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Khan Academy-Help with tutoring

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http://www.khanacademy.org/ This website may be able to help with your homework. It has thousands of videos about the courses you are learning. Especially algebra and math. But they have other courses also that involve biology and history. Keep this link.

What do we really learn in High School?

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How to focus intently on a problem until it's solved. The benefit of postponing short-term satisfaction in exchange for long-term success. How to read critically. The power of being able to lead groups of peers without receiving clear delegated authority. An understanding of the extraordinary power of the scientific method, in just about any situation or endeavor. How to persuasively present ideas in multiple forms, especially in writing and before a group. Project management. Self-management and the management of ideas, projects and people. Personal finance. Understanding the truth about money and debt and leverage. An insatiable desire (and the ability) to learn more. Forever. Most of all, the self-reliance that comes from understanding that relentless hard work can be applied to solve problems worth solving

Hard work vs. Long work

I found this blog and thought it had some great insight; Long work is what the lawyer who bills 14 hours a day filling in forms does. Hard work is what the insightful litigator does when she synthesizes four disparate ideas and comes up with an argument that wins the case--in less than five minutes. Long work has a storied history. Farmers, hunters, factory workers... Always there was long work required to succeed. For generations, there was a huge benefit that came to those with the stamina and fortitude to do long work. Hard work is frightening. We shy away from hard work because inherent in hard work is risk. Hard work is hard because you might fail. You can't fail at long work, you merely show up. You fail at hard work when you don't make an emotional connection, or when you don't solve the problem or when you hesitate. I think it's worth noting that long work often sets the stage for hard work. If you show up enough and practice enough and learn enough, it's m...