You need a To Do List

checklist

If you are like me keeping organized is a constant struggle. One of the most useful and actually the simplest tool in this battle is the “To Do List”. It is so easy that a lot of people dismiss it. However, I spend an entire class period in my Study Skills class discussing how [...]

Try This!

I’d like you to try a little experiment.  Take your hands and fold them, knitting your fingers together.  Check it out.  Which thumb did you place on top?  Was it the thumb of your right or your left hand?  Now unclasp your hands.  Knit your fingers together again, however, this time do it so [...]

Study Skills and changing habits

Do you have a habit that you would like to change?  In my study skills classes many times the question of “what do I have to do to change this habit?” comes up.  I remember well one simple example I can use to share this point.  I had a student who was always late [...]