Of course I never want your students to fail, or your teaching to be anything less than exceptional. I put forward these observations so we can reflect on what sometimes can go wrong as a student or as a teacher so we can identify our contribution to it and bring the remedy. Increase pressure: When emotions go up, intelligence goes down. Years ago I read a book called Super Learning. The main point it reiterated is that in order to learn you have to be relaxed. The following

This last year and a half has been beyond challenging for teenagers. Summer is here and with vaccines and numbers going down, a glimpse of life resembling something slightly closer to normal appears to be on its way. Some manage well, some struggle in a few areas, some check out and some of are overwhelmed with soaring screen time, anxiety, sleep issues and social isolation. We've learned nothing is easy about a pandemic. For teenagers, the psychological effects can be as un