The Start of a New School Year
The beginning of the school year can be a mixed bag of feelings: excitement, unease, nervousness, hopefulness, and more. These are all normal feelings and sometimes the most helpful thing you can do...
View ArticleA Positive Spin on “Back to School”
We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! -Pink Floyd Oh, the universal anxiety of...
View ArticleTailoring the perfect beginning to the school year
The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. - George Bernard Shaw...
View ArticleHomework – Task by Task
“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he’d had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our...
View ArticleHomework: What can be good about it
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ~Aristotle Now that September is here, are you ready for the structure and the obligations that the school year brings? No matter whether you...
View ArticleWhen Kids Refuse to Go to School
I’ve never run into a person who yearns for their middle school days. ~Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Most people cringe when they think of their middle school days and wish they could...
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