Prodigyscholars https://prodigyscholars.com Open new doors for your student with personalized tutoring from the brightest teachers. Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:59:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://prodigyscholars.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-Prodigy-Scholars-1-1-32x32.png Prodigyscholars https://prodigyscholars.com 32 32 Wounded Butterfly https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/wounded-butterfly/ https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/wounded-butterfly/#respond Tue, 03 Nov 2020 03:21:47 +0000 http://ema.tmu.mybluehost.me/?p=842 Nature has a way of teaching lessons that we as humans would soon forget.  Suicide is on the rise.  Bullying accusations keep school counselors so busy, they have little time for prepping students for college and career readiness.  Schools are scared of districts.  Districts are scared of parents.  Parents are scared of children, and children […]

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]]> https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/wounded-butterfly/feed/ 0 the entitlement trap https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/failing-with-purpose/ https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/failing-with-purpose/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:40:28 +0000 http://ema.tmu.mybluehost.me/?p=831 Sometimes it’s best to let your child fail. Yes, you read that right.  There are times when it is BEST to let them feel the pain and frustration of failure.  Someone once said failure leads to success if you do not quit.  This may seem like advice out of the Twilight Zone, but hear me […]

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]]> https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/failing-with-purpose/feed/ 1 Failing successfully https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/failing-successfully/ https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/failing-successfully/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:20:33 +0000 http://ema.tmu.mybluehost.me/?p=823 Nearly 52 percent of community college students in the United States begin their freshman year in at least one remedial class. These courses, which help students acquire knowledge and skills they should have acquired in high school, do not count toward their degree requirements. As a result, students are taking longer (meaning more money) than […]

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]]> https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/failing-successfully/feed/ 0 how to Boost comprehension https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/boost-comprehension/ https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/boost-comprehension/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2020 01:57:04 +0000 http://ema.tmu.mybluehost.me/?p=811 The homework headache Have you ever sat at the kitchen table and listened to your child read, ask them what they read, and hear this famous response, “I don’t know.”  Before things get too far out of control, please understand that wrapping your hands around your child’s head will not get the information in there.   […]

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]]> https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/boost-comprehension/feed/ 0 Parent hacks https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/parent-hacks/ https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/parent-hacks/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2020 02:11:24 +0000 http://ema.tmu.mybluehost.me/?p=804 I want to help The purpose of this blog is to give you, the parent, insight into what we do as teachers every day.  I believe that if you understand what happens, behind the curtain, then you are in a better position to help your child.  I want to share with you some very simple […]

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]]> https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/parent-hacks/feed/ 0 Confessions of a Middle School… https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/confessions-of-a-middle-school/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 05:41:02 +0000 http://ema.tmu.mybluehost.me/?p=782 What if I told you that good grades don’t really mean your child is getting a good education?  Would that surprise you?  If not, then my next question is why not?  Perhaps I should follow that up with: Are you content in letting your child ‘pass’ in school and ‘fail’ in life? Good Teaching Doesn’t […]

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]]> Why Students Fail at Reading https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/why-students-fail-at-reading/ https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/why-students-fail-at-reading/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:10:12 +0000 http://ema.tmu.mybluehost.me/?p=762 Have you ever wondered why students always struggle when it comes to the written language?  Why do they hang their head and moan when the time comes for ELA classes?  I recently had a student tell me that they LOVE my class, but the HATE reading! Why I Sometimes Hate Elementary School Many moons ago, […]

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]]> https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/why-students-fail-at-reading/feed/ 0 I became a teacher because I love people and then…. https://prodigyscholars.com/blog/i-became-a-teacher-because-i-love-people/ Sun, 16 Sep 2018 16:06:42 +0000 http://ema.tmu.mybluehost.me/?p=687 I became a teacher because I love people. I want to help people grow into the best versions of themselves. No matter how hard it gets, there is always at least one student that gets it. The look in their eyes says it all, and my “next job search” ends. Teaching was the life when […]

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