High School
How to get your child into medical school, even if they are a little behind right now.
Has your child ever wanted to be a doctor? Has that dream dissapaited because people – maybe teachers, maybe even you – have told them they do not do good enough in school? While it will take hard work, it is not too late. In order for them to reach their dream here are _____…
Read MoreTeens who like Shakespeare and Grammar?!? What is this nonsense?
Most people I know, besides a select few like me, think that grammar is stupid and boring to learn. Especially teens and pre-teens. This can certainly be a super dry and boring subject. However, I have found a way to make even teenage boys enjoy it. Ok – maybe not ENJOY it but don’t complain…
Read MoreHow Technology is Ruining Your Children
How much time do your children REALLY spend with their phone, video games, tablets, and computers? Are those devices more of a parent to your children then you are? The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests limited screen time to 1-2 hours total per day. However, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation in…
Read MoreWhy Learn Latin?
I love getting students to enjoy Latin! It is one of my favorite subjects to teach. However, I ALWAYS get people who say to me, “Why Learn Latin? No one speaks it!” That is true, Latin isn’t the native language of any group of people now. However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t one of the…
Read MoreThe worst stuff about being a home schooling family
I have been homeschooling my own children for over 15 years now as well as helping hundreds of families on their educational journey. Before I start on this post, let me say that I LOVE home schooling and would never choose anything else for my family. However, that doesn’t mean that there are not days…
Read More5 Easy Ways to Prevent Summer Slide
Summer slide occurs to students every year who don’t do anything over the summer to help retain the information they learned during the school year. On average, an American student loses 2 months of their education EACH AND EVERY SUMMER, putting them far behind students who review and even spend their summers learning new concepts…
Read MoreHow to work AND home school your child
People are always telling me that they would LIKE to home school their children but they work, so they can’t. To me, that’s one of the laziest excuses out there. If that is you, take a moment to really examine what you are saying. Do you REALLY want to home school your children? Why? Is…
Read MoreWho is your child’s champion?
I was just reading an article in our local paper about how students succeed even if the reports on the schools are bad. The local schools where I live don’t do well, especially with the new “Common Core” testing standards, and the school boards wanted to showcase that they have former students who are doing…
Read More41% of all students who start college will drop out – will your child be one of these?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 41% of all students who started college in 2006 had graduated by 2012! That statistic is even worse for boys, who dropped out at a rate of 44%. Girls did better with a dropout rate of just 39%. I strongly believe that higher education is a…
Read MoreWhy are you making your child suck at math? Just stop!
Your child HATES math. They hide their homework, they hide their test scores. Homework time is a nightmare that you don’t want to deal with after your own long and stressful day. This nightly nightmare is made worse because you are awful at math and you have no idea how to help them. Before one…
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