by Chiara McDermott | Tutoring Advice
It’s perhaps the oldest cliché in the parenting handbook: teenagers like to stay up late and sleep lengthy hours into the morning. Of course, this isn’t the case for every adolescent. Yet in the age of tablets, PS4s, streaming platforms and global social media...
by Chiara McDermott | Tutoring Advice
Did you know that in Medieval Iceland, some people were judged guilty or innocent through trial by turf, in which they would walk underneath a piece of turf, being declared guilty if it fell on their head? Or that women in the Victorian era used a metal tong device,...
by Chiara McDermott | Tutoring Advice
Albert Einstein allegedly said that “if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” It’s actually not certain that Einstein ever said this. But whoever did, clearly tried to make a point: not everyone is...
by Chiara McDermott | Tutoring Advice
Even though the return to education is an important step, the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly changed the way things are going to work for the time being. Not only will COVID secure measures stay in place to reduce the risk of transmission, schools are also being...
by Chiara McDermott | Learning Tips
Out of all the issues that students face at school, demotivation may be one of the most prominent ones. Children, often perfectly capable, are failing classes just because they aren’t interested, and cannot find the motivation to do their coursework and study for...
