In the last blog post we defined perfectionism as the tendency to adopt unrealistic or unnecessarily high expectations about one’s standard of work, and discussed how to identify it as a problem for students. In today’s post we’ll consider a few strategies for overcoming perfectionism. Like anything that requires changing […]
With mid year exams fast approaching we thought it would be useful to share some key learnings from exams for students to take note of. These learnings are from our regular 1:1 sessions with students from the exams at the end of last year. Some of these learnings will help […]
Are you about to start university for the first time and are wondering what it will be like? Well you are in the right place as not only have I been assisting students with this in recent years but many of my students were also keen to share with you […]
A question for Year 12 students to answer after they complete their studies this year – is your next step going to university or completing further studies? For many students the answer is: most likely yes, for others they might think so but are unsure what they would like to […]
I regularly have this discussion with students and parents about when would be a good time to start attending university and other institution open days. Basically my response is that secondary school students can go at anytime. I believe that it can be useful for students to start attending when […]