We live in Asia. We'll send her to Australia for secondary school. It's better. (Or is it?
I hear this often. I ask: "Tell me how you ended up attending secondary school in X country?" "Well, we/my parents thought that the...
Acceptances are in! But why isn’t my child excited about it?
Remember that this transition is a massive one and far greater, more consequential, and life-changing than the application process...
Yoga and Rankings
I was just settling into a relaxing shoulder opener before class when I overheard two of my yoga buddies in the row behind me: --Well, I...
We've got to stop checking boxes [in the application process]
This process is way too complicated and based on subjectivity to have an “arranged marriage" of ticked boxes and robotic responses. I...
'Tis the season: University decision letters are coming in...
"Let’s help our students manage this one so that they can be more prepared for what life will continue to roll out: the unexpected."...
The Prevalence of Parental Self-Doubt
I met with a parent the other day who had just dropped her daughter off at university. She said how excited her daughter was, how...