StudyRight – The Dudes’ Guide to Study Skills

If you’re like the hundreds of parents we’ve engaged, you’ve tried everything to help your son succeed.  Sometimes that journey includes rewarding positive grades, disciplining poor performances, getting tutors, or maybe even changing classrooms. But so many parents still see their student struggle.

If that’s you, we have good news: he can still thrive.

Understanding why dudes struggle in school

 21st Century Schooling isn’t necessarily built in a way conducive to your dude’s strengths.

Is there any other time your high school or middle school son can sit still for hours?  I’m pretty confident that — unless he’s watching a movie or asleep — your son is active.  School, at first glance, doesn’t always fit the profile of the best expeirence for an active, high-energy guy.

Your dude probably has strengths in areas that aren’t typically measured in “A’s” And “B’s.”

At the same time, just because your son doesn’t fit a traditional profile for a high-performing student, that doesn’t mean he isn’t intelligent. In fact, some of the most intelligent people in the world don’t fit that “sit still and listen” Approach as many classrooms as you can.  Creativity and positivity-energy, a bias for action, a great sense of humor, and an active personality aren’t weaknesses; they’re strengths.  But they are strengths that aren’t measured in the typical scales that most schools grade by.

Those strengths can be leveraged toward academic performance — but curriculum demands on educators mean most guys never learn how

Nevertheless, over the past several years, we’ve seen young guys find success by harnessing those strengths toward their studies.  This is how it should be.  Activeness is a hallmark of a great student. However, too many students who are active find that they are underperforming.  Creative thinking is another quality that makes great students. However, too many creative guys end up achieving their academic goals.  Why?

Perhaps guys are just worse at school than other groups (we’re not convinced) — or perhaps your son just needs to Learn how to Use his strengths to Maximize his grade point average

Here’s what you’ll get in StudyRight – The Dudes’ Guide to Study Skills