Wes Carroll Tutoring & Coaching Blog
What Straight-A Students Get Wrong: An Honest Take
Adam Grant just wrote a lovely piece in the New York Times that points out that, as he puts it, "Academic excellence is not a ...
Math Under Pressure
This outstanding TED Talk by Barnard's president is mainly about choking under pressure. But how interesting that the example Professor Beilock spends most time on ...
Goodbye, Princeton. I Loved You While It Lasted
I will no longer be recommending Princeton Review's Math 2 prep books, because their latest edition features a test that is a problem-by-problem parody of ...
Dealing With Repeated Challenges (Part of “How To Be A Brighter Student”)
If you want to handle repeated challenge in the best way, you have to start by realizing that the goal isn’t to change your challenges ...
Work Like An Expert (Part Of “How To Be A Brighter Student”)
February is the final date of the AMC, but it is also time to start your prep for SAT Subject Tests and AP’s. Examine your test prep strategy. How will your ...
10,000 hours?
You don’t have to make yourself miserable to be successful. Success isn’t about working hard, it’s about working smart. Andrew Wilkinson When it comes to ...
How to Be a Bright(er) Student: Be Your Own Pilot
Spring is the busiest time of the year for most high school students. But seniors, you face a special challenge: your support system has already done ...
Say NO to ROPO (In Private Education)
Return On Planned Obsolescence (ROPO), I have recently learned, is basically the extra money Apple gets when people buy a new phone while their old ...
What’s Wrong With Math Education
"Math punk" Tom Henderson has written a brilliant essay that I have co-opted and edited here. In a nutshell, what is the problem with math education ...
Put A Little Math In Your Life!
Brian Greene makes the point about science, and it holds just as true for math: "We rob science education of life when we focus solely ...
