Author: Zinkerz
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Should we be concerned about the proliferation of fake universities in the United States?
Say what you want about Bernie Madoff, but he made a lot of money by employing a Ponzi scheme in the mid-2000s. People will create a litany of schemes to get rich quickly, from Madoff’s strategy to selling pet rocks or even emailing grandparents under the guise of being an indebted Nigerian prince who needs…
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Zinkerz leads the way for students to explore and learn the language of the future: CODING!
In a world of tablets and devices, with the curriculum in schools being moved to all online platforms and worries about social media influences on young children, many parents find it hard to balance “screen-time” and “screen-free time.” The discussions about screen time can cause judgment between friends and a desire to rationalize every decision…
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Independence and college, how to deal with it
“I already said good night to my mom, so I don’t want to explain why I’m still awake when she sees me go downstairs to get a sleeve of crackers. I’ll have to wait until she finishes this episode of Better Call Saul.” Being under the same roof as your parents comes with dilemmas and…
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Here’s everything we know—and you need to know—about the forthcoming SAT changes.
A blog post we wrote about the upcoming SAT changes was published in March (What new changes are coming to the SAT). The College Board has recently updated the information accessible to the public, providing a better idea of what we will find when the new SAT is implemented. Zinkerz always presents its readers with…
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Gender Equality in Education
As students, we have all had our favorite teachers and courses while moving through primary school, secondary school, and eventually into college. Perhaps you took little stock of any emerging trends while your mind was preoccupied with the range of stimuli that define these transitional stages of early life. But maybe you’ve noticed that men…
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Navigating College and Mental Health
Starting college is a tough time for many reasons. Between moving away from home, having to make new friends, and keeping up with classes, college students have a lot on their plate. One of the most significant challenges students face today is balancing the increasingly pressurized demands of higher education while being mindful of their…
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Does using print-only materials in classrooms still make sense?
It’s a belief heard more and more often in the world of education: “Printed material is dead!” Over the past few decades, digital material has made itself more and more at home in schools. With technology becoming more ingrained in everyday learning, it is easy to see how the downfall of printed materials can seem…
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How Teachers Can Build Productive Relationships With Families
Teachers are people too. They’re parents, brothers, and daughters who can be your friend. Seeing a teacher at a restaurant while you’re out to dinner or seeing them rolling gutter balls when they’re a couple of lanes over from you at the bowling alley can be shocking. “What are they doing here?” you think. “Shouldn’t…
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Dorm Room Essentials: The Definitive Guide
As a high school student living with your guardians at home, you can walk to the fridge to grab a Sprite or to the pantry to pig out on as many peanut butter crackers as you’d like without giving it a second thought. It’s a mystery where all this food comes from every so often,…
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Writing Well Means Rewriting, Rewriting, Rewriting!
We’ve all been there: when you leave a writing assignment until the last minute, you have no choice but to pound it out and submit what you have approximately three seconds before the deadline. And maybe you end up getting a good grade or receiving positive feedback on what you wrote, but “the writing process”…