by Gretchen | May 29, 2018 | blog, Study Skills
I get super suspicious when I hear a student tell me, “There’s no possible way I can quiz myself on this material.” That’s exactly what I heard this morning when my client and I were discussing how he might study for his AP World History exam. Although it was tempting...
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 | Apr 24, 2018 | blog, College Prep, Study Skills
One of my main tasks as an academic coach — other than to help students study more effectively — is to help teens with learning challenges figure out how to follow through on tasks that feel insurmountable. This week a client of mine reported with such...
by Gretchen | Apr 10, 2018 | blog, Study Skills
Do you ever find yourself sleeping in class? Or struggling NOT to sleep? Ugh. It’s the worst feeling. A client of mine was recently accused by his math teacher of sleeping in class. We spent part of our session discussing the cause, and what he might do about...
by Gretchen | Apr 3, 2018 | blog, College Prep, Organization, Study Skills
Do you ever struggle to take action on important school tasks on weekends? I certainly do, and I’m 44 years old! Imagine being 16! Recently a client revealed that she’d had another weekend of just “laying around”. She knew she had work to do,...
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...
