Put them on a clean dry cloth or a few paper towels and give them a few hours to air dry completely. Once they no longer feel damp to the touch, lace your shoes back up and wear them as usual. The polish should be long dry at this point, but it wouldn't hurt to brush your fingers over the surface of your shoes to make sure.

Summary: Lay the laces out flat to dry.

You can refill a bic lighter fairly easily with a pushpin. If you want to save money on new lighters, you can use this method and keep one Bic lighter for a long period of time. In order to refill a bic lighter, you will need some butane, a pushpin, and three rubber grommets. You can purchase butane and grommets at most hardware stores. You may also want to have a pair of clippers and file on hand, as you may want to file down the pushpin after you fill the lighter. Do this as fast as you can to prevent butane from spilling out. This will remain in the valve to seal it. You will be unable to reuse the factory valve, so you'll have to use a pushpin to seal it.

Summary: Gather your materials. Insert the pushpin back into the hole in the valve.

Tests, quizzes, and projects fall into the category of summative assessments. These are formally graded assignments and are the main way teachers evaluate student learning. Formative assessments, such as homework, are the tools teachers use to develop required skills and knowledge. Since they're opportunities to learn from mistakes, avoid formally grading homework assignments. Give credit for completing homework assignments, but don't count wrong answers against their grade. Factor their overall homework score into their final grade. For instance, they completed 38 of 40 assignments, and homework is 20% of their final grade, they get 19 out of 20 points. and projects without reading students' names. Grading anonymously helps eliminate conscious and subconscious biases. It's tough to grade handwritten assignments blindly, but you should still do your best to stick to anonymous grading. Blind grading techniques include covering students' names, having them write their names on the backs of assignments, and having them write assigned ID numbers instead of their names. Start by sampling about a quarter of essay tests or research papers. If you've collected 25 essays, skim 5 or 10. This will help you get a feel for the quality range of the assignment you're grading. For essay tests, read and grade the first essay on all the tests, then grade the second essay. For other test formats, grade each section 1 at a time. Grading item-by-item will help you keep each section's criteria fresh in mind.

Summary: Use graded assignments to assess and ungraded work to develop skills. Grade tests Read a few assignments before you grade if the rubric is subjective. Grade tests 1 essay or section of problems at a time.

Fermented dairy products contain both probiotics and prebiotics. Eat 1 serving of fermented dairy products per day. Fermented dairy products include plain yogurt, cottage cheese, kefir, whey, buttermilk, leben, and creme fraiche. Look for yogurt products with the label "active cultures" on it. Choose natural yogurts over sweetened yogurts. Instead, sweeten your yogurt naturally with fruit like bananas, peaches, blueberries, and strawberries. Probiotics are microorganisms that stimulate the growth of gut flora. Prebiotics are the fibers that feed probiotics. Non-dairy fermented foods, or pickled foods, are a great alternative to fermented dairy products if you are lactose intolerant. Like fermented dairy products, pickled foods contain probiotics. Eating pickled foods consistently will help you restore your gut flora. Non-dairy fermented foods include sauerkraut, kimchi, corn relish, miso, tempeh, natto, fermented tofu, and pickled vegetables like cucumbers, beets, cabbage, and radish. Taking a probiotic supplement is another great way to restore your gut flora. Take the supplement per the instructions on the bottle. If you are already eating fermented foods to restore your gut flora, it is safe to take a probiotic supplement as well. However, you can take a supplement in place of eating fermented foods, if you do not like fermented food. Contact your doctor if you are unsure how often you should take the supplement, or if you are taking other medications. If you are taking an antibiotic, a probiotic supplement may help restore your gut flora. Probiotic supplements are formulated to treat many different conditions. If you have IBS, for instance, you might try using VSL#3. Talk to your doctor or your pharmacist about the ideal product for your specific symptoms.
Summary: Consume fermented dairy products. Add non-dairy fermented foods to your meals 1 to 2 times per day. Take a probiotic supplement.