by Ben | Aug 3, 2019 | Effective Learning, Teaching
Driving through the fog used to fill me with frustration. The traffic would slow to a crawl and I knew that it would add at least another 5 minutes to my trip. Since following the same road through Belair with my daughter, though, the experience has become completely...
by Ben | Mar 2, 2018 | Effective Learning, Teaching
Mesh secrets revealed! From time to time I get asked why the tutoring we do at Mesh is so successful. While my usual response would be that we try to give each student what he/she needs as an individual, there are some key policies that we have in place across the...
by Ben | Jan 28, 2017 | Effective Learning, Motivation, Parents, Self-Esteem, Uncategorized
Waking up early, packing the bag, arriving at school on time and getting homework finished. It all starts again in less than a week! Surely there must be a better way than getting through it all than last year? There are plenty of sites that will help you ‘de-stress...
by Ben | Jun 27, 2015 | Effective Learning, IT and Education, Teaching
It used to be that you could control how much you wanted your child to use technology, but these days the current trend towards using iPads and laptops at school means that our children are using such gadgets at an earlier age and also in environments other than the...
by Ben | May 29, 2015 | Effective Learning, Motivation, Teaching
Your child walks through the door and you ask, “So, what did you do at school today?” to which you usually get a response of “Not much” or something similar. While you might just think that he/she is typically absent-minded the truth is that we only retain a small...
