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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids today don't learn it and it's a joke!

I'm not that old - I'm 42 - and so many of the mid-to-late 20-somethings in my office don't have these skills either. Not sure when the skills stopped being taught in schools.

We hired an executive functioning/skills coach for the kid we struggled with the most and it was the best money we've ever spent on that kid! We were able to teach the skills to our other kids without issue, but this one was more resistant. He happily listened to what the coach said and implemented her tips & tricks without any pushback (much of the same stuff we'd preached).

He was a low B-C-low C student before learning the skills and an A-B student afterward. He wasn't studying effectively and didn't have the proper organization (lots of doing the work but forgetting to take it to turn it or taking it to turn in but not turning it in, arrrgh!)

Kids need those skills more than they need the stupid cursive, which there's such a big push to bring back. I have 3 kids now in college and all 3 have encountered professors who insist on hand-written notes instead of typed notes because the professors find the typing distracting. My oldest said she couldn't believe the deer-in-headlights look some classmates had because they hadn't taken handwritten notes in so long. [/quote]

My 6th grader needs this desperately. Where do I find one.[/quote]

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