A Brief History In 1785, the first grades issued at Yale University (and possibly the first in the United States of America) were given out when President Ezra Stiles recorded in his diary that there were “Twenty Optimi, sixteen second Optimi, twelve Inferiores (Boni), [and] ten Pejores” among 58 Seniors. Today, bad grades scare most students and it is also true that neither students nor teachers like seeing a bad grade. Fortunately, grades can be improved by following some strategy. This article elaborates on some ways to avoid bad grades in high school and college. If avoiding a negative grade is one of your…
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A Brief History By the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the consensus in American education was overwhelmingly in favor of issuing homework to students of all grade levels. The temptation to help your children, to make them stronger or smarter may end up with the kids losing their interests to the project and tasks. Many parents believe that if you do not control the process of ‘doing homework’, the child will study poorly; however, researchers from the University of Austin and Duke (USA) have shown that this is not the case, especially when you want to…
A Brief History On April 23, 1635, Boston Latin School was established and is both the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States of America. Do you want to know the best tips for starting a new school? If yes, then you have come to the right spot. A school works as a base for your child’s future, and this is where they study to succeed. Surviving at new school can be frightening and nerve-wracking for your little one. Your kid must be anxious thinking about a whole new environment. He might be concerned about the…
A Brief History In early 1940, German philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) wrote Theses on the Philosophy of History or On the Concept of History (German: Über den Begriff der Geschichte), an essay composed of twenty numbered paragraphs. To write a history essay is a hard job. Every essay takes a lot of time, but history has its specialties, and we will talk about them a little later. An essay in common is a typical work that you must do almost on every subject. So if you have some experience in it, it will be easier, but if you…
A Brief History In 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall (1755–1835) published the first two volumes of his extensive biography of George Washington (1732–1799), the first biography about a United States (U.S.) president ever published. While producing such a masterwork took considerable effort and talent, writing history essays is also a specific skill that requires a lot of practice. It is made even more difficult because different subjects have to be handled in different ways. U.S. history is its own beast that needs to be written in its own way, and that can be difficult for some students. If you have…