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Why Failure is Okay

Why Failure is Okay

Failure’s often seen as a bad thing, but sometimes it can actually be good. We share how you can turn failure into success.

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Navigating Life After High School

So you’ve made it to your final year of high school. Amidst the final sports...

What to do in High School to Prepare for University

Getting to finish high school, move out of home, and start to study for a...

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

The human brain is a mysterious beast. To some students, it’s a vital organ...

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

NCEA results come out tomorrow.  Whether you’re actively dreading it or...

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

We’re almost halfway through the year and with COVID-19, a truckload of...

Why Failure is Okay

Failure’s often seen as a bad thing, but sometimes it can actually be good. We share how you can turn failure into success.

How To Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

You’re gonna be asked to analyse The Truman Show at least once in...

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

Goal-making is a notoriously common task you’re asked to do at the beginning...

Neuroplasticity

What is neuroplasticity, and why should we care? If you’ve just hopped onto...

Planning your University Studies

In your last few years of high school, things can get pretty exciting. More...

A Crash Course for Good Research

High school is all about learning, which is kind of why your teachers exist....

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

Before we dig into the details of our planning guide, we just want to combat a...

How to Improve Your Focus In and Out of the Classroom

We know what it’s like. You’re sitting in your fifth period class, trying to...

Moving Onwards and Upwards After Exams

Logging into NZQA for external results feels like a cold slap-in-the-face to...

Recognition Versus Recall

What’s the Difference? If we were to insert the Burger King logo here and...

How to Study with Past Exams

Attempting past exam papers seems like a solid use of your study time when you...

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

You’re not weird if you often find yourself feeling particularly anxious...

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

With mock exams right around the corner, and NCEA externals following soon...

How to Prepare for Exams

Let’s all stop kidding ourselves - studying for exams is insanely hard. The...

Writing in the Real World

Do you groan internally when your English teacher announces that you need to...

What to do in High School to Prepare for University

Getting to finish high school, move out of home, and start to study for a...

How to Juggle the Internal Rush

It’s mid-year(ish), internals are coming in hot as you get into the swing of...

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

The human brain is a mysterious beast. To some students, it’s a vital organ...

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

Have you ever seen a really good diagram in class, and it just made so much...

How To Get Back Into the School Year

We all know the feeling. One minute you’re lying on the beach with your...

Why Failure is Okay

Failure’s often seen as a bad thing, but sometimes it can actually be good. We share how you can turn failure into success.

How To Analyse NCEA Film in 6 Steps

You’re gonna be asked to analyse The Truman Show at least once in...

How to Study for Correspondence Subjects

Heaps of students opt for correspondence school to study their favourite...

How To Bounce Back From Mock Exams

Mock exams are everyone’s favourite time of year, and by everyone, I mean no...

Planning your University Studies

In your last few years of high school, things can get pretty exciting. More...