Academic Coaching is more than tutoring – I teach LIFE SKILLS!  The process involved takes into consideration the individual student.  What skills and strategies does the student need to learn in order to flourish?  The skills and strategies must be modeled and practiced in the same way that practice is required to become proficient in anything.  As an Academic Coach, I teach students how to problem solve and set goals.  I show students how to determine if they are meeting the goals, and how to make changes if they are not.   The skills of self-assessment are relevant in all situations throughout one’s entire life.  Athletic coaches train the body – I train the brain!  Email me lindabarnes@supportedllc.com today!  More information is available on our website www.supportedllc.com.

Now is the time!  If you are the parent of a high school Junior, this is the time to be planning.  Planning includes everything from career exploration, college searches based upon your child’s strengths and interests, visiting colleges, deciding which standardized tests to take, and applying for scholarships.  SupportEd. offers comprehensive services that will assist you and your child throughout the entire process (right down to applications and essays).  Imagine the peace of mind!   Since the one-hour consultation is free, you have nothing to lose – send your email request today.

I joked recently that when I retire in 25 years or so, I will be able to have a retirement job teaching face-to-face communication.  Social skills.  How to talk to people and what body language is.  As I watch the events of the world unfold, this prediction begins to hold an eerie connotation.  I work with teenagers every day; for many, their “social skills” are deteriorating at a frighteningly rapid rate.  Worst yet, some of them never acquired any to begin with.

Think about it.  The preferred mode of communication for teens is text message.  “Text speak” is a new language, with all of it’s nuances.  It is a common occurrence for someone to end a meaningful, personal relationship via text message.  Why?  I am only speculating when I say that a significant percentage of the population in the United States have neither the courage nor skills to have real (and sometimes difficult) conversations face-to-face.

What comes of the depersonalization epidemic?  I would venture to say that for many, it results in an emptiness that needs to be filled by something else – including some unhealthy habits.  I would also venture to say that it results in acute cases of bystander apathy.  So we can’t see people as human beings.  Many will not help if they see someone in need, someone who is trying to isolate themselves from society, or otherwise crying out for attention.

Think about it – then have a conversation with someone face-to-face.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

– Mark Twain

Happy New Year, Everyone!

 

Happy Holidays from SupportEd.!  May you all find peace and happiness in the new year.