Coach Education

The recent disasters of the British Brexit referendum and the US presidential election have brought renewed calls for better education. It is argued that if people were better educated they would make better choices in electing leaders as well as be more productive in the economic sphere. Education teaches one to look at all sides of an issue, carefully weigh the evidence and come to an objective conclusion. It encourages compromise, avoiding conflict by seeking solutions that benefit both parties in a dispute. However, in encouraging flexibility of thought, higher education directly opposes the tenets of religion as propounded by fundamentalists. Many minds are set against acquiring new knowledge because all they need to know is already revealed in their holy book.

Fundamentalism in religion is at the root of many of the world’s problems. Ralph Waldo Emerson is reported to have said that he knew many people whose views were all cut and dry – very dry. But in those days before technology changed the world such people were not nearly as dangerous. Today, they can either subject mankind to a slow death by denying the science of climate change or bring about instant annihilation through a nuclear jihad. The search for a means to cut this Gordian knot becomes ever more urgent.

The Jesuits used to claim that it you gave them a child under seven years of age they would give you back a Christian. Early education is vital in forming a characteristic view of the world, so in the present situation it is essential that all children, irrespective of parental background, are provided with the same introduction to rational and scientific thought processes. Then whatever parallel religious instruction the children are receiving will be weighed in the balance of reason. Hopefully, many will be dissuaded from becoming creationists or jihadists.

A further step would be to provide children with the basic tenets and beliefs of all major religions. This could bring about a situation in which each person makes his or her own choice, free from the compulsion of the ancestral community and with a respectful understanding of all other beliefs. One of the world’s newest religions, The Baha’I Faith, does not allow a child to declare their belief until the age of fifteen. This would seem to be a wise provision in ensuring maturity of understanding rather than unquestioned acceptance. Religious freedom should include freedom to choose for oneself, and only better education can confer this fundamental human right.

Children with autism spectrum disorder usually face difficulty in processing information that involves the five senses. Smells, noises, and bright lights often unnerve them. These are initial signs that a child may be autistic. But thankfully, fun learning apps like “What’s the Expression” and “Make Sentences” have made a world of difference to autistic children by helping them with sensory and motor skills.

These fun educational apps have become much-loved learning devices for autistic children. Gadgets like the iPad, smartphone, and tabs have opened up a new learning horizon for children. Autistic children usually have a high level of digital readiness. Device-based learning is often a second nature to most of them.

Autism is a complex brain development disorder. According to a recent study in the US, one in 45 kids aged between three to 17, have autism spectrum disorder.

Children with autism often struggle in the following cases.

Social interaction: How do people relate to each other? Institutions, systems, and rules take root in small and large groups, and in on-on-one situations.

Repetitive behaviors: Autistic children are known to display repetitive behaviors. These may include head banging, hand flapping, and rocking to and fro.

Communication drawbacks: Exchange of information between two persons can take place without speaking. Non-verbal cues include hand gestures and body language. Autistic children face difficulty in recognizing these signs.

Fun learning apps like “What’s the Expression” and “Make Sentences” can help autistic children detect the nonverbal communication cues. These apps also help teachers, parents, and therapists.

Enthused by the success of the “What’s the Expression” and “Make Sentences” educational apps, many companies have started developing their own apps which they believe are powerful tools to reach out to autistic people.

What has really come to the help of autistic children, is the easy availability of the technological devices on which these apps can run. Smart phones, tabs, and iPads are within the reach of most people, compared to the hugely expensive assistive communication devices. The modern digital devices have come as a boon for children with autism spectrum disorder.

The fun learning apps for kids have helped autistic children in many ways. Most importantly, they help special needs kids to construct sentences and determine the expression to a particular response. These educational apps can be customized according to the specific needs of the child since no two autistic kids are the same. The fun learning apps are really proving to be helpful.

Private student loans can give you a real advantage because they can be used to help you cover those other costs that may not be covered under the normal type of student loans.

A rule of thumb is to firstly apply for the government loans that are available and then use these private loans as a top up solution.

The reason that many of these private loans are available was because it was found that there is need to fill those gaps that the normal government type loans missed out.

Private Student Loans – Benefits

Very low interest rates

Flexibility of payments

Ability to arrange for automatic deductions of loan payments.

Chance of getting substantial discounted loan rates

Deferred payment options can be available.

No upfront fees and charges

Cosigner

Cosigner s are people who can strengthen the approval rating of loans that you apply for.

Having a cosigner can also help to reduce your interest rate.

Eligibility

Under normal conditions you must be a f U.S. citizen a permanent resident

You have to be enrolled at an eligible educational institution.

You must be of legal age.

If you don’t have a cosigner then it is advisable to have at least 24 months of established credit history.

Certain conditions may also apply to your place of residence, check each institution for these conditions.

Cosigners may belong to any state and there is no restriction based on state.

Application

The first thing you need to do is to submit the application, make sure that all the required paperwork is in order. Make a checklist of things that you are required to submit, this will make it easier and also act as a method to double check if you have all the right documents.

Normally you will have an instant ‘yes or no’ decision, the approval process can sometimes be earlier. You can expect a result within 10 to 14 days.

It is advisable that your cosigner is of high standing and has a good credit score. This will help in getting your application through quicker.

When you then submit your documentation.

The fees that are normally charged are industry standard fees and do not vary much between institutions. Your fee structure will be determined during the application process. These fees will also change slightly depending on your own credit score.

Your repayment schedule can vary from fifteen to twenty years.

I hope this private student loans guide has been of help, good luck with your studies.

While you might not want to inspire marriage proposals with your brilliant blogs and content such as Mrs. Silence Dogood did with her homespun essays in the 1720s (Mrs. Dogood, also known as the 16-year-old Benjamin Franklin), who wants to pour their soul, sweat, and time into writing that invokes little or no response?

The Internet abounds in ramblings and rants that live in a tomb of lonely musings and assertions that either goes unread or that elicit an apathetic, “meh.” This does not need to be so if you consider what reaction you are trying to prompt from your audience. Whether your content is written to educate, entertain, or provoke, the following ideas will help you shape and invite feedback that increases traffic, expands your audience, and builds your brand.

1. Create a Sense of Belonging
From Apple to Starbucks, many companies have built brand loyalty by understanding the human emotional need to belong to a group. You want your content to not only inspire enlightened comments, but also the kind of intangible feedback that comes in the form of return visits to your site or products. One sure way to create a sense of belonging to a group is to share customer stories. Therefore a call to action might be a request for other stories in the comment section.

2. Spread Some Joy
According to the Pew Research Center, in 2013, 45% of YouTube users uploaded a cat or animal video. In providing useful content, it is important to remember that entertainment is still king and that laughter causes use to linger. It is also a cause to appreciate the giver and to seek more of the same. Even if feedback is only a “LOL” and hopefully a share, that is still gold any day.

3. Generate Empathy
On the opposite end, the world is not all rainbows and kittens, and serious matters offer the opportunity to generate serious and thoughtful discourse. When entering these waters, offering both sides of an argument or situation provides a window of empathy that allows commentators to hold deeper dialogues beyond flaming and name calling.

4. Provoke Justifiable Anger
Still. there is nothing verboten about taking a side and making a case for your opinion. In fact, this editorial tactic goes far in engaging your audience to take notice and to well, engage. A simple call to action is. therefore an implicit and explicit request that the reader should consider their own opinion on the subject and a powerful ask to share it.

5. Discuss Fear
Generating fear is a long known sales tactic. However, you can use this superpower for good. Playing on unconscious fears leads to many of the world’s woes, but making it conscious by using it as fodder for discussion is a means of healing and will fire up your audience base. Think about what your audience fears and don’t be afraid to lay those fears out there under the stark light of your brilliant prose.

6. Elicit Trust
As many content marketers know, advertising no longer offers a sure return. Even the best-targeted advertising is white noise for the ad overloaded consumer. Indeed, the mantra of being useful has become all the more imperative given the jungle of escalating Internet ad junk. In a way, therefore, being useful has become a means of eliciting trust. Trust, in turn, will create a space for honest interactions that not only appear genuine but are.

7. Debate Disgust
Along with fear, disgust can also create sales by attracting attention. Think not looking away from a train wreck. It takes a deft hand to position the human emotion of disgust into an appealing presentation, but as with other unpleasant topics in our world, it can and should invite debate. Ugliness may not be easy to work with, but ignoring the disagreeable, or putting lipstick on the pig, limits the complexity of any topic. Take a stand, make a name for yourself, and create a call to action that invites debate of the objectionable and unlikable.

8. The Element of Surprise

“That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9).
Surprise might be defined as a violation of expectations, so chances are if you think about what your reader might be expecting from your topic, if you write about the inverse, you might hit upon some new perspectives. Innovation and novel ideas will go far in sparking follow-up comments about how your fresh concepts might be expanded or implemented.

9. Build Anticipation
It is a practical matter, but sometimes getting feedback to your article also requires that people either read to the end or at least scroll down to feedback section. While most readers scan and actually read about 28% of the words, building anticipation can help them stay focused to the end and to actually comment. Some ways to create anticipation is to leave the most important nugget to last, providing carrots toward the goal throughout. Another is to pose engaging questions that build on each other and increase interest as they go. Lastly, provide the answers in a satisfying summary that tie up loose ends like a good mystery novel. Cozy fire and cocoa optional.

10. Pleasure Craft
If your main content goal is education or providing information, do not forget the golden rule and treat your readers to reading that is also pleasurable to read (as in, not like an instruction manual for a waffle iron). While you do not need to be a humorist or a Hemingway, writing that engages and encourages interaction does require time and care. To craft a piece that lives a long communal digital life, quality writing will be rewarded.

Affordable student loans, is there such a thing? The answer is yes, of course there is, there are many methods available today that make it extremely easy to be able to afford a student loan, even a larger loan.

This article will give you a bit more information on the methods that are available to make your student loans more affordable, or, in other words, you will be able make a molehill out of the mountain.

Let’s take a look at some ways to make this happen:

Deferment

The good thing about deferment is that it will allow you to complete your education and only start paying back your loan when you either graduate or quit school. This will take a lot of pressure off the 4 years or so you are studying.

One of the things to consider is that you must keep in mind that there will be an accumulated interest component and this will increase your overall costs. In other words, your original loan of say $15,000 might turn into a debt of $25,000 by the time you start to pay it off. (something about ‘no free lunch’ comes to mind.

Difference – Deferred or Normal

Although getting a deferred loan has its advantages the bottom line is what we need to think about. If we were to take out a normal student loan on say about $20k then depending on the term and the interest rates our payment might be about $300 each month,

If we look at the same loan and applied the deferred method of payment, when our first payment is due, it could be about $400 per month or about 25-30% higher.

It is a great idea to use a loan calculator and look at all the options that are available to you. Pen and paper, a calculator and a few cups of coffee is what you will need.

Consider

Another thing that is worth taking a look at is the fact that you can use your spare time over your study years to help you to build a passive income.

There are many types of methods to raise additional funds, here are a few of the methods that I have personally used with great success:

Online Business – You can startup your own online business website, there are many methods that are actually free to set up and you can also promote these sites using free methods available.

E-books – Did you know that you can publish a book on the Kindle platform for free? It cost nothing to use this massive money making platform, you don’t need a website, don’t have to pay for traffic in fact the only things you need to publish your book on the kindle platform is a word document of your book and a jpeg image of the cover.

Crowdfunding – Set up your own crowdfunding website, you can actually get a simple piece of software that will transform your website into your very own crowdfunding site. The advantage of this is that you will get to keep all the funds you raise without the fees.

I hope you have found some useful ideas and wish you good luck with your studies.