound that forms in the stomach after certain foods have been digested. There are many proven health benefits to eating foods that are rich in DIMs or taking a DIM supplement like AcitvaMune. Here are just a few examples:

– According to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, women who consume one serving of Brassica vegetables per week see a 40 percent reduction in the occurrence of breast cancer.

– In 2007, scientists at the National Cancer Institute found that men who eat one serving of Brassica vegetables per week reduced their risk of developing potentially-deadly prostate cancer by up to 52 percent.

– DIM is also an immune system booster which can help older women to improve their hormonal balance and estrogen levels.

Save Money on Your Textbooks by Not Buying Them

You really want to know the best way to save money on textbooks? The answer isn’t buying them used, or buying them on Amazon or eBay, or trading your buddy a package of Ramen noodles for the Chem. text from the course he failed last semester. The best way to save money on textbooks is not buying them at all.

OK, I might be exaggerating a little bit. You can buy *some* of your books. But wait a while. I learned this lesson really fast during my first semester at community college. I spent three hundred bucks on books only to end up using one of them. Those were some expensive paper weights. That was the last time I bought my textbooks before the semester began.

But won’t my professor be mad?

No, they won’t. They don’t expect you to have your text the first day. Most don’t even expect you to have it the first week. Hell, some won’t even use the textbook at all. I’ll talk about that in more detail in a minute.

But if I wait until later, all the used books are gone!!

Ah, the glorious “used book.” It’s amazing how colleges can turn a bunch of wrinkled, torn up paper into something so desirable, isn’t it? Let me tell you something about used textbooks. Unless you’re one of the lucky few who attends a school that rents out their textbooks, don’t pay for used books from your college. Buy them online. (Note: You can also do what I did and become one of the “lucky few.” I transferred to Southeast Missouri State this fall :P)

College bookstores are businesses.

A good rule of thumb is this: if you’re buying it from a college bookstore, you’re getting ripped off. It’s sad but true. That’s why a backpack from your university bookstore costs $40, while the exact some one at Wal-Mart costs $20. Most colleges run their bookstores as businesses to make a profit. This means they’re charging you more than they paid for that item. In fact, probably a lot more. Some colleges make literally millions of dollars a year from their bookstores. For many state colleges, and especially junior colleges, the bookstore is an integral source of income for the school. There’s nothing inherently wrong with this, except when a college or university tries to hide it.

OMG used books!!!1

Your college encourages you to buy used books because they know the used books run out first. You and I know this too, so that’s why we rush in the first chance we get, usually about 5 minutes after we pick our classes, to get a hold of one of the precious used textbooks (cue heavenly singing.) Here’s my advice if you’ve bought used textbooks from your college bookstore: Don’t get on the computer and see how much you would have saved online, because you might want to throw that precious textbook out the window.

Your college bookstore isn’t evil. It’s just a business like any other. They’re in it for the money, and as a consumer you have to make educated choices for your purchases. One common excuse the bookstores use is that the high prices are the fault of the textbook manufacturers who charge them an arm and a leg for new books, and they’re just passing the buck to us. This is true, which leads me to my next point:

Don’t EVER Ever Ever ever ever ever buy new textbooks!

Ever. Unless it’s a brand new edition that you can’t find used. If this is the case, you should consider buying the previous edition used. You might be surprised how little difference there is between different editions of the same textbook. Usually they’ll just switch the order of the pages and chapters and slap a different cover on it. The content is the same.

And now we’re rounding third and coming home, bringing me back to my first point.

Don’t buy them at all.

Next semester, just show up to each class for a few days before you decide whether you need the text or not. Ask the professor whether you’re *really* going to use it. Most professors will be honest (although your college probably frowns upon their professors telling you anything besides: “yes! most definitely buy the book from the bookstore! In fact, buy two!!”) and honestly tell you whether they think you will need it or not. Find other kids who have taken the same course with the same professor and ask whether they used it.

It’s never too late to buy books off the internet. Even if you’re halfway through the semester and you realize you’re in over your head, get on Amazon and see who has your text. Many, if not most, used bookstores list their inventory on Amazon. You should try to save money, but don’t get a crappy grade in a class because you’re too cheap to buy the book. If you’re willing to pay a few extra bucks, you can have it shipped overnight and get it the next day. Just in time to cram for that final.

Some of it comes down to how hard you’re willing to work. One semester I got an A in my psychology class without ever buying the text, and the teacher even told us we HAD to have it to get an A in her class. But I showed up to class every day, took notes like a mad man, studied the heck out of my notes, and managed to pull off an A- in the class. Having to work a little harder was worth the $60 I saved.

So just take a deep breath and chill out. Bring a folder, notebook, and pen with you on your first day. That’s all you’ll need. You don’t need to be carrying all those books around anyway. It’s bad for your back. 😉

Use Continuous Self-Testing to Remember Information

Quizzing yourself is really a great study tool. But when you’re cramming, there’s not a whole lot of time to write up your own flash cards is there?

I suggest you use what I call “continuous self testing” to memorize stuff the first time around. Immediately after you read a key piece of information; say a definition or description of a theory, immediately quiz yourself on it by making up a question for that piece of information.

For example, you’re trying to remember this piece of information:

“Erikson’s first stage of psychosocial development is called “Trust vs Mistrust.”

Wrong way
You: “K. Gotta remember this! Erikson’s first stage was Trust vs Mistrust. Erikson’s first stage was Trust vs Mistrust. Erikson’s first stage was Trust vs Mistrust. Erikson’s first stage was Trust vs Mistrust.”

When this question pops up on your exam, you’ll have a hard time remembering it because you didn’t create a link to it in your brain. That sentence is still floating around in your mind somewhere, but without anyway to find it, you’re in trouble.

Right way
You: “Ok, now what was Erikson’s first stage called? Hmm…I just read it a second ago…I remember…Trust vs Mistrust!”

That’s it. It might sound silly until you actually do it, and realize how hard it is to really commit something to memory. Even doing this right after you’ve read something will create a much stronger memory that’s way easier to recall.

And this really makes sense when you think about it. You’re practicing for exactly what you’ll be doing a couple hours later for your test. Would you practice for a baseball game by repeating some mantra over and over again? “I will swing the bat and hit the ball. I will swing the bat and hit the ball…” No, you would practice by actually playing baseball.