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What To Do If Your Teen Hates School More Than Anything

July 10, 2012 by thestudygurus Leave a Comment

What To Do If Your Teen Hates School More Than Anything

I’m not a parent. I don’t know what it’s like to have a teen who hates school. I can’t imagine how frustrating that must be. But, I’ve tutored enough students to see how stressful and frustrating it is for parents. I get how badly you want your teen to do their best at school. I understand how crucial it is for your teen to get the best start possible to their young adult life. It’s excruciating to see a teen with truckloads of potential who doesn’t give toss about school. If this sounds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discipline, Exams, Motivation, Studying Tagged With: exam success 101, failing, motivation, success

Back to Basics – Get the subject foundations sorted first!

August 28, 2011 by thestudygurus Leave a Comment

Back to Basics – Get the subject foundations sorted first!

As tutors we learn something new about high school students and their relationship with school and studying every week. We work with students of all abilities. Some just need a tweak here and there. While others are only at base camp of the ‘Mt Everest of Understanding’ and are going to need to work exceptionally hard over the next few months leading up to their exams. Over the last few weeks the two of us have been talking about students who are considerably behind at school (but have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Studying Tagged With: back to basics, exam preparation, failing, reasons why, success

Is your teen destined to fail high school?

May 1, 2011 by thestudygurus 18 Comments

Is your teen destined to fail high school?

Better question: Is anyone destined to fail high school for that matter? Some students will fail high school this year. Unfortunately that is certain. Others will simply scrape through, and some will get marks their teachers are envious of. Back to the question at hand – is anyone destined to fail? Ah... no. They’re not. Whilst it may seem painfully obvious who the students that are going to fail are, they are NOT destined to do so. (Not unless their exams start tomorrow and they haven’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discipline, Motivation, Studying Tagged With: failing, in your head, motivation, new, reasons why, school, why

The Two Biggest Reasons Why Kids Fail At School

March 14, 2011 by thestudygurus 12 Comments

The Two Biggest Reasons Why Kids Fail At School

When learning something new it can be incredibly useful to find out what works from people who are already successful in that field. Conversely, you can also learn a lot from people who haven’t done so well... Success (or not) at school is a great example of this. Not surprisingly, kids who do well at school normally have very similar attitudes towards studying and doing their schoolwork. While kids who don’t do so well also have a number of things in common. Over the years, we’ve noticed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Styles, Studying Tagged With: confidence, failing, how to study, in your head, increase your marks, studying 101

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