Problem: Article: No matter how many talents, interests, or obligations you have, do not allow yourself to lose focus on your goals.  Prioritize your goals and decide which are most important and might need the most time considering your long-term objectives. Plan ahead and manage your time so that you can balance all of your obligations. Remember, you can’t do everything! Identify clearly what you want to achieve and then find people, such as teachers, guidance counselors, and college professors, who can help you develop a step-by-step plan. Connecting with someone in a field you’re interested in can help you stay excited about learning, and a good mentor can also help you find challenging opportunities. A mentor could be anyone from a teacher who inspires you to a business owner, a scientist, a writer, or a professor who teaches a subject you love. Reach out to someone whose work is meaningful to you and start a conversation. You might both learn something from each other. Good ways to meet mentors include sitting in on college classes, attending workshops or events in your community, doing volunteer work, or even sending an email with a few thoughtful questions to an expert in your chosen field. Remember, just because you are gifted does not mean you have to work less. You should do your best to channel your gifts and your energies so you can succeed and achieve your short-term and long-term goals. Do this by committing yourself to excellence in everything you do. Talk to your parents and teachers about what you can do to stay challenged or get ahead. In most cases, they will be happy to help you find work that is engaging and challenging. In addition, there are other things you can do:  Cultivate your gift. If you are interested in or excel at one subject or another, make sure that you do everything you can to hone your abilities in that subject. Talk to teachers about Honors, Advance Placement (AP), or International Baccalaureate (IB) classes in a specific subject field that you like. Visit the IB website at http://www.ibo.org for more information. Visit the AP College Board website at https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse for more information about courses that might be offered at your school. Find out if there’s a college or university in your area that invites gifted students to take or sit in on college courses. Don’t ignore your work in other subjects. All of your classes are important in cultivating a well-developed intellect. Ask questions in class if you are confused or want to know more. Avoid the temptation to achieve perfection in everything you do. Perfection will get in your way and undermine your ability to balance the different goals you have.  Know when to quit a specific assignment or task. Match the time commitment to the value of assignments. Don’t spend 5 hours perfectly outlining a history textbook chapter instead of studying for your chemistry test that you’ll take the next day. Enjoy the process, not the perfect product. The goal of education is to learn and to develop your intellect, not to achieve perfection on every assignment or in every class. Classes aren’t the only place to gain new knowledge and hone your skills. Consider signing up for clubs, events, or activities that support your interests. In addition to learning new things, you’ll have an opportunity to meet people who share your passion. For example, if you love math, you might join a math club that participates in competitions. If you’re an artist, look for events and workshops for young artists at your local art museum or community center.
Summary: Stay focused. Look for mentors. Develop a good work ethic. Stay challenged and be proactive about your education. Manage your perfectionism. Do extracurricular activities that mesh with your interests.

Problem: Article: Before you begin CPR, you should check the baby's mouth to see if the object they were choking on has become dislodged. Lie the baby on their back, on a firm, flat surface.  Use your hand to open the baby's mouth and look inside. If you see something, remove it using your baby finger. Even if you can't see anything, proceed to the next step. You can do this by using one hand to tilt the baby's head back slightly and the other to lift their chin. Don't tilt their head back too far, it takes very little to open a small baby's airway. Before proceeding with CPR, you should check to ensure the baby is not breathing. You can do this by placing your cheek very close to the baby's mouth, looking towards their body.  If they are breathing, you should be able to see their chest rising and falling slightly. In addition, you may be able to hear breathing noises and feel their breath on your cheek. Once you have confirmed that the baby is not breathing, you can begin CPR. Begin by covering their mouth and nose with your own mouth and blow two small rescue breaths gently into their lungs.  Each breath should last for about a second and you should see the baby's chest rise as the air goes in. Pause between breaths to allow the air to escape.  Remember that a baby's lungs are very small, so you shouldn't blow too much air or blow too forcefully. Once you have performed the rescue breaths, leave the baby lying on her back and use the same technique you used earlier for the chest thrusts - that is, using two or three fingers to firmly compress the baby's chest by about 1 1⁄2 inches (3.8 cm).  Press straight down on the baby's breastbone, in the center of the baby's chest, slightly below the nipples. The chest compressions should be performed at a rate of 100 compressions per minute. This means that you should be able to get through the thirty recommended compressions, in addition to the two rescue breaths, in approximately 24 seconds. Repeat this cycle of two rescue breaths, followed by thirty chest compressions, until the baby starts breathing again and regains consciousness or until emergency services arrive. Even if the baby starts breathing again, they will need to be examined by a healthcare professional to ensure that they have sustained no further injuries.
Summary: Check the baby's mouth for an object. Open the baby's airway. Check if the baby is breathing. Give the baby two rescue breaths. Perform thirty chest compressions. Give another two rescue breaths followed by thirty chest compressions and repeat for as long as necessary.

Problem: Article: Use the key to start the car and turn the air conditioner on high.  Feel the air coming out of the air conditioner and assess how warm, cool, or cold it is.  If the air is warm to cool, but not cold as it should be, there may be an issue with air flow.  Check to see if the cooling fans on your radiator are running.  If they are not, there may be an electrical issue. You may need to replace the cabin air filter in your vehicle to increase air flow. You will need to ensure the air conditioner compressor is working to determine the correct course of action to make repairs if necessary.  Locate the air conditioner in the engine bay and look to see if the center of the pulley is turning along with the pulley itself.  There is a clutch that engages when the air conditioner is working.  With the clutch engaged, the middle of the pulley will rotate along with the pulley itself. If the clutch does not engage, the A/C compressor may be broken and require replacement or it may just need to be filled with refrigerant. Most compressors have a wire leading to the electric clutch. Find the connector in the middle of that wire, and unplug it. Take a length of wire and run it from the compressor's wire to the positive (+) terminal of your battery. If you hear a loud CLACK, the electric clutch is functioning properly.  If not, it will need to be replaced.  Replacing your A/C compressor may require specialized tools. Bring your vehicle in for repairs if the compressor or clutch needs to be replaced. You can purchase leak detection kits to help you identify any leaks in your air conditioning system.  These kits provide a dye that will run through the lines and seep out of any leaks or cracks, making them visible to the naked eye.  Connect the leak detection can to the low side service port and spray it into the air conditioning system. If you spot any leaks, you will need to take the vehicle in for repairs. If you do not spot any leaks, the problem may simply be low refrigerant.
Summary:
Start the vehicle and turn on the air conditioner. Look to see if the A/C compressor is running. Check the wiring leading to the A/C compressor. Look for leaks in the air conditioning system.