The U.S. prides itself on its love of sports. We look forward to Sunday afternoons of football, March Madness, and summers filled with strikeouts and homeruns. Yet, when it comes to the Winter Olympics, many Americans cannot differentiate between curling and luge. (Be honest, you never even heard of curling.) Thus, for those of you who missed this year’s games, held in Turin, Italy, here is a breakdown of some of the news-making moments that made the Olympics almost worth watching.
It’s coming, people. Can you feel it? Oscars 2006 is right around the corner and I can almost smell the hairspray-drenched updos that will be walking the red carpet.
Oscar season has always had a strong effect on me. From the “Who are you wearing?” red carpet interviews to the ultra-posh after parties, I am glued to my TV screen like a moth to a light bulb. Always unpredictable, the Academy Awards is a great opportunity to mindlessly prophesize who it is that will be travelling home with a little golden man (Someone sure went a little crazy with the self tanner, didn’t they?) in tow. And so, a few of us here at SparkNotes took a crack at the whole prediction thing by compiling some of our favorites from this past year in movies.
Tutoring is a great concept. Whether you’re an Algebra expert looking to share your wealth of knowledge or you yourself are having trouble with a particular subject, tutoring is an excellent outlet. But if you’ve ever witnessed an actual tutoring session, you’ll know that they sometimes have the tendency to fall short of their potential. Unfortunately, good-hearted tutors with little (or no) knowledge of teaching populate the earth. All too often, tutors won’t have the necessary resources to be as helpful as they should and could be. As a part-time, volunteer tutor, it’s quite frustrating to have a limited amount of preparation time with hardly any formal training. As a student, it’s even more frustrating to have to sit through hours of unproductive meetings with an unprepared instructor.
Remember our lip-smacking, stomach-growling interview with cooking prodigies Megan and Jill Carle back in May? If you answered no, we’ll jog your memory: Megan and Jill, two Arizona State University students, packed all their favorite recipes into the user-friendly Teens Cook: How to Cook What You Want to Eat. If you’ve already slobbered all over that cookbook, or you’ve just used it so much that all the raw ingredients have glued the book’s pages together, you are in luck. The pair of sister chefs have returned with an all new, easy-to-use dessert cookbook called Teens Cook: Dessert.
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