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Graduation Gift Ideas for Adult Students

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Your favorite adult student is finally graduating? Hurray! It's time to start thinking about a special graduation gift. We've got a nice collection of lists for you.

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More Info on Changing Your Screen Font

Thursday May 23, 2013

One of our most popular blogs addresses how to increase the size of your screen font. It's a simple fix for a frustrating problem: Screen Font Too Small?

Some of the many, many people who have commented on that blog post requested additional information, and I'm working on it. Wayne Embrey of Nerds Computer Services in Mountain Home was nice enough to help out with this new article, How to Change Your Screen Font.

Thanks, Wayne!

25 Celebrity Drop Outs Who Earned a GED

Wednesday May 22, 2013

Eminem by Kevin Winter - Getty ImagesDid you know Nicholas Cage has a GED? So does Eminem. Michael J. Fox has one, too. There are a lot of very successful people who dropped out of high school for a variety of good reasons, later earned a GED, and went on to do some pretty great stuff.

Mary Lou Retton has one. Remember the Olympian? So does Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's.

If you dropped out of high school, it's never too late to earn your GED and do whatever you dream of.

Need some inspiration:

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Lesson Plans for Summer School

Tuesday May 21, 2013

Teachers...still getting ready for summer session? Keep it fun and effective by planning lessons in short segments and including interaction. Get people on their feet when they start to fade.

Today I Learned...About Rose-Colored Glasses

Monday May 20, 2013

Barbara-Penoyar---Getty-ImagesHave you ever looked at the world through rose-colored glasses? I'm not talking about being Pollyanna for a day. We all know what the idiom means: to see something as better than it really is.

I wondered where this idiom originated. It's difficult to pin down. And then I put on a pair of rose-colored glasses. I was stunned.

I added my experience to our Today I Learned... collection: Today I Learned...About Rose-Colored Glasses.

What did you learn today? Share it with us: A Place to Share Your Lifelong Learnings

Curious about our series? Read all of the entries: Today I Learned...Random Acts of Learning

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