by Nathan McGurl | Mar 24, 2022 | Podcasts
There’s a widely recognised link between how well teens do in their exams – and in school generally – and the kind of interest and support they get at home over around their education. At least that’s how I justify any fleeting moments of overbearing nagging to my...
by Nathan McGurl | Mar 14, 2022 | Podcasts
If you ask any exam facing student whether they want to fail, they will tell you they don’t. Of course. And invariably they’ll know that to not fail (but especially to do well) they have to revise a bit. But strangely this acceptance doesn’t always translate into...
by Nathan McGurl | Mar 7, 2022 | Podcasts
“I’ve got loads of time”, “It won’t take me long” or “I’ll do it later” come up time and time again as the top procrastination tactics with our teens. The fact that these things are rarely true does not mean it’s easy to convince them otherwise. So what is behind our...
by Nathan McGurl | Feb 28, 2022 | Podcasts
Having children is exhausting. I’m not daft! I guess I would have realised that would be the case when they were babies, toddlers and even growing up. But no one warned me that this was a perpetual thing right up until they fly the nest – and in some cases beyond. A...
by Nathan McGurl | Feb 15, 2022 | Podcasts
It’s been a whole two episodes since we mentioned the impact of COVID on our teen’s education. That was never going to last! There have been two years of interrupted learning, for those sitting exams this year – being year 11 and year 13 students. As a result,...
by Nathan McGurl | Feb 15, 2022 | Podcasts
It’s been a whole two episodes since we mentioned the impact of COVID on our teen’s education. That was never going to last! There has been two years of interupted learning, for those sitting exams this year – being year 11 and year 13 students. As a result, exam...
