South Cove Tutoring

06/08/2026

What Will You Learn This Summer?
I'm not talking about studying academics. I'm talking about learning from life.
Hobbies. Work. Play. Exploration.
Summer is your chance to choose your own adventure, and the biggest mistake you could make is not choosing one at all.
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What will you learn this summer? I’m not talking about academics, though you might choose to do that as well. I’m talking about learning from the world, from experiences, from nature, and from other people. I’m talking about learning from life. Perhaps you’ll take up a hobby that requires yo...

10/27/2025

The latest from my education blog:

The most common mistake I see in students’ writing is trying to cram too many ideas into each sentence. They write a decent sentence, but then they don’t stop. They continue the sentence with a rambling series of phrases that add so many additional ideas that the reader gets lost. Suddenly, what...

08/17/2025

Murphy's Law for Teenagers:
“Anything that CAN be interpreted as judgment WILL be interpreted as judgment.”
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We tried not to sound judgmental. We didn’t mean to be judgmental. But the kid still felt judged, so they got defensive or shut down in shame. We’d hoped for a productive conversation. We just wanted to help them be more successful. We tried to tread lightly because we knew it could be a touchy ...

08/03/2025

Is your teenager addicted to digital technology, but you don’t know what to do about it?
Does every conversation you try to have turn into an argument?
We can help.
Parenting for Academic Success 2025 starts this Wednesday with a class on how to be tech savvy without being tech addicted.

08/23/2024

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed for the Time We Discuss podcast, which is all about different careers. We discussed how I became a private tutor and what that's like. If you're curious, check it out here:

In this segment of "Time We Discuss" I look at what it's like to start and run a with ...

02/06/2024

The latest from my education blog:

Think of all the things you don’t like about homework: it’s hard, it’s time-consuming, it’s annoying, it’s boring. All of these supposedly bad things are actually good. Don’t believe me? Let’s break it down. Homework is Hard Good. It’s supposed to be hard. Doing challenging mental wo...

11/29/2023

My latest:

You don’t like to be told what to do. Parents tell you to do chores. Teachers assign homework. Ugh. These out-of-touch grown-ups tell you what to do, and your brain responds by generating massive, seemingly unreasonable amounts of resistance. Don’t worry. You’re not alone. This is completely n...

11/14/2023

The latest from my education blog:

Your dad tells you to mow the lawn. Your elderly neighbor asks for your help moving a piece of furniture. Your aunt says you need to use a coaster rather than putting your La Croix directly on the coffee table. What do these all have in common? These are all reasonable requests made by well-meaning....

10/02/2023

Here's my write-up on the new digital SAT:

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