[nabs-l] 10 Best Tips for High School Students

[Amy Sabo]

hello all,

first of all joe this is a awesome list to have on the web site for nabs, and i also have a tip or two to recommend for high school students who are entering college. know how to use the internet! you will have to learn how to use databases, search engines, and e-texts on the web for accessing materials for classes, and also for conducting research for classes in doing projects and papers.

when i got out of high school the internet was just a new thing, but today if you don't know how to use it you will be lost! so, there's my tip for tat on this topic! thanks for posting it here, and i will talk to you soon!



hugs,
amy

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From: Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> 

> I've got a tip for high school students: please make sure that your 
> social skills are up. I know this because let's face it, I don't 
> beleve that you should go anywhere without social readiness, so taking 
> a social skills course in high school wouldn't hurt. 
> Beth 
> 
> On 10/25/08, T. Joseph Carter wrote: 
> > I'll add another: Take notes regarding your meetings in whatever form you 
> > need to. After a meeting, send back an email to the person you met with 
> > and thank them for meeting with you. Even if it's someone you can't stand 
> > and the meeting was hostile, do this. 
> > 
> > Also include a summary of what was talked about in the meeting with your 
> > thank-you. Send yourself a carbon copy of these things and file them 
> > away. If you interpret something wrong in the meeting, this gives the 
> > person you met with a chance to clarify. If the meeting was less 
> > friendly, it gives the other person a chance to change what they are 
> > saying now that it's written down somewhere. File responses you get to 
> > those messages as well. 
> > 
> > If it sounds like I'm saying to be paranoid, I'm not. Generally, when 
> > things go well--and we hope that they do--this is polite and it gives 
> > people reminders of things they might otherwise forget. It's a good 
> > thing, and it makes everything much more efficient. It only starts to 
> > bother people if things get ugly and suddenly you have a written record of 
> > how ugly. 
> > 
> > Develop this professional habit early and make it a standard practice for 
> > the rest of your life. It really is handy, and I don't mean in case you 
> > need to call someone a liar, either. It puts the important details in 
> > electronic form, and makes it easily accessible to search algorithms. 
> > You'll be the one person in the room who can figure out what the sales 
> > figures were three years ago without going to find the archives somewhere, 
> > and in most companies, that's the kind of organization that gets people 
> > promoted. This leads to higher salary and more than compensates for the 
> > extra hard drives you'll have to buy to save all that email and back it up 
> > regularly. *grin* 
> > 
> > Joseph 
> > 
> > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:39:37PM -0400, Liz Bottner wrote: 
> >> The one thing I can think of off the top of my head is learn to advocate 
> >> for 
> >> yourself and by yourself. If students start to do this in high school, 
> >> when 
> >> they get to college it won't be as big of a shock, at least I wouldn't 
> >> think. Even if it's starting out small, anything is better than nothing. 
> >> 
> >> Take care, 
> >> 
> >> Liz 
> >> 
> >> email: liz.bottner at gmail.com Visit my livejournal: 
> >> http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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