We all admire successful people, those who have made it despite the odds. We attribute all sorts of characteristics to them: they are intelligent, they had the support of their families in their endeavours, they went to all the right schools and met all the right people. All these may be true, but come to [...]
Txt splng- the bane of properly written English. A by-product of the SMS craze, it has affected not only students, but even professional adults! Using text lingo is acceptable (to some) only when sending an SMS (we at AHEAD still believe in spelling words out completely, even when sending text messages); not when writing out [...]
If you are wondering what to get for your child this Christmas, (after buying him the latest PSP last month) we at AHEAD have come up with some suggestions: Books – kids today are fast ‘unlearning’ the art of reading. Which is a shame because as we all know, books are very important in the [...]
Unless you’re a teacher by profession, you are bound to forget Algebra and Geometry. Proving triangles, computing for the unknown and the number X is something you send off to space together with your toga during graduation day. And so for mom’s like me who just deal with daily chores such as getting the food [...]
