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	<title>Gretchen Wegner</title>
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		<title>How Parents Undermine Their Teens&#8217; Self-Sufficiency</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/05/13/how-parents-undermine-their-teens-self-sufficiency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get it: as a parent, you want what&#8217;s best for your teen, and you&#8217;ve hired me &#8212; an academic life coach! &#8212; to help your teen learn the skills necessary to be a success. However, are their ways you might undermine the very coaching you are paying for? Read on: Parent To the Rescue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Write and Exercise At The Same Time?! Two Gadgets That May Change Your Life</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/04/01/write-and-excersise-at-the-same-time-two-gadgets-that-may-change-your-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; New toys are so much fun! I&#8217;m often recommending that my coaching clients get a smart phone, iPad, or some other computer software to inspire them to organize themselves differently. But when is a new technology gadget actually productive, and when is it simply an excuse to procrastinate? I&#8217;ve been spending all evening in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Obsessing About Word Counts Can Make Your Writing Worse</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/03/04/why-obsessing-about-word-counts-can-make-your-writing-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/03/04/why-obsessing-about-word-counts-can-make-your-writing-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[word counts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s typical in our education system for teachers and professors to assign essays that need to be a specific word count (500 words, for example) or a specific length (3 pages, for example). Although I understand the need to set some kind of expectation for the length of an assignment, word and page requirements are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Not to Freak Yourself Out</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/02/25/how-not-to-freak-yourself-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/02/25/how-not-to-freak-yourself-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=2992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever freaked yourself out  &#8211;  by imagining the worst when you had no evidence that it would actually happen? Students do that all the time. Part of my job as an academic coach is to help students parse out the difference between fantasy and reality. Meet Roger, a 7th-grader who freaked himself out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Hot Dates and Homework Have In Common</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/02/11/what-hot-dates-and-homework-have-in-common/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/02/11/what-hot-dates-and-homework-have-in-common/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homework]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=3011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior to today&#8217;s coaching session, I had no idea that hot dates and homework have ANYTHING to do with each other. Turns out that they do, quite a bit. Meet Ulysses: a high school freshman who is charismatic, thoughtful, and funny. He&#8217;s been struggling with a constant stream of zeroes in his classes. He&#8217;s often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Biggest Mistake Parents Make When Hiring An Academic Coach</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/02/04/the-biggest-mistake-parents-make-when-hiring-an-academic-coach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/02/04/the-biggest-mistake-parents-make-when-hiring-an-academic-coach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago when I was new to academic coaching, I had a client named Sophia. She was a high school junior and a sweet young woman: friendly, thoughtful &#8230; and compliant. However, Sophia would forget to tell me crucial details about her school work. I always saw Sophia on Thursdays. One particular Friday morning,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to Do When You Think Your Teacher Sucks</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/01/21/what-to-do-when-you-think-your-teacher-sucks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/01/21/what-to-do-when-you-think-your-teacher-sucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teachers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=2975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve been hearing a common refrain amongst some of my clients to explain why they are performing poorly in a class: &#8220;My teacher sucks!&#8221; Today in my session with Claudia, this was her excuse about her lower-then-expected performance in geometry. &#8220;My teacher doesn&#8217;t teach! He just jabbers away at us for the full period, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question for Coaches: How Do You Like to End Your Sessions?</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/01/14/question-for-coaches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/01/14/question-for-coaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academic advising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=2372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the end of my sessions, I usually try to ask students what insights they&#8217;re taking away from our work together. I love hearing their answers, plus it&#8217;s a great way to concretize what they&#8217;ve learned. Recently, I worked with a student who had difficulty saying enough in the essay he was writing on Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do When You Think Your Teacher Hates You</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/01/07/what-to-do-when-you-think-your-teacher-hates-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2013/01/07/what-to-do-when-you-think-your-teacher-hates-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teachers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=2797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My client Jose told me that he is sure his science teacher doesn&#8217;t like him: &#8220;I was asking so many questions in class, and my teacher was getting really annoyed. His breath changed and his face looked tense.&#8221; I highly doubt that Jose&#8217;s teacher doesn&#8217;t like him, but it&#8217;s clear that Jose feels as if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Steps to Overcoming Resistance and Getting the Help You Need</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2012/12/17/6-steps-to-overcoming-resistance-and-getting-the-help-you-need/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2012/12/17/6-steps-to-overcoming-resistance-and-getting-the-help-you-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6 steps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reaching out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My client Moses just won&#8217;t go get a tutor! He&#8217;s struggling with his freshman math course; in fact, he made a 20/50 on his midterm. At the end of last week&#8217;s academic coaching session, Moses committed to getting a math tutor, but when I checked in with him the following week: no dice. &#8220;I blew [...]]]></description>
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