Title of nobility: what is it?

Written by Jan-Olov von Wowern


Title of nobility : what is it? by Jan-Olov von Wowern

The purpose of this short article is to explainrepparttar use of titles of nobility for genealogical purposes.

A title of nobility is by no means subject to international standardisation, but rather to national and local differences. A full treatment ofrepparttar 138665 subject can be found at http://www.heraldica.org/topics/odegard/titlefaq.htm .

Here it will suffice to say thatrepparttar 138666 title of nobility you are most likely to come across inrepparttar 138667 English-speaking world is, in descending order: Prince, Duke, Marquis, Earl/Count, Viscount, Baron and Noble. If your family originally comes from a non-English-speaking country, you will need to search for a possible title of nobility inrepparttar 138668 relevant language. Atrepparttar 138669 web address above you will find information about titles of nobility in various languages.

Are Your Kid's Exams Causing You Stress?

Written by Carol Shepley


When it comes to exams, or indeed any academic work, parents feel that they should be encouraging their teen to try hard and do well. The problem is that in trying to achieve this, many parents end up causing stress either for themselves, their teen or both.

So what causes this stress? Basically, it boils down to one key belief; a belief held by many parents and one that is reinforced by most schools.

To do well you must work hard

Consequently parents spend much of their time trying to get their teens to word hard. The sad fact is that there are some students who could work hard forrepparttar rest of their life and still achieve only mediocre results. And then there are other students who appear to put in very little effort and still do well.

This belief leads parents to think one of two things, either their teen is working hard enough or they're not. Either way, unhelpful stress can still be a problem.

If your teen is working hard enough

Usuallyrepparttar 138632 person who gets over-stressed in this situation isrepparttar 138633 teen. The parent's role here is to help their teen managerepparttar 138634 stress. Beware of 'going overrepparttar 138635 top' in encouraging your teen; let them know that even if they don't achieve exactly what they want it's notrepparttar 138636 end ofrepparttar 138637 world.

Remind them that there is usually more than one way to get to where they want to go and that you'll be there to support them on whichever path they take. Of course you can only do that if you believe it yourself.

If you are very fixed in your own beliefs about what's possible and what's not, then you're going to feelrepparttar 138638 stress as well. The danger here is that your stress will add to that of your teen's. To avoid getting in this situation, explore what other options are available inrepparttar 138639 eventuality that things do not turn out inrepparttar 138640 way you want.

If your teen is not working hard enough

In this situationrepparttar 138641 person feelingrepparttar 138642 stress is you,repparttar 138643 parent. Most parents will try one or more ofrepparttar 138644 following methods.

  1. Giving advice Many parents will try motivating their teen by telling them how important it is to do well inrepparttar 138645 exam, how having good results will give them more choice and they will have a better chance of getting a job/going to college. Alternatively, if internal exams are involved,repparttar 138646 message is about doing well so they can get intorepparttar 138647 'right' groups or sets next year.

    This form of motivation is unlikely to work, as it is often too general. Teens have heard all of these messages before so why should they act differently this time?

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