In the spirit of the holiday season, most see Thanksgiving as a long weekend to eat turkey, watch football, and of course for students, catch up on some sleep. However, as time has passed it seems that the underlying meaning of why we give thanks gets overlooked, or rather has changed among the younger generations since the pilgrims first landed on Plymouth Rock.
Barbie dolls, video games, designated nap times and carefree innocence is what most recall when they think about life prior to the stress filled adult world that college introduces. It was a kinder time where a child’s only true concern was whether or not they would be able to go over their friend’s house after school to play. Sadly, it seems that those times so cherished by college age adults might very well be lost upon the youth of today.
What is the best way to learn? There are many different suggestions, options and theories out there that boast the most effective way to learn or study. Two most common are the “Left Brain, Right Brain Theory” and the “VARK Model.” But there is much controversy against these theories, so how are students supposed to learn? There has been a discovery of a process called “desired difficulty” that has shown very promising results when the students’ recollection of information was tested.
