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The 7 Best Ways to Help Your Kids in School
Kids learn by osmosis. They watch and learn habits from their parents. Best way to improve their habits - beef up your own.
Patrick Martel
Feb 199 min read


Why Nobody Was Learning Anything In My Class
I felt barely older than a high schooler myself when I started my job as a high school teacher. In fact, the first time I went through...
Patrick Martel
Feb 64 min read


Why Parents Are Leaving Traditional Schools (and What It Means for the Future of Education)
In recent years, there has been a significant and undeniable shift in the landscape of education.
Patrick Martel
Jan 223 min read


AI in Education, The New Ring of Power: What Tolkien Would Say About Artificial Intelligence
From personalized learning to untraceable shortcuts, AI brings opportunities—and ethical dilemmas. Are we ready for what's coming?
Patrick Martel
Jan 129 min read


Agony and Ecstasy in Learning: The Topography of Despair
That all poisons, together, make the elixir of life is one of the secrets of our world.
Patrick Martel
Dec 19, 20245 min read


Gift Ideas for Your Professional Student
This Christmas, most students are probably not asking for school supplies. But what about giving them a beautiful, efficient study space?
Patrick Martel
Dec 2, 20247 min read


Why Students Aren’t Studying
When you ask most students what it means to “study,” most will start to describe what they do for 5 hours straight the night before a test.
Patrick Martel
Nov 24, 20247 min read


Hate Speech in Schools
The word “hate” usually only comes out when the wild bull of emotions is bucking up against the part of the brain that has words in it.
Patrick Martel
Nov 18, 20244 min read


To 'Make Like The Organs'
Why don’t your rollerblades "go" on the living room floor? Why can’t you just say, ‘But that’s where they GO now, Mom!"
Patrick Martel
Nov 11, 20244 min read


When a Student Falls in the River (grade-wise)
He's a smart kid, but he's just sinking in school, failing classes, and I don't know how to help. Punishing him just seems to make it worse.
Patrick Martel
Nov 4, 20247 min read
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