How Teaching Kids Programming Can Help Break the Poverty Cycle: A Personal Story

When I got married at 18, without any way to support myself, and my then-husband, at 20, had no real means to provide for a family, we were setting ourselves up for failure. My son recently asked what we were thinking—how we planned to support ourselves—and honestly, we weren’t thinking about it. Ridiculous, I know. […]

The Growing Demand for Mental Health Services: Opportunities for NPs

Fortunately, mental health treatment has turned from something hush hush into something that is more and more accepted in modern society, and in many cases even encouraged.  And while that is truly a great thing, it ends up that there is a severe shortage of mental health practitioners in so many places. Waiting lists for […]

Having Children in Medical School: The Benefits and Challenges

Going to college when you have kids is much harder than going when you don’t, no question about it. Medical school is even harder than the average college, so you can imagine having children in medical school sure isn’t an easy thing, and many people would advise against it. Here are some pros and cons, […]

The Transformative Role of Fieldwork in Enhancing Social Work Education

While I don’t have a degree, one of the professions I strongly considered learning was to be a therapist. At the time I thought all therapists needed to be psychologists and when I heard the education for that was 10 years that turned me off that entirely. But I’ve been to clinical social workers for […]

Preparing For Praxis 5354: Essential Tips For Success  

If you want to learn to be a special education teacher in the US, you will need to be tested multiple times throughout your education process, the Praxis 5354 test being one of them. Preparing for these tests can be very challenging; here are some tips to help you succeed in your process of becoming […]