By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Writing essays or long open-response questions is one of the hardest parts of school for many students. The reason writing assignments are challenging is that so many other skills besides writing are required for the task. Think about it: Writing a …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Being a college student is so different from being a high school student. Don’t get me wrong: High school certainly has challenges. But in most cases, high school students get a lot of support from teachers and parents to manage those challenges. …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In this blog post, I identify and explain the four most important skills you need in college. While I could have made this list much longer (you need many skills to succeed in college!), I narrowed it down to the four …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The college application process has many moving parts, each of which requires planning ahead. (Hello, SAT prep!) And, each of which can be stressful. One part of the college application process that often overwhelms or confuses students is the teacher recommendation …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. You need to know how to analyze quotes in essays for high school, college, and beyond. Finding and including quotes to support your argument is an important first step, but the real skill is in how you analyze the quotes to …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Giving class presentations is just part of the school experience. Some students dread presenting to their classmates, and others prefer class presentations to written assessments. If youâre new to this, or if youâre just looking for some ideas, I share my …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In high school, I learned how to hem my own pants (a handy skill considering Iâm 5â2â). In fact, I learned many life skills outside basic content areas, skills that smoothed my transition to being a functional adult. Some of these …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Youâre sitting in class, paying attention (or not), and all of a sudden you have no idea what the teacher is saying. Or youâre doing your homework at home, and it hits you that youâre totally confused about the material. It …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Whether youâre a student or a working professional, group projects, group discussions and meetings can be an effective way to collaborate and make decisions. But working with others can also be challenging. Group work can be challenging because itâs difficult to …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Email is an important communication channel for students, starting in elementary school and ending ⊠essentially never. But so many (so many!) students struggle with how to manage email. The problem is that so few students know what to do once …