Hanging with the Wrong Kids

Hanging with the Wrong Kids

Nothing devastates a mother like the influence of the wrong crowd on her child. She knows her child, she knows him from before he was exposed to those hoodlums!  And, Oh!  The sway they have over him!! A child who is easily influenced by others is a child...
Correcting a Teen

Correcting a Teen

Most teens are allergic to correction. They have been corrected so much, and they feel wrong.  They feel that if they get corrected one more time, they’ll die.   So, they constantly ward off correction. Most teens do this with the words “I know”.  It...
Why Do kids Hate Writing Essays?

Why Do kids Hate Writing Essays?

Essay writing is a subject of much upset and it doesn’t need to be.  It is strictly because it has been taught incorrectly.  We have had this incorrect way of teaching for so long, that by now everybody has agreed that essay writing is hell.  It is only...
Tired

Tired

I used the think of “pain and unconsciousness” as severe pain and complete unconsciousness. I never considered gradients thereof. Now that I repair students and come across their moments of reduced analytical power, these gradients have become very clear to me. They...
No Delivery = Betrayal

No Delivery = Betrayal

It is, of course, your job to make sure your kids land of their feet.  This means you make sure they are competent in the basics needed to interact with society.  These basics haven’t changed in the last few centuries (only the methods): we all know what our...
Judgment

Judgment

Judgment is a thought process.  It is figuring out how best to survive. It is taking all things in consideration and predicting an outcome. Now if the outcome falls short of your expectations, your judgment was off. If your teen ends up in the hospital with a...