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...when so much rides on SAT scores and when parents are looking for every possible competitive edge for their children, it's no wonder that exam-time nutrition is becoming the next frontier in test prep. Thomson Peterson's, a national test-prep firm, has created a diet section on its website to introduce students to more healthful pre-exam nutrition. And private tutors are increasingly offering food strategies as part of their curriculum...
...Though he ran out of steam during a practice test when he had eaten beef jerky, Walker fared better on the granola bars and bananas that Johnson recommended. "He was surprised he wasn't burned out," says Evans, who was impressed by her son's subsequent attention to nutritional prep. "He would lay out the food the night before so that he had everything ready. This is preparing for a test in a different way. I wish I would have known about it when my kids were younger...
...We’ll probably try to find some ice this week outside of our own just to get on a bigger ice surface to try to get acclimated to it,” said Donato, who suggested several local prep schools as possible alternatives to the Bright Hockey Center. “It’s not that we haven’t seen it at all, but it’s different. It definitely adds different dimensions to the timing, the spacing, and the angles...But in this type of setting and in this type of game...
...when they plugged in last Thursday after midnight at TT the Bear’s Place, Longwave enthusiastically banished the specter of those prep-school Television-heads in seconds. Combining previews of their upcoming LP There’s a Fire, awaiting a May release on RCA, with a few songs from their first two albums thrown into the mix, the band showed they know how to set a room certifiably ablaze...
There have been sacrifices along the way, such as having to take his final exams on the road, or missing virtually the first month of school to prep for the combine. But watching a few lectures online is a small tradeoff for the chance to fulfill his NFL dreams...