The weather becomes signal number 2 and classes are suspended. Though the kids could get an extra hour or two of sleep, the whole day becomes unproductive. For teachers, it becomes more than a calamity because that means the lesson for the day will bump off the...

Of course yes! Is the answer that we will most likely hear from anyone, even among those with the vaguest idea of what is happening in the world right now. Nobody can deny that being fluent in a language other than Filipino is a big advantage not only within the...

Major exams take place once every 3 or four months, depending on a school’s calendar. The weeks and days leading up to that is filled with various quizzes, seatworks and homeworks, along with the introduction of new subjects that will comprise one grading period. Now,...

Plenty of people have a fear of public speaking. They’d rather work in the background or write everything down rather than speak out. Here are a few tips to get over this fear: Organize your thoughts – nothing is more important than making sure that you are prepared....

Willpower and self-discipline – two important assets one must possess if one wants to become successful. They go hand in hand. Willpower is the ability to overcome laziness and procrastination and unnecessary impulses, while self-discipline is the ability to persevere...

No matter how driven you are, there will come a point when you’ll feel too tired, too lazy or too…something to keep going. Don’t fret. This is normal. Even the most optimistic person on earth has, at one point, encountered a situation that made them feel like stopping...

When I told my friends that I enrolled myself in AHEAD Pro’s English class, their first question was, “Why, will you be working in a call center?” I don’t blame them for asking me that question. These days, we take it for granted that everyone who speaks good English...

Back when I was in school, having a dictionary was a requirement. My beloved mentors, in their quest to produce erudite, eloquent intellectuals made sure that the dictionary became our indispensable ally, useful not only during English classes, but all throughout the...

We all have unpleasant tasks to do each day; obligations that we would rather not do, except that they have to be done. Most of us would try to ignore them, and do other mundane stuff while a. hoping that the ugh task goes away. And b. hoping someone else will do it...

In this day of ‘instant’ millionaires, it is very easy for the young generation to take what seems to be the easy route towards fame and fortune. Impressionable teenagers look up to Generation Y millionaires who, stories have made it seem, made their fame and fortune...