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Trouble
in homework-land? Get the help you need with these
savvy sites.
Your
Days of Homework Panic Are Numbered
By Dawn
Kessler
July 2001
The CollegeBound Network NewsClick -- Way
back when (like in my high school days 10 years
ago), if a student had to write a paper, answer
a particularly complex history essay question,
or find an obscure fact for an in-class presentation,
it meant a trip to the library.
You don't know how lucky you are
as a teen in the Internet age. With one stroke
of a mouse, and a little search engine savvy,
you can pop up the answer to nearly any question
your teach' throws at you. Still, with a vast
array of info. at your disposal, a little guidance
wouldn't help (where would I have been without
the librarians, after all?). Here goes...
All-Around Assistance
HomeworkHelp.com -- If ever a site had a fitting name, here
it is. And, you won't just get general homework
help here. From the home page, you choose a subject,
then a topic, and finally a specific lesson. You'll
turn up results complete with diagrams and everything.
I tried it out for a quick brush-up on Punnett
Squares, and I'm practically a pro now. Other
cool perks -- download study skills lessons (like
note-taking) for free, and hit the "Cram
Zone" in math, chem, bio, physics, and English
to quiz yourself on those pre-finals nights.
Digit Dynamics
Math.com
-- If only such a site existed before calculus
crushed my GPA! Number-phobes of the world can
unite here for lessons on every dirty digit topic,
from pre-algebra to calc' (yuck!). Even cooler,
the "Ask the Expert" feature allows
you to browse through past questions and answers
between real students and teachers, or you can
send along one of your own.
Lit' Paper Pressure?
GradeSaver.com -- 'Fess up. How many times have you gotten
50 pages into a novel and given up despite your
best efforts? You know, having read the same line
20 times before it sinks in, until finally you're
bugging your friends to find out what happened
in case you get called on? Next time, get a heads
up on Hemingway or any of your least fave scribes,
at the ClassicNotes section of this site. You'll
get the main points on plot summary, character
development, even chapter-by-chapter analysis.
Of course, you should still try to read up --
'A' students cannot live on Web sites alone!
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