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Satire has been used in writing for eons. It is a form of writing that uses humor to subtly mock a person, a concept, societal attitudes, among other subjects. It’s used in essays, literature, film, radio, theater,and other mediums. High quality satirical essays can make people laugh. They can launch a great debate on the topic at hand.

“Why am I so bad at math?”

Lots of students ask themselves this question. And the answers to this question vary widely. “I have a bad math teacher,” is pretty common, although probably not the right answer in most instances. Sure, there are bad math teachers, but more often than not, being bad at math is the result of gaps in your learning which were never filled and/or an attitude that you just can’t “get it.”

Most of us learned our math facts in elementary school. We used those flash cards and memorized our addition and multiplication facts at least. Then we learned long multiplication and division. It all seems like such a waste now – that time sent on memorization when we have calculators that can do it all for us.

One of the favorite essays that are written throughout school, whether it be high school or college is the narrative essay. The narrative essay gets a writer’s creative juices flowing because it is told in a story structure, so the research for it is usually from the writer’s own lifetime and can get as wild and crazy or simplistic as they want it to be.

Getting ready for English classes and your research papers is the talk of the campus, especially after mid-terms. You have gotten through the first few weeks with your new professor taking about the syllabus, doing some preliminary work while setting your sights on the final paper that you are developing.

When we are young, when faced with a writing a reflective essay, we may feel that we really don’t have much to reflect on. This is when you have to sit back and think about your short life and pull memories out like teeth.

The speeches are over, the congratulations have been said, and now it’s time to do something with that degree that you have worked so hard for. Statistics show that between 2008 (during the recession) and now, those with higher education gained the higher rate of employment. So get out there and find your place in the career world. It’s there you just have to be diligent finding it. If you type in “jobs” in Google, or your preferred search engine you are going to be bombarded with tons of job-sites. Start your search by being specific. If you are a writer and would like to try becoming a part of a writing service for instance, type in “freelance writer” for the best search output. The following job-sites are a good place to start on you journey to your career. Get busy putting those applications in and don’t stop until you are hired and on your way to your career path.

Today’s savvy social media businessperson is constantly looking for the next best way to magnify their online presence and Twitter is fast becoming one of the most popular ways to do it.
Many writing services are being established on the Internet that notice this too and are helping businesses utilize Twitter to get their name and services they provide out there to you.

Kathryn Pokalo, Professor at Community College of Philadelphia engages her online students through the Canvas Platform. Canvas reaches over 18 million higher education and K-12 students worldwide. Created by Instructure in 2011 and used today by more than 1600 colleges and school districts around the world, Canvas gives Professors and students the ability to utilize social media through chat rooms, while completing a full semester of coursework, with the interface supplying the ability to create modules for students and a grading system for educators. The easy to use graphic interface has made Canvas the go to tool for online education and employee engagement.

Let’s get it out of the closet – studying is hard, time-consuming, and most of the times your least favorite thing to do. There are so many other things on your agenda that you find much more attractive. Shockingly, even cleaning up your room seems like a more interesting choice than studying.