write "y" as the subject

Click here for more information on solving linear equations.

Critical Thinking Skills

1. Don't Believe Everything You See, Read, or Hear. Decide for yourself what you are going to believe.
2. Critical Thinking Is Important In Order To:

• Enhance common sense.
• Filter emotion.
• Categorize experiences.
• Select reference.
• Understand the "experts."
• Sort fact from opinion.
• Learn to express yourself in a cogent and expressive manner.

3. Critical Thinkers Are:

• Attractive socially.
• Able to resist manipulation.
• Able to overcome confusion.
• Able to perceive connections between subjects and events.
• Able to base judgments on evidence and facts.
• Able to realize that the "truth" is never simple. Grey or foggy areas always exist.

adapted from Keys to College Success by BarCharts, Inc.

Try This Great Interactive Writing Site

This is a wonderful site that is full of information and help for writing in English.

For academic success give it a try and click here!

Goal Setting

GOALS ARE TARGETS TOWARD WHICH YOU AIM

1. Set realistic goals, within timeliness (in writing).
2. Goals should be specific and clear.
3. Determine the purpose of your goals and thier achievement benefits. Write them down next to your goal.
4. Set specific strategies for accomplishing each goal (in writing).
5. Set target dates for self-evaluation of progress.
6. Periodically visualize your goal-as well as your strategies for accomplishing the goal.
7. List potential obstacles to attaining the goal.
8. List strategies for overcoming obstacles.
9. Follow through on all strategies.

Are you willing to make the necessary sacrifices to accomplish your goals?

Source: BarCharts, Inc.

Math Links

Ok - we've just started a new unit in Maths. Pay special attention to all that is said and KEEP GOOD NOTES. This is important because we need a good score in Maths.

This time we are focusing on Algebra 2.

We began talking about POLYNOMIALS.

Click here for an Algebra link that deals with polynomials.