High School
High School / College
#1 Piece of Advice for College Students
It is high school commencement season and no doubt you may participate in a graduation ceremony or two in the next few months. Or you may be sending a thoughtful gift (money is always a thoughtful gift) and a note to the graduate to remind them to “seize the...High School / College
Get Ready for National Decision Day on May 1
National Decision Day is May 1. Is your family ready to make the choice of which college your student will attend? While National Decision Day, which is May 1, may have unclear origins, it has definitely become hyped as the time to make a decision for what to do after...
Parenting / High School / College
Change for the Good: Prepare Yourself and Your Student for Their (Inevitable) Transitions
Ever discover something about your kid that you never noticed and feel like you have been asleep at the parenting wheel for 20 years? This happened to me recently when my oldest graduated from college and started looking for a “real, adult job.” She is a...
High School / College
Believe in Yourself and Other Advice from College Students to College Students
What would college students tell future college students to help them with the transition to college? I had my ideas as to what they would say when I set up the interviews of several of my former students over the past few weeks. What I didn’t expect was that...
High School / College
How to Be an Academic Superstar
Last fall, I taught a course called Academic Strategies. It is a one-credit-hour course at my university that covers topics such as note-taking, studying, and test taking. You would think that college students would run from such an elective course for something,...Latest Posts
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