The difference between prioritizing and procrastination is the difference between a backbone and a wishbone. One is in control, the other is just hoping. I cannot emphasize enough that not all delay is procrastination. Just because you put it off doesn’t mean that you are harming yourself. Indeed, successful prioritization means putting things off — … Continue reading Don’t procrastinate, Prioritize! Prioritization v. Procrastination→
With customer service , it’s the little things. Left my hat at the restaurant the other. I left it because I broke routine (not good): I usually hang my hat on my chair in a restaurant, but this time too many people kept bumping and knocking it on the floor, so my wife grabbed it … Continue reading What’s a hat worth? Why customer service has no price→
Or just another case of grade inflation? Bad news from the National Assessment of Educational Progress: as of 2009, a majority of high school students scored “basic” or “below basic” in reading and math skills.* (*Kudos to the Wall Street Journal for not using “progress report” in its article or headline; here for the rest … Continue reading High school students getting smarter, or high schools getting easier?→
Welcome to the Advanced Placement exams. But is it really the blank check it’s supposed to be? AP exams start in a week (May 5 – 16), so, yea. (Oh, and btw, we can help you prepare: we have experienced high school teachers to work with you — real teachers, that is, not the just … Continue reading AP Exams! Are these classes really all that “advanced”?→
Encouragement from Mischa Beckett: empowering yourself & your college experience Student Success Podcast No. 19, Apr. 17, 2014 Today’s Guest: Mischa Beckett, Ph.D. Political Science and college lecturer. In this interview, Mischa discusses her work with high school students in the A+ Club program. Mischa brings the view of a college teacher to the high … Continue reading Encouragement from Mischa Beckett: empowering yourself & your college experience→
Would you take the one marshmallow now or wait for two later? Don’t let the marshmallow be a distraction! Procrastination is all about putting off for later something you don’t want to do in exchange for feeling better now. In the classic Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, Professor Walter Mischel offered young children a sort of opposite problem: … Continue reading Distractions & procrastination: can you pass the marshmallow test?→
Breaking the Technology Barrier: Using Technology in Education Guest blog post by Harvey Hammond of EssayGuardian.com The rapid advance of technology has helped the education sector immensely. Education sector has started widely using the technological help by which students are getting exposed to various technological techniques. In the present day educational setting mobile phones, laptops … Continue reading Breaking the Technology Barrier→
Can a teacher really expect you to learn it the first time? Teachers forget that what they’re teaching they already know and that it’s usually the first time you’ve ever heard it. This is why when a teacher is making sense to you it’s probably because you already know it. At the A+ Club we call … Continue reading Teaching it twice: ask your teachers to explain it again & in a different way→
Liddy Allee-Coyle on teaching as a two-way street: the power of honesty & respect for students Student Success Podcast No. 18, Mar. 19, 2014 Today’s Guest: Liddy Allee-Coyle, Master Teacher, Ithica City School District In this interview, Liddy discusses her work as a teacher coach to champion the student-first classroom in which students have trust … Continue reading Liddy Allee-Coyle on teaching as a two-way street: the power of honesty & respect for students→
So your teacher posted a grade report and you have no idea what those missing assignments are? Problem or no problem? Well, you have no idea what that work was, anyway, so there’s nothing you can do. Problem solved. A couple things are going on here: The teacher is using code for the assignments The … Continue reading Self-advocacy & the missing work trap: why so many zeroes?→
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