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25% of College Freshmen Don’t Return For Their Sophomore Year, 64% Don’t Graduate in 4 Years and nearly 40% take 7 or More Years or Don’t Graduate at All . . . Will You (or Your Child) be One of Them?

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The Learning Curve November 14, 2011 Dr. Robert Neuman–part 1

25% of College Freshmen Don’t Return For Their Sophomore Year, 64% Don’t Graduate in 4 Years and nearly 40% take 7 or More Years or Don’t Graduate at All . . . Will You (or Your Child) be One of Them?

This week’s Learning Curve with Roger & Virginia is about preparing for college and doing well when there.

Our guest is Dr. Robert Neuman, the retired Dean of Marquette University and author of Are You Really Ready for College?

Hear Dr. Neuman reveal the fact that good grades in High School do not guarantee good grades in college?  No! — College takes personal skills as well as smarts.  Students who don’t have the skills or who are not properly prepared have trouble.  It is high school graduates with excellent grades that comprise the failure statistics cited above in our headline.

Parents, you need this information so you can avoid the financial strain of incurring the extra cost of the added years your child will take to graduate because of not really being ready for college.

Students, you need this information so that you arrive at college able to win at it and get the best results you deserve.

Did you know the US ranks only number 14 in the world for the percent of students who complete college?  You don’t want to part of that sad stat!

Find out about the difference between passive and active learning, and why active learning is important in college.

Click here to listen The Learning Curve November 14, 2011 Robert Neuman 1

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A Declaration of Educational Independence

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The Learning Curve November 7, 2011 Linda Dobson–part 2

A Declaration of Educational Independence

Today on The Learning Curve with Roger and Virginia we have the return of Linda Dobson, author of The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, and eight other books on helping your child’s education.

Linda has a treasure trove of information on her website: http://www.parentatthehelm.com

Linda has been a columnist with Home Education Magazine “forever,” and was the first “Early Years” adviser for http://homeschool.com.  She also participated with Barnes and Noble University on these issues.

Hear Linda address such issues as:

  • Using “flow” in your family learning plan.
  • What are the health benefits of home schooling?
  • Are fluorescent lights contributing to our kids’ ADHD?
  • Did you know you can save time by home-schooling?
  • A declaration of Educational Independence!
  • And much, much more

We use the word “sovereign” in our conversation with Linda: by that we mean, having the child in charge of its interests and having a correct level of free choice.  We also refer to this as “being at cause”—this as compared to being constantly held at effect or at the receiving end of a teachers dictates.

Clock here to listen  November 07, 2011 Linda Dobson Part 2

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SHOCKING NEWS—The Latest CDC Report Reveals Almost 9.9 Million Children Have Been Diagnosed With ADHD with Nearly 50% Put on Medication. A Bigger Shock is That Between 20-40% Have Been Wrongly Diagnosed and Incorrectly Medicated!

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The Learning Curve October 31, 2011  Dr. Frank Barnhill — Part 2

SHOCKING NEWS—The Latest CDC Report Reveals Almost 9.9 Million Children Have Been Diagnosed With ADHD with Nearly 50% Put on Medication.  A Bigger Shock is That Between 20-40% Have Been Wrongly Diagnosed and Incorrectly Medicated!

Dr. Frank Barnhill, M.D., author of Mistaken for ADHD, returns to tell us what can be done to protect your child from this catastrophe.

Dr. Barnhill, affectionately known as “Dr. Huggy-Bear,” gives us answers to the following points:

What is the key to good discipline?

How to handle a child who fidgets.

The consequences of wrong diagnosis and unneeded medication.

Did you know pesticides disrupt childhood behavior?

What are the most common chemical contaminants affecting your child?

Check out Dr. Barnhill’s websites:  http://www.adhdbehavior.com/mistakenforadhd2/ and http://www.mistakenforadhd.com

 

Click here to listen Dr Frank Barnhill October 12 ’11 cut #2

Roger and Virginia at The Learning Curve

 

What Are the Real Advantages of You Participating in Your Childs Education?

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The Learning Curve October 24, 2011 -Linda Dobson part 1

What Are the Real Advantages of You Participating in Your Child’s Education?

Today’s guest on The Learning Curve with Roger and Virginia is Linda Dobson, author of The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, and eight other books on helping your child’s education.

Linda has a treasure trove of information on her website: http://www.parentatthehelm.com

Linda has been a columnist with Home Education Magazine “forever,” and was the first “Early Years” adviser for http://homeschool.com.  She also participated with Barnes and Noble University on these issues.

Hear Linda reveal address such issues as:

  • Is homeschooling more healthy for your child? Why?
  • The valid reasons parents home school.
  • What’s the difference between “un-schooling” and homeschooling?
  • One mom finds the secret to helping her son learn.
  • What are the common concerns parents have about homeschooling and how are they overcome?
  • And much, much more

Click here to listen October 24, 2011 Linda Dobson Part 1

Roger and Virginia at The Learning Curve

 

How to Handle Bullies and Being Bullied at School

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The Learning Curve October 17, 2011

How to Handle Bullies and Being Bullied at School

The issue of the effects of bullying at school has recently received nationwide prominence and it is a serious problem.

Bullying and being bullied not only interferes with a child’s success at school, academically, socially and health wise, but it can have life-long lasting ill affects on a person.

Today’s guest on The Learning Curve with Roger & Virginia is Vicki Abadesco, the director of Soul Shoppe, an organization devoted to helping students, teachers and parents eliminate bullying in our schools by giving students, teachers and parents the communication tools and techniques proven to be successful in handling bullies, student conflicts and the effects of being bullied.

Soul Shoppe last year alone served 75,000 elementary students nationwide through its school-wide workshops and assemblies.

Vicki Abadesco has some wonderful resources at her website http://www.soulshoppe.com

Hear Vicki explain how Soul Shoppe’s program achieves:

  • Optimal Learning Environments based on a Foundation of Respect
  • Personal Empowerment based on awareness of choices we make
  • Skill Building to navigate life powerfully
  • Community Enhancement promoting empathy and a high level of functioning for all
  • Joyful Living—encouraging a sense of freedom on all we do

We see this as an important program for, as we state in the Professional Edition of our book, How to Learn-How to Teach: Overcoming the Seven Barriers to Comprehension, an “Area of Fear” is one of the vital fundamentals that must be handled if a student (or adult) is going to be able to actually correctly apply their attention to studying and learning anything.  See: http:// www.howtolearneasily.com

Vicki points out that in the presence of fear a person’s brain and ability to learn actually shuts down.

Click here to listen October 17, 2011 Vicki Abedesco

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