What to do When a Teen Hates School



I hate school and I'sm never going back, exclaimed one teen that had just had a particularly bad day at school. Does this sound like your student or do they just have moments when they don'st look forward to the chance to learn as you wish they would Whatever the case may be it is apparent that students often do not look forward to school and therefore don'st take advantage of all it has to offer. I just want Tom to have options, said one mom, and I know that doing well in school will open doors for him.

With students now well into another school year, parents of teens are looking for ways to help their sons and daughters go out the door excited about school. A new book out by Quantum Learning expert Bobbi DePorter and five of her top facilitators, The Seven Biggest Teen Problems And how to turn them into Strengths, gives parents concrete ideas on how to turn their student'ss attitude around. Attitudes change when students truly discover 'swhat'ss in it for them's and the benefit they'sll receive, comments DePorter.

DePorter'ss, The Seven Biggest Teen Problems And how to turn them into Strengths; An Inside look at What Works with Teens from a World Leader in Youth Achievement, goes inside Quantum Learning Network'ss famed SuperCamp. A 10-day live-in summer camp, SuperCamp helps kids enhance such academic skills as reading, writing, test/note taking, and memory/study strategies, while developing life skills in the areas of communication, relationships, leadership, self-confidence, goal setting, and motivation. The Wall Street Journal says, SuperCamp turns so-so students into academic achievers. Parents also can go to www.TeenStrengths.com for a free, concrete how-to handbook that will aid them and teachers as they implement SuperCamp strategies.

We teach learning skills that can be applied to any subject and identify the learning style and strategies that work best for each student, said Steve Arrowood, SuperCamp Facilitator and book contributor. Our courses provide the tools for classroom success while placing an emphasis on increasing confidence, motivation, and personal responsibility and creating direct and lasting results in school and at home.

Those skills are critical in an increasingly competitive landscape where good SAT scores alone do not guarantee the college of your choice. SuperCamp teaches Quantum Learning Network'ss 8 Keys of Excellence: Integrity, Failure Leads to Success, Speak With Good Purpose, This Is It!, Commitment, Ownership, Flexibility and Balance. These Keys empower students to step out and be successful while getting excited about learning. You'sll find the 8 Keys woven throughout the pages of The Seven Biggest Teen Problems.

Quantum Learning Network'ss President, Bobbi DePorter, first studied accelerated learning methods with educational pioneer, Dr. Georgi Lozanov, in the early 1980s. SuperCamp, started in 1981, now has programs at prestigious college campuses across the United States and has graduated over 45,000 students from all 50 states and 80 countries. SuperCamp has been featured on CNN, and in the LA Times, Boston Globe, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal. To find out more about The Seven Biggest Teen Problems or to interview Bobbi, phone 800-285-3276 or go to www.QLN.com.





What to do When a Teen Hates School