PSE stumbling blocks that you never knew existed
Have you thought about the stumbling blocks you may encounter in college or university? When you’re in high school, the focus is on getting in to the program. You worry about meeting admission requirements and getting all your transcripts and documentation in on time. You will likely ask about career opportunities available to grads. You […]
In-person research through COVID-style campus visits
Continuing on the October theme of how to effectively explore PSE, let’s take a look at campus visits. Should you take the time to visit the schools that you’re applying to? ABSOLUTELY YES. You’re about to drop a lot of money and you’ll be spending a lot of time there, so I would highly recommend […]
How WIL you explore PSE?
Here in Ontario, as the furnaces light up and the leaves fall down, our colleges and universities are opening up their application cycles for the 2021-2022 school year. Over the next month, these posts will highlight key questions to ask and elements to examine while you explore your options for post-secondary education. Today’s topic: work […]
Setting goals in a really weird year
When it comes to our kids, we often forget how much responsibility they really can take on. I mean…we’re their parents, so that’s not surprising. I can remember, quite clearly, when my daughter couldn’t even roll onto her side from her back. She started out needing so much of my help, and it just became […]
Someday your degree won’t matter
I’m a big fan of unorthodox thinking when it comes to careers (you may have noticed). So here’s another counter-intuitive idea to mull over: someday, your degree isn’t going to matter. I had a really interesting conversation with a couple of business owners way back last fall at a networking event. We were joking about […]
Think of the end
We are right around the corner from the start of the new school year. (I mean, it’ll be the weirdest school year start in decades, but it’s coming in a couple of weeks nonetheless.) September typically brings a sense of new beginnings, and so I wanted to share something about endings as a counter-balance. Some […]
Pathway agreements to lower anxiety
Super common misconception: if you go to *gasp* community college, you will never, never, never do anything else. Many parents today were raised with the idea that university is the ideal pathway. While it has its merits, it doesn’t mean other pathways offer nothing. Moreover, thinking the old way places unnecessary limits on your kids. […]
Online learning into the future
Where is the COVID shutdown leaving high school grads when it comes to next steps? While out on a recent hike, I happened to overhear a conversation between a high school teacher and her friends. The teacher expressed her frustration at the (very) low number of her Grade 12 students who had actually participated in […]