Many schools across the country have shut their doors due to the coronavirus outbreak. This puts teachers and students in new situation. They are turning to online learning. For some students, this is a new experience. Here are a few helpful tips.

1. Find a quiet place

Getting ready for a video lesson? Your first step is finding a quiet place to set up. Choose a place where nobody or nothing will take your attention away.

2. Set goal(目标)for yourself

Before class starts, set a goal for yourself. A goal gets your mind ready to learn. It gives you an extra purpose in class. It can even help you focus on what your teacher is saying.

3. Check: Are you muted?

Before the lesson starts, mute yourself! Background noises may not sound loud on your side. But even tiny sounds can be louder through speakers!

4. Practice active listening

Here are ways to practice active listening: Keep your eyes on the screen, ________ looking around the room. Nod, smile and react to what you're hearing.

5. Follow your teacher's instructions

Usually your teacher can see you raise your hand. That's not so easy on a video classroom. So be sure to follow instructions. Your teacher will let you know how to show that you want to ask or answer a question.

6. Keep calm and troubleshoot

Has something gone wrong during? Screen froze? Bumped(被挤出)from the class? App crashed? Don't be nervous! Problems like this will happen. It is not the end of the world. Try logging(登录)back on, check your WiFi or restart your computer if you need to. If all else fails, keep calm-and try logging on again!

There are many successful people in the world. If you want to succeed like them, the following rules of success are of great importance to you.

Speak less. Let your results speak for you. You don’t always need to tell everyone what you are doing, or what you’re planning to achieve. Let your results do the talking. People will notice and respect you more if they see your results before they hear your plans.

Listen more. You can not learn if you do not listen. You cannot grow if you do not learn. Listen with purpose. If you are serious about making your life great, you have to be devoted to (致力于) it.

Observe more. The closer you observe, the better your understanding and decisions will be. Pay close attention to those you admire. Pay close attention to what you want to master. Observe what works and what doesn’t work in your own life and make changes.

Finally, take action. Knowing is not enough and willing is not enough. We must do. If you want anything in life, it’s not coming to you while you sit on your hands. Get up, get out there and get it. Do whatever you can to achieve your great goals.

Failure is a common matter. As the saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.” We know we shouldn’t give up when we fail—but in fact, we do. The following advice can help you turn failure into success.

·Accept your mistakes.

Accept that things did not work out as planned. Even if you worked especially hard on something, it’s important to know and accept that it didn’t work. Don’t let a failure stop you from trying a new idea in the future.

·Take a break.

You may not want to jump right back into your project after a failure. If you need some time to clear your head, take some time off. For some people, this may mean closing a project for some time while for others it may mean taking a vacation or road trip. We should know that leaving it for a while is not the same thing as stopping.

·Find out what went wrong.

You might feel painful at first, but spend some time thinking about why you failed. This can help you learn from the experience and do better on your next exam.

·Listen to others.

If you get some advice on your project, take it to heart. For example, if you’re performing a musical piece, ask for advice on how to improve. You may get some valuable suggestions. Also, you can ask successful people what have led to success.

Failure is a common thing in our daily life. Once you learn how to do this, you will never be afraid to fail again.