Parent called
Parent called. What should my 9th grader be doing now for uni admissions? Nothing. One of my former clients called me today. I had checked in a week ago to see how the family was doing and knowing that their daughter is finishing up her first year in the US. (The family had never been to the US prior to their daughter being “dropped off” from Asia by the four of them last August! Jaya had never seen snow…and did she ever see a lot this year…) Anyhow, Ajay wrote to me tel
Kids Hating Maths
Monday morning’s inbox had four distinct, unrelated emails waiting for me from parents concerned about their child’s relationship with Maths. Coincidence? This was odd because these were from parents from different countries, with children of different ages and in different stages in their high school careers in different programs doing different things (think IB, AP, A-levels, country-specific curricula, …). What was going on, I asked myself? And, why are some kids just hati