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Transforming Lives with Alison: William Kimwaga’s Story

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Transforming Lives with Alison: William Kimwaga’s Story

Written by: William Kimwaga, Alison Graduate

As an Alison learner, I’ve experienced first-hand the transformative power of online learning. Today, I’d like to share my journey and the incredible impact Alison’s free online courses have had on my life and career.

Flexibility and Affordability: Making Education Accessible to All

One of the most significant barriers to education is cost. I’ve seen many people, including friends and family, give up on further studies due to financial constraints. However, Alison’s approach to online learning is not only cost-effective but often more affordable than traditional educational paths. This accessibility opens doors for countless individuals who otherwise might not have the opportunity to advance their education.

The flexibility and convenience offered by Alison have been a game-changer for me. With the ability to learn at my own pace and on my own schedule, I’ve found a perfect balance between work, family life, and education. This flexibility means I can dedicate time to learning without sacrificing other important aspects of my life.

Practical And Easy-To-Understand Courses

The courses at Alison are designed with practicality and simplicity in mind. The straightforward language and well-structured modules make learning enjoyable and easy to understand. This approach has significantly improved my daily task performance, enhancing both my skills and efficiency.

Building Networks and Enhancing Skills

Online education isn’t just about acquiring knowledge; it’s also about building networks and communities. Through Alison, I’ve connected with fellow students and professionals worldwide, expanding my professional network. These connections have provided valuable insights and opportunities that extend beyond the virtual classroom.

I urge everyone to consider online education as a viable and rewarding path to personal and professional growth. With Alison, you’re not just learning; you’re preparing for a brighter future. Whether it’s improving your skill set, balancing your life, or advancing your career, Alison’s courses offer a comprehensive and accessible solution.

In conclusion, my experience with Alison has been nothing short of transformative. It’s not just an educational platform; it’s a community that empowers and motivates. So, why wait? Take that first step with Alison and embark on a journey that could significantly enhance your lifestyle and career prospects.

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In-and-Out Lists

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In-and-Out Lists

Have you been noticing a proliferation of In-and-Out lists on social media lately?

As the new year began, Instagram and TikTok lists confidently declared that things like “extra-large bags, silver jewelry and gardening” would be “in,” while “quiet luxury, podcasts and late bedtimes” would be “out.”

What do you think of lists like this? If you were to make one of your own, what would be on it?

Post one or both of your lists in the comments, then read the related article to learn more.

Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public and may appear in print.

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Word of the Day: hippocampus

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Word of the Day: hippocampus

The word hippocampus has appeared in eight articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Nov. 30 in “Brain Study Suggests Traumatic Memories Are Processed as Present Experience” by Ellen Barry:

The team conducted brain scans of 28 people with PTSD while they listened to recorded narrations of their own memories. Some of the recorded memories were neutral, some were simply “sad,” and some were traumatic.

The brain scans found clear differences, the researchers reported in a paper published on Thursday in the journal Nature Neuroscience. The people listening to the sad memories, which often involved the death of a family member, showed consistently high engagement of the hippocampus, part of the brain that organizes and contextualizes memories.

Can you correctly use the word hippocampus in a sentence?

Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article. It is most important that your sentence makes sense and demonstrates that you understand the word’s definition, but we also encourage you to be creative and have fun.

If you want a better idea of how hippocampus can be used in a sentence, read these usage examples on Vocabulary.com. You can also visit this guide to learn how to use IPA symbols to show how different words are pronounced.

If you enjoy this daily challenge, try our vocabulary quizzes.

Students ages 13 and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, and 16 and older elsewhere, can comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff.

The Word of the Day is provided by Vocabulary.com. Learn more and see usage examples across a range of subjects in the Vocabulary.com Dictionary. See every Word of the Day in this column.

Teen Tiny Memoirs: The Winners of Our 2nd Annual 100-Word Narrative Contest

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Teen Tiny Memoirs: The Winners of Our 2nd Annual 100-Word Narrative Contest

Shannon Katzenberger, 17, Lakewood High School, Lakewood, Ohio: “Strike”

Shruti Ram, 17, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, N.J.: “Places!”

Simba Li, 16, Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks, England: “Our Song”

Sophia Phaugat, 17, Shikshantar Senior Secondary School, Gurugram, India: “Ghost Horses of Home in Pandora’s Box”

Sophie Kalagher, 14, Jonathan Law High School, Milford, Conn.: “I’m Not Hungry”

Timothy Hoksida Gabbard, 16, Moorhead High School, Moorhead, Minn.: “Hair Is Everything”

Yasmin Iyer, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Ore.: “Headlocked”

Alena Cerro, Alexa Diaz, Amanda Christy Brown, Ana Paola Wong, Ana Sosa, Andy Newman, Anita Patil, Annissa Hambouz, Caroline Crosson Gilpin, Christine Zhang, Dana Davis, Emily Wilson, Emma Grillo, Emma Kehlbeck, Erica Ayisi, Evan Prince, Fran Pado, Gordon Hurd, Hannah Fowler, Heather Phillips, Helmuth Rosales, Isaac Aronow, Isabel Hui, Jeremy Engle, Jeremy Hyler, Jesica Severson, John Otis, Judy Wang, Juliette Seive, Katherine Schulten, Kathy Curto, Keith Meatto, Ken Paul, Kim Pallozzi, Kimberly Wiedmeyer, Kirsten Akens, Kristina Samulewski, Lindsey Mercer, Liz Egan, Mathilde Tanon, Matt Twomey, Mark Walsh, Mary Marge Locker, Megan McCrea, Melissa Su, Michael Gonchar, Molly Shunney, Nancy Ramsey, Natalie Proulx, Natoria Carey, Nina Feinberg, Peter Coy, Phoebe Lett, Robyn Roberts, Sabine Heinlein, Sahil Shah, Sara Aridi, Shannon Doyne, Shefali S. Kulkarni, Shira Katz, Sona Patel, Stefano Montali, Steven Rocker, Sue Mermelstein, Susan Josephs, Sydney Stein, Tanya Wadhwani, Tina Kafka, Tom Rademacher, Varya Kluev, Vera Titunik and Vivian Giang

Here Are 15 Winning Tiny Memoirs. Which Ones Most Resonate With You?

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Here Are 15 Winning Tiny Memoirs. Which Ones Most Resonate With You?

The story of a first kiss gone wrong. An encounter on a snowy city sidewalk. A profound realization about a stepparent. An embarrassing moment on a soccer field.

These are the subjects of some of the best of the nearly 13,000 “tiny memoir” submissions we received for our fall contest, in which we invited teenagers to tell true stories about meaningful life experiences in 100 words or fewer.

Though the work of our winners is quick to read, the tales they tell will stay with you. Here is one:

Nap Time With a Kindergartner Who Doesn’t Know English

Cocooned in my Minnie Mouse blanket, I squint through dimness, scrutinizing Ms. Johnson’s nose wart.

Surprise strikes when Blonde Girl turns over. Smiles at me. Whispering English gibberish. She giddily uncaps a pink ChapStick, twisting it under my nose.

“Birthday cake!” I think —

She chomps off half the ChapStick. Chewing, Blonde Girl offers me to do the same. I panic, realizing: 1. The tube’s dripping saliva. 2. I’m also friendless. Best solution? I’ll swipe on her ChapStick. Just a wee bit.

I accept, eyeing the wax’s glisten before staring into Blonde Girl’s blue raspberry irises.

My teeth sink into ooey-gooey friendship.

— Grace Huang, 16, West High School, Madison, Wis.

We invite you to visit this page and read all 15 tiny stories, and then tell us:

  • Which stories were most interesting to you? What would you like to say to those writers?

  • Which ones reminded you of moments from your own life? Why?

  • Which of them showed you something new? What did you learn?

  • Which did you most wish continued beyond the 100 words? What do you imagine might happen next?

  • What “writer’s moves” did you most admire? Be specific: Are there stories, sentences or even single words or marks of punctuation that especially impressed you? Which and why?

  • What do you think: Is it possible to tell a satisfying story in 100 words? Can a tale that length still have character development, a plot, conflict and even suspense or a truly surprising ending? Which of these stories would you use as evidence for your answer?

Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public and may appear in print.

Find more Student Opinion questions here. Teachers, check out this guide to learn how you can incorporate these prompts into your classroom.

What Is the Best Month of the Year? What Is the Worst?

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What Is the Best Month of the Year? What Is the Worst?

It’s January, a month that many would call the worst of the year. What do you think? Do you find January dreary and dull?

Or, instead, do you see it as cozy and restful? Would you ever consider it your favorite month?

In “January’s Secret: It’s the Best Month,” Steven Kurutz writes about all the things that fans of January say actually make it a wonderful time of year:

Consider the plight of January, the sad sack of months.

It lacks for sunlight. It has some of the worst weather in the Northern Hemisphere — a dreary cold that happens to stretch on for 31 days.

It’s a month without social holidays. Even lowly February, its companion in the winter doldrums, has Valentine’s Day. January suffered another blow in 2022, when its one day of excitement, Super Bowl Sunday, moved permanently to the year’s second month.

Hollywood isn’t much help. Rather than providing distractions in these bleak days, the entertainment industry has made January a dumping ground for films that have no shot at winning awards or making year-end critics’ lists.

But the very things that make January a bit of a bore have endeared it to its fans. And while many people loathe the month because it means a restart of the daily grind, Robert Mac, a stand-up comedian, welcomes the return of steady work.

“I dislike breaking up my routine in the second half of December,” said Mr. Mac, 55, who lives in suburban Washington and, like many comics, travels extensively. “I can’t get anything done.”

Others like the month’s lack of social obligations and sense of calm.

“January is quickly becoming my favorite month of the year,” Chelsea Delman, a real estate agent in Providence, R.I., said in a video the she recently posted on her TikTok account, the Socialite Files. “I don’t have to go to any parties. I don’t have to go to any holidays. I don’t have to do anything. I can just chill.”

Students, read the entire article and then tell us:

  • Does the article make you see January differently? Are you persuaded that it might actually be the best month of the year? Why or why not?

  • If not, what do you think is the best month? What makes it so? Try to come up with at least three reasons, and then share them in a way that convinces others of your point of view.

  • Now, in your opinion, what is the worst month of the year? Why?

Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public and may appear in print.

Find more Student Opinion questions here. Teachers, check out this guide to learn how you can incorporate these prompts into your classroom.

Word of the Day: entreat

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Word of the Day: entreat

The word entreat has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Aug. 8 in the Opinion essay “In Paris, I Get Judged on What I Speak, Not How I Look” by Euny Hong:

“La Dernière Classe” is about an idle schoolboy, Frantz, who lives in Alsace around the time of the Franco-Prussian War, circa 1870. He turns up late for school one day and finds his teacher Monsieur Hamel looking grave. The teacher explains that Germany has taken over the region, that he will not be seeing them again and that all instruction commencing the next day will be in German. “This is the very last French lesson you will have,” says the teacher, “so I entreat you to pay attention.”

Frantz listens to his French grammar lesson for the very first time, wondering why he never appreciated the elegance of the past participle. He tells the reader, “Monsieur Hamel told us that French was the most beautiful language in the world, the clearest, the most solid: that we should protect it and never forget it, because even if a people become enslaved, as long as they retain their language, it’s like a key to the prison.”

Can you correctly use the word entreat in a sentence?

Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article. It is most important that your sentence makes sense and demonstrates that you understand the word’s definition, but we also encourage you to be creative and have fun.

If you want a better idea of how entreat can be used in a sentence, read these usage examples on Vocabulary.com. You can also visit this guide to learn how to use IPA symbols to show how different words are pronounced.

If you enjoy this daily challenge, try our vocabulary quizzes.

Students ages 13 and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, and 16 and older elsewhere, can comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff.

The Word of the Day is provided by Vocabulary.com. Learn more and see usage examples across a range of subjects in the Vocabulary.com Dictionary. See every Word of the Day in this column.

#2 Wallpaper Bundle – Limited Time Offer!

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#2 Wallpaper Bundle – Limited Time Offer!

We know how much you love our monthly wallpapers, and we’re so happy to offer them for free until the end of each month. If you happen to miss downloading them during that time, no worries! You can still get them for a small fee of $5 per pack. And if you’ve missed a few packs in 2023, we’ve got you covered with a second edition of our Huge Wallpaper Bundle (the first edition can be found here!) – now available at a discounted price! This bundle includes all of our previous wallpapers, so you can beautify your desktop or phone screen with all of them at an affordable price.

Get all 2023 files for as low as $19 with the button below, instead of paying $60 for them separately. This limited-time offer ends on February 28.

If you’re only interested in the social media quotes, you can purchase them separately (they’re also included in the main bundle!)

You can still browse all past (and current!) wallpapers and purchase them separately in the wallpaper library. You will find more details about each 2023 wallpaper and browse older designs.

What’s included in the Huge Wallpaper Bundle?

This bundle includes all 12 wallpaper packages from 2023. Starting from January 2023 and ending in December 2023.

Each design comes in seven different formats – three computer wallpapers, two phone wallpapers, one tablet wallpaper, and a social media-ready square with a monthly quote.

I wasn’t sure if wallpapers with calendars should be included, as those were made for 2023. However, all calendars became actual every few years. Those from 2023 can be used again in 2034 and later in 2045

It gives a total of 84 files! They cost $60 if purchased separately, but in this bundle, you can get them for as low as $19 (limited time only!)!

It also includes 12 social media-ready (perfect for Instagram!) square images with inspirational quotes. Feel free to purchase them separately if it is the only item you want.

This offer is available only until the end of February. After that, you will still be able to get the bundle but for a standard $60 price.

Hurry up and grab it now!

Add it to your cart by clicking the button below.

Contenders

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Contenders

The image above was published on The New York Times homepage on Jan. 16.

What does it show? Why is it important? What are the implications of this information for the coming weeks and months? What is your opinion of this news?

Tell us in the comments, then read some related information to learn more.

Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public and may appear in print.

Find more Picture Prompts here.

How Much Do You Know About San Marino?

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How Much Do You Know About San Marino?

Can you find San Marino on a map? What else do you know about this European nation with 33,000 people?

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