Since I work with students from schools ranging from New Haven to Middletown to Stonington, I have a reasonable comparative understanding of the strength of Connecticut schools in the Middlesex, New Haven and New London County areas. If your child attends one of the stronger schools in the area – Guilford, Daniel Hand, Old Saybrook, […]
Read MoreI realize that some of you reading this article will cringe a bit in self-reflection and perhaps curse the author. The latter is justifiable, if only because I am equally guilty of the problem I will cite. Parents – including me – have to stop our whining about school. Some context will be helpful. I […]
Read MoreNo. Or, more precisely, it depends. Let me add a few parameters to the question. I will assume most anyone reading this article lives in suburban Connecticut or some similar location. While there are a lot of really wealthy parents in this area, I’ll further assume I’m addressing an audience that has concerns about how […]
Read MoreIn my last post, I pointed out the challenges that excessive time playing sports creates for our Connecticut youth. But, the truth is, I am a recovering sports fanatic. Moreover, I do think that athletics creates opportunities for learning. Hard Knocks is an HBO documentary show on preseason NFL training camp. Each year a different team […]
Read MoreI have written about this topic elsewhere: Academics Trump Sports. A few months ago, I was working with a European educator on a joint project. He commented that he was astonished by how much time and money American families spend playing sports. “I don’t understand.” he said. “Do these parents think their children will be […]
Read MoreA few years back, a young entrepreneur approached me to discuss his fledgling business. I was highly impressed by both him and his new company. I then thought about a recent comment from a 17 year old boy from Branford, CT. He said, “school doesn’t matter. It doesn’t teach you anything you need in the […]
Read MoreLast year, I started a subsidiary of The Learning Consultants focused on career counseling: Career Counseling Connecticut. The work was “mission based.” So many of my former high school students were now college graduates but floundering in the real world with some variation of unhappiness or lack of success. I spent a great deal of […]
Read MoreIn the last few years, I developed another company: Connecticut Career Counseling. Much like shifting the motivating of students, the work stemmed from what I can only describe as a “calling”. It is mission based and stems from how I want to contribute to the world. I’ve noticed with many of my young adult […]
Read More“Jimmy can do whatever he wants. We’re not one of those parents who pushes their children.” So a spoke a mother from a top public school in Shoreline, Connecticut about her 17 year old son who was meeting with me for college counseling. Jimmy’s mediocre grades, test scores, and activities actually meant that he couldn’t […]
Read More“Appreciate school.” I tell our students. This sounds like a radical notion. But, there are ways to shift thinking about school. During a recent SAT class in Old Saybrook, I asked my new class “how many of you are enjoying the start of school?” They collectively groaned. I then asked if anyone could tell me […]
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