Wes Carroll Tutoring & Coaching Blog
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 ...
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. In addition to finals (be it AP, IB or otherwise), some of ...
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 ...
What’s wrong with standardized tests for teachers?
Well, I really mean to answer "what's wrong with using the results of students' standardized tests to evaluate teacher performance?" On its surface, nothing. Indeed, ...
Cheating On The SAT
The thing I can't get out of my head when I read this NYT article on kids paying other kids to take the SAT for ...
MIT Offers Best ROI
A recent study claims that an MIT education offers better ROI (Return on Investment) than that of any other undergrad institution. As an alum, I'm ...
