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9 Questions I ask my Students on the First Day of School – Teacher Elona Hartjes believes in the value of making a good first impression. That’s why she asks her students these nine questions to make sure the school year gets off to a good start. She provides some valuable insight, and makes her students think about their successes and wants when it comes to education. Perhaps the most important question on the list: What three things can you do as a student to help yourself be more successful this year?

15 Sites that will Make You Smarter - You’re already plenty smart just for reading Instructify, but if you want to exercise that gray matter even more, check out this list of brain boosting games and memory tools from Tipr. These tests, quizzes and trivia sites can come in handy if you want to relax with some online games that aren’t solitaire, or if you want to get some ideas for keeping your students sharp.

Einstein’s 5 Maxims for Creative Excellence – I’m no Einstein, but Einstein is. Besides that whole “Theory of Relativity” thing, Einstein also had these five pieces of advice for creative excellence. The first is my favorite: Imagination is more important than knowledge. So the next time someone says “you can’t make this stuff up,” prove them differently. List via Ace Online Schools.

7 Actions That Can Help Your Wallet in a Troubled Economy - Times are tough in this economic crisis, so take advantage of these tips to make sure you are managing your money in all the right ways. From Lifehack comes these simple, but effective rules that will help make sure you don’t relive your college days and have to eat Ramen noodles for lunch AND dinner. Perhaps one of the simplest things you can start doing: ignore the news. Just because the rest of the nation is fretting over the economic crisis doesn’t mean you have to buy in to how grim the media makes things out to be. -JEREMY S. GRIFFIN

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