Principia Tutors

08/22/2017

What are your favorite words in the English language?
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"Summer afternoon -- summer afternoon; to me, those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."

08/18/2017

📚 🎉

08/16/2017

The art of mastery in the classroom?

"The method gives students more agency and allows them to gain traction, no matter their level."..
"We want to change the conversation from ‘I’m not successful at this’ to ‘This is where you are on the ladder of growth.’”

Mastery-based learning allows students to learn at their own pace.

08/16/2017

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."

08/13/2017

"One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by." *** What's left on your list?

08/06/2017

Why do you think students can't write?

Some say English instruction must get back to basics, with a focus on grammar. But won’t that stifle a student’s personal voice?

07/16/2017

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." --Dr. Seuss

06/24/2017

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett

A Smith College initiative called “Failing Well” is one of a crop of university programs that aim to help high achievers cope with basic setbacks.

06/19/2017

Grateful for 🍎

06/18/2017

06/08/2017

Sheryl Sandberg advises, "It’s in our relationships with each other that we find our will to live, our capacity to love and the power to make lasting change in the world.” What message would you give to graduates this year?

They may be cliché-ridden, funny, witty, inspirational, sad and sometimes angry. One thing they never are is cynical. But whatever their emotional tone, commencement speeches are a guide to life.

06/02/2017

"When kids are happy, they learn more, and without having to resort to bribery. It’s not rocket science."

'The children that I get off of the bus are exhausted. They are frustrated. They are overworked. They are burned out.... I would blame the teachers for this bleak attitude, but I was one, and I know that the teachers are just as tired, frustrated and overworked. '