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29 May

Covid Learning Has Devastated Motivation

General Education Advice

After I wrote Motivate Your Son, I was contacted by parents of children of all ages and genders and became an expert in academic motivation due to the sheer volume of clients who needed help motivating their children. Covid has not created a motivational problem but it has accelerated the challenge. Our expertise in motivating students […]

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16 Mar

Life goes on for students

General Education Advice

We all need time to process the surreal impact of the Coronavirus.   After we grapple with reconfiguring our daily lives, we will then be faced with the notion that “life goes on.”  Parents will need to earn money and children will need to learn. We suffer over even the appearance of profiting from a crisis, […]

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28 Sep

Parents: Your New Job Is First Career Guide

General Education Advice

Last year, I started a subsidiary of The Learning Consultants focused on career counseling: Career Counseling Connecticut. The work was “mission based.”  So many of my former high school students were now college graduates but floundering in the real world with some variation of unhappiness or lack of success.  I spent a great deal of […]

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26 Sep

My child wants to go to California for college

College Advice

When I meet with students and parents regarding college selection, some percentage lead with a challenge: my child wants to go far away from Connecticut.  California seems to be the most popular destination.  But, there are other areas of the country, particularly the Southeast that are almost equally popular. I immediately confess bias.  As a […]

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25 Sep

How will your children contribute to the world?

General Education Advice

In the last few years, I developed another company: Connecticut Career Counseling. Much like shifting the motivating of students, the work stemmed from what I can only describe as a “calling”.   It is mission based and stems from how I want to contribute to the world. I’ve noticed with many of my young adult […]

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24 Sep

Shifting the mindset of complaining students

General Education Advice

“Appreciate school.”  I tell our students. This sounds like a radical notion.  But, there are ways to shift thinking about school. During a recent SAT class in Old Saybrook, I asked my new class “how many of you are enjoying the start of school?”  They collectively groaned. I then asked if anyone could tell me […]

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2 Mar

Making School Work Engaging

Student Mastery

Making boring school work engaging “School is so boring.”  I hear this all the time from our students in our Student Mastery Program, as well as those that we tutor or provide test prep.   Nonetheless, there are several ways that boredom can be beaten.  I will share one in this article. QuizUp is a I-phone […]

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