Alex Of the skills you teach now, which do you think are going to be most applicable to college students in five to ten years from now? Dale Well, I’m all about time management and planner, so I think that’s...
Alex What do you think makes transition into higher education so difficult? And do you notice any patterns with kids that struggle to make it okay? Dale I think it really starts at home. I think the way that we’ve...
Dale So my first actual meeting with the student, I give them a survey that kind of lets me know where they are now with their habits and helps me figure out what I really need to focus on. Because...
Ethan arrived on campus that September only a shade over 100 pounds, watery-eyed, trying gamely to pull off the insouciance he read in classmates’ faces. He gave away the game, though. He was nervous and uncertain, although his last name...
I want to tell a story about a boy from my time teaching. He was someone I didn’t really help. He took approximately 349 AP classes, he could toss touchdowns with ease, and when he got to high school his...
