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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

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Chris Borland
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Chris Borland: Chris Borland is the longest-practicing academic coach in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Combining 45+ years as a professional private tutor with expertise in one-on-one communication and specialized coaching skills honed during more than 25,000 tutorial sessions with over 1,500 private students from more than 100 schools, he's one of the most experienced and respected test prep coaches in the Bay Area and beyond. Specializing in tutoring for ambitious students in math for standardized tests, Chris brings a love of learning, an energetic enthusiasm, and a total commitment to his work that are rare and infectious. Known for his ability to motivate students to pursue their personal best inside and outside the classroom, Chris has a knack for assessing and addressing the particular needs of individual students and conveying academic information in a way that's crystal clear, engaging, and effective. Chris writes: “Since 1978, it's been my privilege to serve as academic coach, tutor, and mentor to a multitude of students of all ages, helping them reach the pinnacle of their abilities, attain ambitious educational goals, and achieve enduring success as students and young people.”

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224. How To Fail A Test With Dignity
223. Mischievous Engineers
222. Trivium and Quadrivium
221. U.S. News State Educational Rankings
220. Teachers are Quitting
219. Desmos
218. dSAT Reading and Writing Topics
217. Look Inside the Digital SAT
216. dSAT Math Topics
215. Bring a Mouse to the SAT
214. The Official Digital SAT Study Guide
213. Commercial Test Prep
212. Mock dSAT Practice Tests
211. Cracking BlueBook Second Modules
210. Factfulness
209. lizardpoint
208. Call the Capitol Switchboard!
207. How Young Adults Can Build Credit Fast
206. Don't Save For College (In Your Child's Name)
205. Wolfram Alpha
204. 50 Dangerous Things
203. Godel, Escher, Bach
202. Get a Head Start
201. Mad Minute
200. The Great American Bathroom Books
199. The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment
198. PreK-12 Curricula
197. Atlas Obscura
196. Freerice
195. When Adult Children Send Parents on Vacation
194. Coaching v. Tutoring
193. The Most Fun You Can Have with $100
192. Mathematical Logic
191. Secret Sauce
190. I ❤︎ TurboScan
189. ACT Mini-Tests
188. ACT Perfect Scores Have Been Blowing Up
187. Toy Box Subscriptions
186. Major for Love, Minor for Money
185. Patti Smith at Wesleyan 2016
184. Cart Before Horse
183. Pick Three: Academics, Sports, Free Time, Sleep
182. History of the SAT and ACT
181. Take Professors, Not Courses
180. Bob Books
179. Assorted Quotes I Can't Add
178. The Mighty Khan
177. The Centimeter Grid
176. Math and the Master
175. Episodic Memory vs. Semantic Memory
174. Best Way to Destroy Your Score
173. 39 Top Tips for Taking Standardized Tests
172. Take a Professor to Lunch
171. Early Math Materials and Pedagogy
170. Flatland
169. Fox, Chicken, Grain
168. Test Your Mindfulness
167. Hundred Numbers Chart
166. Basic Math Concepts: ACT and SAT
165. Slow Down to Go Faster
164. Cosmic Eye
163. Perspective
162. What's Going On in This Graph?
161. White House Fails English
160. ratemyprofessors.com
159. Math-as-Art Blog
158. 101 Things to Do Before You Graduate
157. Mandelmap
156. The Engine of the World
155. 2, 800, 44
154. The Matchless Enthusiasm of Martin Gardner
153. Calculator Policies: SAT and ACT
152. Fractal Coloring Book
151. The Game of LIFE
150. Official GRE Prep Materials
149. Teach Your Child to Read
148. How Hard Would You Work for an Extra $1 Million?
147. College Application Marketability (CAM)
146. MOOCs are Coming of Age
145. Take College Classes While in High School
144. Children's Books for Teaching Math
143. Math Worksheets and Drills
142. Rules for Marketing a Private Educational Practice
141. Math Fact Cards, Apps, Calculation Training Sites
140. Guidebooks: Science Experiments and Projects
139. Mathematics Methodologies
138. Early Data Visualization
137. The Miracle of Human Anatomy
136. Early Puzzles, Problem Solving, Math Games
135. Family Science
134. Daily Math Time
133. Daily Writing Time
132. Daily Reading Time
131. Scratch Coding Resources
130. Balancing Algebraic Equations
129. Early Math Toys, Aids, Activities
128. Read Nonfiction to Kids, Too
127. Robotics Toys, Aids, Activities
126. Science Tools and Manipulatives
125. Pentomino Toys, Aids, Activities
124. Tangram Toys, Aids, Activities
123. Best Educational Vendors
122. Fraction Toys, Aids, Activities
121. Alphabet Toys, Aids, Activities
120. Make Learning a Basic Family Value
119. Math is Everywhere – and It's Fun!
118. Start Early with Internships and Career Development
117. Math Exploration Station
116. Math Makes Sense with Manipulatives
115. The Junior College Transfer Option
114. Top Lower-Income Students Should Aim High
113. Favorite Story Books
112. Hire a Good College Admissions Consultant
111. Return of the Daily Quiz
110. The Rite of College Visitation
109. Two Dynamite Questions
108. Memorize The Quadratic Formula ... In Seconds
107. Eternal Prosperity for Your Posterity
106. College Rankings Conundrum
105. The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
104. Get The Solutions Manual
103. What NOT To Bring To Show And Tell!
102. Pythagorean Legends, Pythagorean Triples
101. Car Talk Puzzlers
100. Finite Simple Group (Of Order Two)
099. Study Buddies!
098. The I Hate Mathematics! Book
097. Don't Let Your Studies Put You To Sleep
096. Arithmetic, Algebra, Mathemagic
095. Follow A Daily Study Schedule
094. Money Flow
093. Elephant's Memory
092. Best Source Of SAT Essay Prompts
091. 2 = 1
090. Budgeting for Lazy People
089. ADD: Harmful Disorder Or Helpful Variation?
088. Can Your Computer Read Your Mind?
087. Easy Bibliographies
086. A Class On Stupid
085. How Much College Debt Is Too Much?
084. Math as Art (Part 2)
083. Wordle Word Graphs
082. Tech Tools Fight Online Idea Theft
081. Recommended Test Prep Schedules
080. Front And Center
079. You Think YOUR Teachers Are Mean
078. Top 10 SAT Essay Tips
077. State Of Body And Mind
076. To Spell Or Not To Spell
075. Can a Beautiful Hand Improve Grades?
074. Math as Art (Part 1)
073. "Honor Society" Rip-off Alert
072. Cite It Right
071. Fear And Loathing In Academia
070. SAT Prep Planning (Part 2)
069. SAT Prep Planning (Part 1)
068. Are Our Boys In Crisis?
067. “Provide The Answer” vs. “Pick The Answer”
066. ACT’s Financial Aid Need Estimator
065. Distance Learning for High Schoolers
064. When Math Is Uncool, Other Nations Eat Our Lunch
063. Thought Boxes Revisited
062. Danger In The Dorms
061. Gaokao: SAT Stress On Steroids
060. Packaging "Authenticity"
059. Support Net Neutrality!
058. SAT Scores Stratified, In Decline
057. Will Google Supplant The Dictionary?
056. The Myth of Multitasking
055. The Highest Scores Money Can Buy
054. Best Cities For Job-Seeking Grads
053. Enter The Three-Year Degree
052. NO MUSIC While Studying
051. Career Choice In The Age of Outsourcing
050. Learning And Earning: It's About Basics
049. Writing: It's Back!
048. Mediocrity In Math Instruction
047. Are Hard Times Breeding Language Snobbery?
046. Wikipedia Begins Flagging Revisions
045. 10 Ways To Cut College Costs
044. No Child Left Behind – Except The Gifted Ones
043. Starting Salaries For The Multi-lingual Exceed $100K
042. The Stanford Laptop Orchestra
041. Save Thousands On Textbooks
040. Tutoring Gets Outsourced
039. U.C. Berkeley For Free
038. Top Universities Liberalize Financial Aid Policies
037. Test Dates: 2009-2010
036. Are Private Student Loans Too Risky?
035. Princeton Review's Best Colleges
034. Chat-speak Takes Over The World
033. NYC Bribes Students To Improve Academic Performance
032. M.I.T. For Free
031. What's Finland Doing Right?
030. Which Majors Net Highest First Year Pay?
029. The Elvis of Classical Music
028. Best Education News Sites
027. Mathematical Mind Reading Revisited
026. Test Dates: 2008-2009
025. Are Teaching And Learning Gender-Neutral?
024. Marin Magazine Interview
023. Great Teachers Left Behind
022. ACT To Take Over As Top Test?
021. Rumor Has It
020. Dalai Lama Appointed To Emory Chairmanship
019. Cheney Invitation Inspires Ire At BYU
018. This Sentence Is False. True Or false? (Conclusion)
017. Harvard Chooses Female Head
016. Test Dates: 2007-2008
015. Biggest SAT Score Dip In 31 Years
014. Are Public Schools Outperforming Private Schools?
013. SSAT Dates: 2006-2007
012. FREE - Federal Educational Resources
011. Plaintiff In Landmark 1948 Church/State Separation Case Dies At 93
010. ACT Dates: 2006-2007
009. So Much For The “Honor System”
008. Sudoku Fever
007. SAT And PSAT Dates: 2006-2007
006. Educator's Blogs
005. This Sentence Is False. True Or false?
004. Mathematical Mind Reading
003. Thought Boxes (OTTFFSSEN)
002. Regarding Artificial Posting Dates And Times
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As to the militant suffragettes, I have noted that many women believe in militant methods. You might advocate one way of securing the rights and I might advocate another, they both might help to bring about the result desired. To win freedom always involves hard fighting. I believe in women doing what they deem necessary to secure their rights.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

A successful book is not made of what is in it, but of what is left out of it.

Marriage—yes, it is the supreme felicity of life. I concede it. And it is also the supreme tragedy of life. The deeper the love the surer the tragedy. And the more disconsolating when it comes.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

Mark Twain

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"If you cannot solve the proposed problem, try to solve first a simpler related problem."

"Mathematics succeeds in dealing with tangible reality by being conceptual. We cannot cope with the full physical complexity; we must idealize."

"A mathematics teacher is a midwife to ideas."

"A GREAT discovery solves a great problem, but there is a grain of discovery in the solution of any problem. Your problem may be modest, but if it challenges your curiosity and brings into play your inventive faculties, and if you solve it by your own means, you may experience the tension and enjoy the triumph of discovery."

“Whatever the subject, what the teacher really teaches is himself.”

George Pólya

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"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."

"No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other."

"The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress."

"Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation."

"Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it."

Betrand Russell

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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."

"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater."

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

Albert Einstein

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"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis."

"Teachers have always been—and let us hope, always will be—in the business of trying to get the soul out of bed, out of her deep, habitual sleep."

"Money often costs too much."

"There is properly no history; only biography."

"Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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