by Joshua Chan | Feb 17, 2021 | How Legend Helps You Succeed, Tips for Success
Have you ever had that moment where you wonder, “What the heck is my adolescent child even thinking?” I don’t know a lot of parents that don’t have the thought, especially when teens commonly do and say things that don’t make a lot of sense! But we were in that same...
by Joshua Chan | Dec 9, 2020 | How Legend Helps You Succeed, One Course Makes the Difference, Tips for Success
Math is perhaps the most feared subject in school. It’s a subject that we all encounter early on, and those experiences often dictate whether we like or hate the subject. You might have a student (or you might be a student) that can relate to the dread of...
by Joshua Chan | Sep 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
This strange year has proven several things about the standards of American education. Decades of test-centric tendencies have devalued critical thinking. It leads to lower capacities to speak, think, and most perhaps most importantly, to write. In particular, I look...
by Joshua Chan | Aug 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Brookings Institution highlighted the overall impact of COVID on student achievement for the 2019-2020 school year, with implications for 2020-2021. In summary, students will find their progress in reading and math stunted. They project that students will maintain...
by Joshua Chan | Apr 8, 2019 | School Activity, Student Profile, Tips for Success
One of the things that’s hard to admit as a student (or even as a grown-up professional) is that we all struggle from time to time. In a competitive environment, the very concept of asking for help can rouse feelings of helplessness or even shame. It’s...