Archive for January, 2008

There has been quite an uproar over the Ontario Ministry of Education’s mandate not to penalize students who hand in their work late. The feeling is that it is “better late than never” Boards across the province now have to decide how to implement this policy fairly.
The consensus appears to be that, yes, [...]

There has been a shift in education recently to academics.  Technology courses no longer mean what they used to–you know, shop, automotive, carpentry, that sort of thing—or cosmetology, music, art and drama–the more hands on courses.  When I talk about technology with my clients now it means computers.  Not that there is anything wrong with [...]

I have just come across yet another study that concluded, once again, that boys would rather be “doing”–sports, video games, anything active– rather than “reading”….”reading is just boring”.  I am not going to dispute the findings of the study since the statistics are impressive, however, I would caution parents not to pigeon hole any boy, [...]

Currently,in my practice, I am working as a support for a university student who had previously been a client of mine, so I am familiar with his learning profile and know his challenges and his will to succeed.  We communicate via telephone or email whenever the need arises.
He has experienced success in his term work, [...]