SO, WHY ARE THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS LEARNING EARLY ON TO HATE SCHOOL? That’s where we ended Part 2 of this series and where we dive right back into now. If you missed the first part of this write-up, you may want to head there now. It’s worth your time. In 2001, when I began tea...

  In Part 1 of this three-part series, we saw that teachers weren’t too thrilled with the current educational status quo, not just in the States, but also across the pond. And when we closed the lid on Part 1, we did so with a sneak-peek of the scores of our nation, the United States, ...

Lately (and for more than a decade now) there have been a host of examples of teachers utterly dissatisfied with the public school system. Teacher of the Year, Kim Cook, who was given an unsatisfactory grade from her school principal for one, a teacher who gave his video resignati...

The best thing I can share with you, as we dive into our second month together, is my personal mantra. A mantra I just started this year, at the time of writing these 52 Life Lessons and it all stemmed from an amazing book I read. A book I’ll share below. My new mantra is simple. It’s...

This is a continuation of the three-part series. For best results, start with Step 1 then move onto Step 2. And don’t forget to implement what you learn! In Step 1 of the P.O.P. Method, we discovered just how important the PERSON is who sits in front of you during a tutoring session...

Let’s have a little recap before we dive into the Second Step of the P.O.P. Method that has played a huge role in taking me from tutoring hobbyist to rocking a multiple 6-figure income…yep, tutoring kids! P.O.P. stands for PERSON OPPORTUNITY PURPOSE It’s a simple method I have used over and...

P.O.P. doesn’t stand for quizzes anymore. In fact, as a former teacher, I really never liked POP Quizzes. They seemed to be sneaky things meant to make sure one did one’s work. And not really a method to determine true understanding or mastery of knowledge. I mean really, is ther...

What Losing Myself Looks Like is a two-part series on depression and what it looked like for me. To start at the beginning, head to Part 1 right now. Depression is a serious topic and affects way too many of us, often way too young. My intention here is that each and every word written here has a...

Maybe we all lose ourselves at some point on this journey called life. Well, my time of losing me was recent and, well, very real. It was hard, depressing and worth talking about because at times I felt so alone. As though I was slowly losing my mind as well as what made me me. Disclaimer. Goi...