by Gretchen | Mar 9, 2011 | Academic Coaching, blog, Procrastination
A 17-year-old client of mine just discovered a brilliant way to motivate herself doing homework: If she dedicates an assignment to a friend, she finds she’s more inspired and puts more effort into it than she would have otherwise! Although I’ve never tried...
by Gretchen | Dec 9, 2010 | blog, Speed Reading
“This book is soooooooooo boring!” That’s the refrain I heard over and over during my academic coaching sessions today. Tom was annoyed with My Antonia; Grace couldn’t handle Huckleberry Finn. I used to try to convince my students that the...
by Gretchen | Aug 16, 2010 | blog
Randy and Marcus just left my apartment. I love those two guys, and am so grateful to be collaborating with both of them on our quest to Change the World!! As we work together, we are developing some theories of How To Collaborate in ways that are fun, purposeful, and...
