Have you seen the Staples commercial showing a gleeful father running around the office supply store, throwing school supplies into his cart with delight, while his children plod along miserably behind him. The traditional Christmas song, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” plays in the background and most parents I know can completely […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a tutor and the owner of a tutoring company, and a previous teacher, there are several points that I feel could be very helpful for families to know about tutoring. As a parent, when you get to the point that you are ready to get a tutor – you have reached a milestone. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’ve made it this far, then you are asking yourself, “Alright, there better be some really great resources here.” And voila, there are. Google Scholar – This is my favorite source to go to. The number one reason why is that Google Scholar does the searching for you. It doesn’t ever list Wikipedia as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As if we needed more reason to encourage our kids to get healthy. Parade Magazine http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/100110-should-students-be-forced-to-get-fit.html I think that our kids should be forced to be fit. When I was in school, not too many eons ago, we had to do jumping jacks, sit ups, run a mile, and get dirty too. Now, those things […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For most people there comes a time in their education where they realize that they might do better with a bit of help; maybe it’s with a test, writing a paper, a course, or a prerequisite for college. For myself, it was statistics in grad school (ugh). Depending on how long the time frame is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Parents, families, students, and teachers alike don’t enjoy the hours of homework that students have. Too often there are only negative emotions and thoughts when it comes to homework; especially the realization that there is just too much homework. It gets lost the value and importance of having assignments that reinforce what you’ve gone through […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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