by Linda Samuels | Sep 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
It is time to take a load off. Several years have passed since we first heard warnings about the effects of heavy, incorrectly adjusted backpacks on young spines. Studies have shown that about 90% of kids worldwide carry backpacks. A child’s rapidly developing spine...
by Linda Samuels | Sep 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Back to school time is here. If you’re the main “mover and shaker” of the family and you have the opportunity and the time, do what you can to ease the family into the new schedule. If it has already begun, there are still steps that can be taken to...
by Linda Samuels | Aug 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Summer is almost over and for a teenager it has probably gone one of three ways. For some, an apparently growing number, summer has been filled with a checklist of college resumé building experiences. Full or part-time internships; summer classes to prepare for...
by Linda Samuels | Jul 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
After several decades of teaching science at Dana Hall School for Girls in Wellesley, MA, I have come to realize some basic truths about education in America. To be successful as an educator in a girls’ school, I had to overcome the obstacles to learning science that...
