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Do you find yourself struggling with a child who is constantly misbehaving and questioning your authority? Many teenagers today are defying everything that their parents are trying to teach them. Have you thought about enrolling your …
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I am on a quest for self-improvement. How can I help myself in academics, so I can finish my degree?
Wow. This is a touchy situation!
My first guess would be to look at your own state's university system. Phone or visit websites for all of your state universities and look for distance learning options and online degree programs. If you're able to transfer a lot of general education and intro. engineering courses, and complete the upper-level courses in the major by distance learning or flex learning (mostly distance, limited time on-campus) then you'd be set.
I know one engineering prof from Miami University (Ohio) who has done lots of online courses, and I believe their program has an agreement with some colleges 100 miles away to contribute essential courses to their engineering students–been a while since he and I had a chat and I've forgotten the details–however I am sure as shootin' that their program prepares students for licensure!
Anyway, seems to me that engineering is one of those subjects that lends itself well to online instruction.
Staying in-state with public universities will cost less, tho' online instruction is always at least a little more expensive.
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“You must have a plan for everything and be able to put your plan into action!”
Create and encourage opportunities for positive self-expression in your mentee through art, music, dance, etc. Make them feel good about themselves. Focus on the good. If you feel good about yourself you will more than likely feel good about others.
Encourage your mentees to help themselves. Limit the amount of help that you provide. “I’ll help you so much, but then you have to help yourself.”
Be accepting of what the mentee gives, but always guide them into giving more. Challenge your mentee to learn and instill higher expectations (stretching). Develop strategies for tapping more of their potential through self-esteem building. Sell them on their individual talents and potentials.
Enter the mentees’ world and create projects that relate to them. If your mentee is into rapping for instance, have him or her create raps with positive messages or the teaching of some subject. “A good rapper can rap on anything!” For example, have them create a rap on some event in history or any academic subject or poetry. I have allowed my mentees to hold and perform “Rap Contests” in front of school audiences to teach CPR with great success. Find ways to turn every “happening” (trend) into positive learning experiences.
Allow and encourage mentee involvement in the decision making process. Learning is greater and more accepted when the mentees have some “say” in the process.
Assess your skills and abilities so that you can do the things that you do best with the mentee. Your enthusiasm for a hobby or project is attracting.
When you are with a mentee, give your full-undivided attention to the mentee. You should be looking for ways to trigger their “hot buttons” to tap into potential.
Be ready to support positive problem solving skills. Talk through strategies with your mentees for recognizing, handling and overcoming barriers. Turn negative experiences into positive productive learning situations. Winning should be associated with their future career connections.
Thanks for the “reading list”. There’s some great (and some not-so-great) information out there for those who are dealing with troubled teens. It’s nice to see someone trying to put some of it together to help others access it.