White personalities are typically classified as accepting, calm, and balanced.  They are independent and require kindness.  They like to keep things balanced in their life and they try to maintain internal feelings of tranquility and comfort.  This kind of personality is essential in the classroom.  They are very tolerant and accepting of different people and their ideas.  They are quiet by nature and will most likely be sitting in the back or on the sides of the classroom.

They are supposedly the best listeners, although I haven’t been able to verify this fact.  In class these students are typically quiet and shy so it is difficult to determine if they are good listeners, because the teacher never calls on them.  However, it is most likely true, because the yellow personalities are busy telling jokes to other students, reds are trying to come up with a question or comment that will make them look smart, and the blues are trying to find where they put their homework, becasue after all it was due 10 minutes ago.

Students should thank the whites in their class because they actually stay awake and process whatever the professor is teaching deeply and objectively.  Meanwhile, the other students are dozing off or fooling around during the boring lecture about igneous rocks, imaginative numbers, the Spanish Inquisitions, laws of motion, or whatever the topic might be that day. 

Despite their concentration in class, they don’t typically get labeled as being smart; because they tend to be quiet and avoid verbal battles.  When arguments or debates erupt in class over different ideologies, or cultures, these students become uncomfortable and want the confrontation to end at all costs.  They might even exit the classroom to get a drink, in order to avoid the situation until it cools down. 

This little break is right in line with their personality, because Whites require "alone time."  They need time to be by themselves and they absolutely resent and refuse to be controlled by others.  They want to do things in their own time and their own way.  They are the people that would rather spend hours trying to figure a problem out rather than asking someone to help them for a few minutes. 

Whites also tend to be passive aggressive.  The best way I have found to explain this is with a dog.  Picture a big dog loving you with its paws on your shoulders, licking your face, while at the same time peeing on your shoe.  White personalities won’t become involved in a confrontation, but will get back at the person in other ways.

Personality types have been studied for decades.  Over the next week, the other personality types in the classroom will be examined; but in the meantime analyze the personalities in your classroom and watch over the next semester to see if your predictions were correct.

Everyone realizes that individuals prefer different styles and techniques to learn.  Individuals use a mix of learning styles.  Some people may have dominant styles, and rarely use different styles, while others may use different styles in different circumstances.  Learning styles are not fixed.  Anyone can further develop the style that they already use, or a style they rarely use. In the past it was recommended for learners to focus on their dominant style. The enhancement of multiple learning styles have now been emphasized because they allow individuals the ability to learn no matter what format is presented.

Many students that have not used multiple styles of learning tended to struggle in school and were labeled as learning disabled, which reinforced their internal beliefs that they were "dumb."    It’s not that these students are dumb, they just learn by using different techniques than those presented in the group classroom.

There are 7 different methods of learning styles.  They consist of visual, aural, verbal, physical, logical, social, and solitary.  If you are a visual learner, then you prefer using pictures and images to learn.  The aural kind means you prefer using sound and music.  The third is verbal which means you prefer using words in both speech and writing.  Physical means that you prefer using your body, hands, and feeling.  Logical allows the learner to understand by using reasoning and systems.  Social means you learn best in groups or with other people.  Solitary style means the individual prefers to work alone and use self-study.

By knowing your learning style, you can improve the way that you learn.  This can improve both your school and work experience.  By understanding learning styles, teachers can create an environment in which everyone learns from each other, and not just those that share the same learning style.

Learning is a core skill that we all must master.  By not only learning more facts and skills, but understanding the way we learn, we can all accomplish much more.  If we continually learn throughout our lifetime, we will not only earn more but do much better in our careers.

Learning is a process that requires us to be paying attention, either consciously or unconsciously, in order to remember the knowledge permanently.  Not only do we have to remember the information but where it was filed in our brains.  Other important factors in learning include; finding a personal reason to learn the info, be motivated, make the info relevant to you, imagine when you might use the info in the future, have positive expectations, and have a calm mind.  The mind works best when it is relaxed.

Learning is a never ending task.  It can make your life better and easier. By knowing the style that you learn best, you can cater to yourself and improve your learning. You can also start developing the other learning techniques, allowing yourself to excel in both school and work because you can communicate, teach, and learn no matter what learning style is being presented.

Some mascots are symbols of power and prowess, like the USC Trojan or the LSU Tiger. And, um, some aren’t. Going instead for cuteness or humor has left some schools with less-than-cool mascots. These mascots provide comic relief (Isn’t that what drunk, fat guys are for?), but I pity the football team that has to march out onto the field behind one of these. You would almost have to be extra fierce to make up for a big dorky toadstool or a rainbow colored whatchamacallit. If you ask me, lame mascots really get your team off on the wrong foot in the intimidation department.

Some glaring examples of lame mascots appear below. I hereby petition, in the interest of the sports teams that must be represented by these sorry ambassadors, that these mascots be removed and replaced by something cool. The five lamest college mascots are:

1. The Evergreen State College Geoduck – A geoduck is a mollusk with a bizarre tube protruding from its shell to propel it through the water. The geoduck, although the longest living mollusk in the world, is seriously lacking in the intimidation department. The costumed geoduck used at sporting events is no improvement on the boring creature.

2. The Ohio State Buckeye – A buckeye is a kind of nut. That’s right, a nut. True, it’s a tough nut to crack, but it’s still just a nut. Their costumed mascot is a hearty-looking fellow with a buckeye nut head- it looks like someone wearing one of those dog attack suits.

3. The Stanford Tree – Christmas trees may say alot of things, like ‘love’, ‘family,’ ‘the holidays’, and so on. But one thing they don’t say is, "Prepare for hell, you miserable cretins. Today you meet your maker!" The crooked eyes and loopy red lips don’t help either.

4. The Syracuse Orange – See all of the reasons in number 2.

5. The Saint Louis Billiken – If you’re wondering what a Billiken is, join the club. Billiken’s are an imaginary race of otherworldly creatures dreamed up, literally, by some lady. How they became a college mascot is beyond me. Can we expect to see Smurfs or TellyTubbies grace the sidelines? Heaven forbid.