As a student, your language of transmission is half the challenge. If you are not well versed in the language of instruction, you will not be able to understand your subject matter, not to talk of putting your ideas down on paper. This is usually the trouble faced by students studying in counties with languages other than their language of origin.

Practice is the key to any successful research work. Practice writing essays as early enough as you step into college. Essays are part and parcel of any college or university curriculum. You will meet them at every point in your academic career.

Develop good writing skills. When faced with any assignment that calls for writing, always go beyond the description of facts to analyzing why those facts happened. Always have that burning desire and passion to write something about anything. By writing often, you tend not to force yourself to writing. You will find that even beyond college, you will have that natural desire to spend time writing.

As a college student, always take time to read over the works of other writers or the essay of other students. As a scholar, you must learn to write from other sources. However, while you review the works of others, keep in mind the idea of plagiarism. Never develop the practice of rewriting the works of others or simply carving out the ideas of others to make up your work. If you borrow the ideas of others, properly acknowledge the source of these ideas.

Do not allow apprehension to come in when you are embarking into a field that requires a lot of challenges. A student must be daring and only audacious and brave students succeed. If you are provided with a topic, make the topic your own by putting in your emotions. Show your ability as a scholar and breath life into your work in all the lines that your write.

Set your own time limit for a completion of the project beyond that given to you by the teacher. Through this method, you are working with time and not against time. If this is a take-home paper, set a goal of say, a minimum of an hour everyday for a page.

College essay tips cannot be concluded without a stress on planning. Planning is the key to success. Failing to plan is synonymous to planning to fail. Always have a draft or a plan as you write your essay. Nonetheless, spend more time writing than planning and as you get along the paper, take it as a process of educating yourself. If you make this type of writing a process of education, you will want to go beyond the limits of words set by the teacher, if any.

There are loads of websites ready with content and information on having a learning disability. And many of them give symptoms of the “problem,” including difficulty understanding simple instructions, difficulty concentrating when reading or writing, being unable to tell important information from unimportant information, and difficulty organizing and completing writing projects. While these are explicit hindrances in a person’s ability to learn, there are often other ways to inform these systems, especially once you conceive the symptoms of a highly sensitive person.

The term highly sensitive person was coined by Elaine Aron. She explained that being highly sensitive means that your nervous system is more sensitive to the subtleties of your environment, and that the brain processes information very deeply, resulting in becoming over stimulated or overwhelmed easily by a lot of information According to Aron, 15 to 20% of the population is highly sensitive, but most don’t know it, which means there is a large number of people who could simply be sensitive to their surroundings and thus inhibited in an academic setting without being learning disabled.

I am considered to be a highly sensitive person and have spent much of my life thinking I was learning disabled. The reason for this was because I displayed some of the symptoms of a learning disability. I had a difficult time understanding simple instructions because I was overwhelmed by the amount of words directed at me. Whenever I was able to calm down, I could understand any instructions easily. Also, I often couldn’t concentrate, which resulted in me doing poorly on tests. For example, during my ACT testing there was a siren blaring outside the window for almost 45 minutes and that’s all I could think about; there was just too much information between the siren and the test to process.

As a child, I had a very difficult functioning around others because I was very shy and overwhelmed by large groups of people. I also had a difficult time working under the pressure of a watchful eye. However, if I was left alone, I could work at twice the speed of others, often finishing my tests in 30 minutes when it took others an hour or more. I could work non-stop for long periods of time as long as I could go out and bath in the sunlight alone. And I often needed extended periods to myself to be intensely introverted, often being able to go days without communicating with others.

My teachers sometimes threw hints at me to look into being tested for a learning disability; and at times I considered it, unable to explain why I sometimes could not take in information – especially if there were no diagrams and pictures involved. After spending years not understanding myself and my often low grades, I began to do research to see if I really had a “disability.”

In doing my research, I ran across information on the highly sensitive person and became intrigued. Once I read over the information, I realized that I was not somewhat highly sensitive; I was VERY highly sensitive. On the “self test” administered on the Highly Sensitive Person website hsperson.com, I scored 25 out of 27 in favor of being highly sensitive. That let me know that many of my academic issues could easily be explained by my highly sensitive nature.

In learning more about the highly sensitive person, I found that most highly sensitive people are unable to watch a lot of violent or negative television without being adversely affected, many are unable to take in caffeine or sugar without “feeling” the difference, some have a very difficult time working stressful 9-5 jobs, often having to quit due to physical ailments brought on by the pressure, and both short-term and long-term abrupt changes can severely disorient them. I also learned that many highly sensitive people find that it is easier to work from a standpoint of purpose. They must fulfill what is considered to be their “calling” or they can never be happy – their super-sensitive nervous system won’t let them rest until they are living an enlightened life. As a result, I’ve done the same, enrolling in an institution that will educate me on teaching others to accept themselves for exactly who they are – and I feel great doing it!

Learning the background of the highly sensitive person has helped me to come to terms with who I am as a person and member of society. Early in life I felt like an outcast due to my extremely shy and introverted nature; and course being viewed as a slow learner didn’t help my self-esteem. But after learning that there are more people out there like me – a large number of people at that – I can feel comfortable that there is a place for someone like me; a person who is smart and talented, but had to learn the best ways to thrive in a high energy society. Now I want to encourage others who may know a highly sensitive person to view them differently. Instead of believing they are lacking or even learning disabled, consider that they are just different than you, like every other unique person in the world – and that is okay.

The following story was related to me by a friend and I felt that this subject needed to talked about, it is very important to deal with these various learning disabilities.

Future teachers may opt to specialize in certain subjects, such as physical sciences; English, literature, composition, or creative writing; biological sciences; business education; American history, world history, or regional history; management and administration; and many others.

General Education programs satisfy practice and career goals for interdisciplinary subjects, with studies in humanities and social and behavioral sciences. Numerous two-year vocational, trade, and community college and four-year college and university general Education Schools provide programs that offer various diploma, certificate, and degree programs of study in general education.

Students in four-year Education Schools can obtain Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Science (AS), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MS) degrees in education, as well as education doctorate (EdD, PhD) degrees and combined degrees.

Diplomas and certificates from Education Schools may satisfy requirements for pre-school, assistant, vocational, and continuing education teacher positions. BA and BS degrees in education are generally required of classroom teachers, however most classroom teachers today have MS degrees. PhD degrees, and sometimes MA degrees, will qualify professionals for higher education (college and university professorships) and corporate education program positions.

MS degrees in education develop advanced skills to improve teaching abilities. Specializations in master studies focus on encouraging educators to test their skills in classroom and school settings. Courses are designed to increase professional depth and effectiveness in traditional settings, corporate settings, and various educational programs. Those who have graduated from Education School with a Master’s degree should feel prepared to meet many challenges in education, having studied learning theory, instructional and curriculum design, and research and instructional technology.

PhD programs present studies designed for experienced professional educators wishing to expand their skills as teachers, researchers, and consultants. They provide opportunities for education students to focus on personal areas of interest and to develop advanced skills in critical thinking, problem solving, and research that will facilitate professional growth and effectiveness in the classroom. PhD degrees allow for pursuit of positions as superintendents, education coordinators, special education directors, principals, professors, deans, and more.