by Gretchen | Jul 11, 2015 | Academic Coaching, blog, College Prep, Communication
Do you have a learning difference that impacts your experience of school? How do you feel about telling your teachers and professors about it? Many of my clients resist telling their professors because it’s such a vulnerable thing to admit! However, this is such...
by Gretchen | Sep 26, 2014 | Academic Coaching, Study Skills
It’s officially fall! As the temperature drops, the semester is just heating up. Students are starting to sweat through harder tests and more complex assignments. Is this true for you? Recently, a client who has difficulty with short term memory was assigned one...
by Gretchen | Jan 21, 2013 | Academic Coaching, Communication
Lately, I’ve been hearing a common refrain amongst some of my clients to explain why they are performing poorly in a class: “My teacher sucks!” Today in my session with Claudia, this was her excuse about her lower-then-expected performance in...
by Gretchen | Jan 7, 2013 | Academic Coaching, Communication
My client Jose told me that he is sure his science teacher doesn’t like him: “I was asking so many questions in class, and my teacher was getting really annoyed. His breath changed and his face looked tense.” I highly doubt that Jose’s teacher...
