by mgencheva | Feb 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Scrolling through your next year’s course catalog looking for the best classes, turning in diligently completed homework, and trying hard any chance you get–if that is you, you are not alone in this continuous strive for the perfect GPA. Most students...
by mgencheva | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
It is your turn to speak and you have planned, prepared, and rehearsed for a while now. But, the words just don’t come out the same. You feel your heart pounding in your throat and it looks like you are winging it. Your brain’s sophisticated chemical system is...
by mgencheva | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Applying to college and getting accepted is by no means an easy task. With the rising costs of school, the happy moment of acceptance can easily be dampened when the first few congratulatory lines are followed by a hefty sticker price. For many, this...
by mgencheva | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
I still remember how students during my school years prepared for SAT Vocabulary skills, or having anything to do with word power. We sat down with a dictionary, mostly during the summer, and practiced every word ten or more times. It worked, I must say; however, it...
by mgencheva | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Are you wondering what you are going to do this summer vacation. If you haven’t already check out the prep courses, and the writing camp over 50 hours of content. Summer School–if you are an overachiever and if you can get these classes out of the way ant...
by mgencheva | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Which Test Should I Take–ACT or SAT? I suggest you take both. Taking both test can greatly benefit you and this is why.The ACT and SAT are nationally recognized standardized tests and common admission requirements for all US schools. Each test measures proficiency in...
by mgencheva | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Veni, vidi, vici”, bragged the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar in a stylish letter to his Roman friends, after he and his force of 20,000 marched against the Pharnaces and defeated him in the Battle of Zela, or modern Zile, in what is today the Tokat province of northern...
by mgencheva | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Grammar practice allows the opportunity for students to learn the system and structure of a language. “I can’t write. I am just not good at it and my grammar sucks.” This is what I hear all the time from young people and even adults. They are honest...
by mgencheva | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Finding your passion isn’t a simple task. You can’t just sit down, think through all your options and out pops the answer. A passion is just that. A skill, hobby, or talent you want to develop for its own sake, because you enjoy it. In-fact, your passion finds you...
by mgencheva | Oct 10, 2018 | Student Writing Samples
By Seema Tangri (Grade 8 Academic Writing class) In our poem, Racism and Slavery, we began by looking at the time period in which Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn. Although Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn in 1885, two decades after the Emancipation Proclamation,...
