All US students should be required to learn a foreign language by the time they graduate high school. Learning a foreign language has been proven very beneficial for many reasons. One benefit is improving SAT scores. In 1981, studies showed that the scores of students who had taken only two years of foreign language were […]
What do a dog, a cow, stars and question marks have in common? And no, this isn’t the start of a really funny joke, but it might be depending on if you have cows and stars or dogs and question marks! The answer is, they’re all part of the BCG matrix. The BCG Matrix The […]
If you’re thinking that the Five Whys mean you have to say why five times, no, not exactly. The Five Whys in business is a process that you would actually use to help you to find out the real root of a business problem and ways to fix it. Sometimes in business, managers can spend […]
If you ever heard of the term CATWOE, no, you don’t have to worry about it being a depression that cats go through or a time when cats are upset. It’s something completely different. CATWOE is an acronym or a series of letters that make up a word. It’s used as a business term and […]
As you look at your company, there are a few key things that can help you to better understand how to deal with your business and your customers. That’s why the acronym, SCRS can help you; this is actually a series of four words that are set up so that you can understand different areas […]
No, this doesn’t mean you need to think with your baseball cap on, but it does mean that you need to think and prioritize with your business to make sure that you are successful. There are six thinking hats in business analysis and you should look at this as a way to help you to […]
Brazil, officially known as the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the fifth largest country in the world, in terms of both population and area, and the largest country in the Latin America and South America region. With a population of more than 200 million people, Brazil ranks seventh in the list of the largest economies […]
While industry factors have a significant impact on the performance of a company, there are a number of external factors that also play an important role in how successful a business can be. So, how do you determine what role those factors are playing in your business? This is where PEST analysis comes in and […]
Tesco, a multinational food retailing company, is headquartered in the UK and has stores in 12 countries across the world. It is the second largest retailer after Wal-Mart in terms of profits made and also holds the title for the second largest retailer considering revenues. Generally known for selling food and non-food products, Tesco, now […]
India, officially known as the Republic of India, is the seventh largest country by area, and the second most populous in the world with more than 1.2 billion people. Attaining independence in 1947, the South Asian country is known for its cultural diversity and is also among the world’s leading democratic countries. For the past […]
PESTEL analysis is a more elaborate version of the PEST analysis that includes two additional environmental factors. If you want a comprehensive understanding of the macro environment in which your business is currently operating, this is the best monitoring tool you can use to get a complete picture. However, before you start using this tool, […]
SWOT analysis is an important tool that assists businesses in the evaluation and discovery phase of strategic planning. Since it provides an all-round view of the current and forward-looking situation of a business, the term SWOT is often correlated with strategic planning. Both play a vital role in the high-level planning of businesses as they […]
You might wonder why your business would need a SWOT analysis. Just the name of it sounds far too serious for a business. However, if you believe it is nothing but a useless exercise, you are far from right. The size or scope of your business doesn’t matter, you will find the same working components […]
When planning a new business strategy or venture, businesses find it quite helpful to conduct a SWOT analysis. Basically, it’s a thorough evaluation of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats currently faced by your business which provide an insight of the internal and external factors which either help or keep your business from reaching its […]
Nokia, once the world’s largest vendor of mobile phones, is a popular Finnish information technology and communications multinational corporation which provides telecommunication equipment and services. The mobile phone brand, famous for the reliability and durability its phones provide, has ruled the mobile market for many years with its motto ‘connecting people’. Recently, the handset division […]
SWOT analysis involves identifying internal factors like strengths and weaknesses of a business along with external factors like opportunities and threats. SWOT analysis is conducted for gaining insight into where a business stands today and where it may stand in the future as a result of using the identified strengths and opportunities for overcoming weaknesses […]
Cell Phones are everywhere. In fact, many of the people reading this are doing so on their phones, possibly procrastinating. No matter the reason, it’s impossible to escape from their influence. Phones are used in a variety of ways, allowing for faster communication between people, entertainment, and most importantly, to learn. But right there is […]
“Un homme qui parle trois langues est trilingue. Un homme qui parle deux langues est bilingue. Un homme qui ne parle qu’une langue est anglais.” Many of you reading this will have no clue what this quote by Claude Gagniere means. America has a problem, one of which Mr. Claude Gagniere has just spoken of […]
If you were a college admission officer, and you were choosing between a kid who had tried hard his whole life, had better SAT scores, and a better GPA between a kid in a minority who did not try as hard, had a mediocre SAT score, and a lower GPA, who would you choose? Wouldn’t […]
You scored a perfect score on your SAT’s; your GPA is a 4.0. You have dreamed of attending that one university for your whole life. But when all your college results letters arrive and your dream school is not one of them, you can’t help but wonder why. You check on Facebook and find that […]
Chips. Ice tea. French fries. These are some of the junk food that we enjoy. However, junk food might taste good but it is really harmful to our body. Candies give us decayed teeth. Chips make our throat hurt. Often junk food is available in school. If we want a healthy life, schools should ban […]
My concern as well as many other students, is in which i will be addressing the school’s new modified policy of the school dress code for both guys and girls. I believe the school administration is being a little bit harsh on the students as well as inconsiderate to many female girls shopping decisions and […]
I’ve heard high school dropouts and blue collared workers echo the same phrase: “Why spend the money to attend college when everything you need to know is on the Internet?” In the heat of the moment, I could never throw together any response with great impact, but having had time to think about it, I […]
Every student knows it. That time of year when they have a week full of tests. What are these? These are midterms and finals. These tests are supposed to measure your memory of what you have learned that year. But they do not. All they do is stress students out, causing drug usage and cheating. […]
Since No Child Left Behind was ratified, the United States has plummeted in the P.I.S.A. (Program for International Student Assessment) standings in math and science from 18th to 31st. This regulation was passed in January of 2002 by former President George Bush. It is a policy that enforces annual testing to measure student progress. These […]
Early Childhood development is putting kids through an education program before they enter a formal school. Should pre schooling, or programs like ‘Head Start’ be used to teach kids in their early development stages? I personally think so, and I am not alone in this. There are tons of research stating that, putting kids into […]
Ultimately I feel like in today’s economy and world overall, college is more of a necessity rather than an option. Your choices for a career are very limited without a college degree that more than often, you’re forced to get a more temporary “job” instead of a life-long “career.” Even the cheaper community college is […]
iPods, cell phones, and many other electronic devices are not allowed in school. In my school, they can not be on your body but they can be in your backpack, however, they have to be turned completely off. As a result, of being caught with it ringing or on your body, you will receive an […]
Think back to when you were in school. There were the popular kids, and then there were the ones that were not. Did you ever feel out of place? Student-made hierarchies have been in schools for years and are now embedded into society.As students enter grammar schools, they have variations ofhierarchies that were left there […]
Wilmington High School is a treacherous and timid bullying pit, where kids are picked on and deceived every day. It is a school run by an insecure principal who lets his students run amuck in the halls. Many of the younger students are afraid to even attend school, and beg their parents to allow them […]
