by Gretchen | Jul 19, 2018 | College Prep, Reading, Speed Reading
Many schools assign summer reading, and most students wait until the last minute to do it. Tune in as Megan and Gretchen provide four tips for getting a head start on your summer reading, and getting it done well before the due date. Tips include: How to check for...
by Gretchen | Jul 17, 2018 | blog, Reading, Study Skills
Have you heard that idea that Malcolm Gladwell made famous, that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice in order to develop world class expertise in a skill? If you haven’t, you might check out this summary here. Well, in the book Rest: Why You Get More...
by Gretchen | Jun 26, 2018 | blog, College Prep, Reading
Do you have a hard time remembering what you read? I have this trouble all the time — I read a super interesting nonfiction book, but when it’s time to tell a friend about it, I can’t remember a single interesting fact! Today I want to share a way I...
by Gretchen | Apr 25, 2018 | blog, Reading, Speed Reading
English teachers beware! You are NOT going to like my tip for the day. A certain subset of my clients simply won’t read their English texts. They just won’t. No amount of cajoling, creative tips, and incremental steps will get them in the mood to tackle a...
by Gretchen | Apr 25, 2018 | blog, Reading, Study Skills
Do you ever struggle to read complex texts that your teachers assign? Some students really depend on HEARING texts to understand them better. Luckily, we live in a day and age when it’s super easy to convert text to voice, and in this video I’ll show you...
by Gretchen | Mar 27, 2018 | blog, note-taking, Reading, Student Life, Study Skills
Do you ever find textbooks supremely boring to read? I asked my client this the other day, and he said, “Well, not if they’re science. But everything else, yes!” This client — a high school senior — is taking a college class on Western Civilizations, and their...
