My time studying and learning with Applied Scholastics Online Academy has been totally profound! I have constantly been opened up to different study techniques, ways to improve my vocabulary, methods for tackling mathematics, secrets to becoming financially successful. Each subject has been so unique, but similar at the same time in the sense that…
“As long as children and young men and women find pleasure in study, they will continue studying throughout life — and upon that depends their happiness.” – L. Ron Hubbard, Ron Magazine on Education Applied Scholastics Online Academy prepares educational programs exceeding state requirements based on the educational philosophy of L. Ron Hubbard.
“A man can be given rudimentary instruction in reading, writing, history, literature, music, manners and mathematics. Anyone keeping him in school, as just school, after he learns these is wasting his manhood. A man should be in the environment of his chosen profession from the age of at least fifteen. He should be educated after…
You may not write worth beans, or rice for that matter, but you are a storyteller. While your tale is shaded differently from all others, there is a constant, as unwavering as the sun, moon and stars. It is that simple truth that you hold life in your hands. For each man pens his own…
When you were a child, were you ever in the embarrassing position of having another person make fun of you in front of your friends? Were you ever the butt of a joke? Did you ever suffer the agony of knowing kids were laughing at you? I sincerely hope not. Such dark memories were, however,…
Play the Writing Game! I know quite a number of budding authors who sweep me away with their creative ideas and imaginings — individuals filled with passion about the books they are writing. I am often surprised, however, to learn nothing or very little is actually put down on paper. Years pass, stories dim and…
There is only one me. There is only one you. The words I say, the words I write belong to me; as do my desires, ambitions and talents, as do my shortcomings and frustrations. Your words, desires, ambitions, talents, shortcomings and frustrations, belong to you. What I do in life; where I go; what I…
The child tunes in to life and learns at breakneck speed. Mimicking what he sees and hears — he plays tribute to the old “Monkey See; Monkey Do” adage. If the child were raised by wolves, he would howl in the wind and walk on all fours. But unlike the monkey and wolf, children are…
The term self-esteem is batted around in every educational arena in the nation. Teachers are taught a child’s happiness depends on it and lack of it causes bullying, disrespect and even violence. If self-esteem is of such great consequence, what-is this sought after quality anyway? The word self-esteem was coined in 1890 by psychologist William…
Why make a New Year’s resolution? Making resolutions at the start of the year exemplifies Man’s desire to improve conditions in life. Setting a specific goal and seeing it through dates back to Babylonian times about 4,000 years ago. Indeed, it may be mankind’s longest-lived tradition. A persistence founded on the idea that a resolution…