Word: extracurricular
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...felt that I needed to re-learn how to learn,” he says. At Manatee, he quickly became involved in assorted extracurricular activities, and discovered a passion for politics. The once average high school student found a new appreciation for academics at community college—he even joined the Academic Bowl Team...
...feel like lately I’ve just been so busy with work, extracurricular activities, and friends that I haven’t focused on girls at all. What do you do if you’ve been “out of the game” for awhile and want to get back...
...they say, it is quality—not quantity—that counts. While of course no one can get by on no sleep, learning to make the most of the hours you do get is an important skill in the world of research papers, extracurricular activity deadlines, and weekend debauchery...
When minority women open up about their extracurricular duties, however, some find their employers surprisingly receptive. Aynesh Johnson, 35, pulled long hours as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs yet found time to sit on the board of a nonprofit that aids low-income families living in a wealthy area of Manhattan. News of her altruism reached the executive suite and might have helped her land her current role as vice president of global leadership and diversity. "It's seen as a positive," she says...
...Institute, a Boston-area organization that works with teachers and parents in school districts around the country to help improve children's academic performance. Howard and other educators say it's important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extracurricular activities. "The crux of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambitions," says Michael Nakkula, a Harvard education professor who runs a Boston-area mentoring program called Project IF (Inventing the Future), which works to get low-income underachievers in touch with...