Blame The Child - It's Easier: Learning Difficulties Can Be Solved!

To all concerned PARENTS - * Worried about your child's progress at school? * Is your child underachieving? * Unhappy at school? Depressed? * Diagnosed as having Attention Deficit, or Dyslexia etc? Where a student underachieves, educators often investigate only the child's performance and decide the fault lies with him or her. Rarely is the teaching system thought to be the cause. However, the usual cause of underachievement of students is the education system itself. Students are allowed to develop gaps in their basic understanding of subjects and thereafter they remain confused and uncertain... 'BLAME the STUDENT for poor school results!?' It seems to be easier to do this, than to Eliminate the FLAWS that exist in the Education System. In my 30 years as teacher, Principal, and author on education matters, I have found that students are subjected to poor teaching strategies, and are often put on medication unnecessarily in order to solve underachievement - instead of being taught better. There are obvious, glaring mistakes in the ways our Education Systems function. My book 'Blame The Child - It's Easier' offers some important solutions for both parents and teachers seeking better results!

About the Author :
Henry Blumenthal B.A, LL.B. (Witwatersrand University Johannesburg) 1976-1996 Founder and Principal of Studywell College in Johannesburg, a Private School which developed a successful system for the academic improvement of High School students who were previously underachieving. Classes were smaller than classes in Government Schools, which allowed more personal attention from teachers. After school hours, students with a weakness in a subject were offered programmes to fill in missing or weak foundations - thus providing a firmer base on which to build. NB: it was noted that some students had previously been labelled with various forms of learning difficulty. By largely ignoring the label, and handling the symptoms EDUCATIONALLY, students' academic performance improved. 1980-1996 Founder and Educational Adviser of SE College, Johannesburg. The College offered children from black communities quality education. The school became Multi- racial when the politics of the country permitted. 1983 Co-founder of Banking Business Studies Johannesburg, an evening College which ran classes for employees in the Banking sector wishing to write the exams set by the Institute of Bankers in S.Africa. 2000 Literacy officer with a High School in the New South Wales Education Department. Henry emigrated from S. Africa to Australia at the end of 1996. His vast experience as an Educator has helped numerous students with educational difficulties. 2000-Present Private Practice for counselling parents in educational matters and for testing and tutoring of schoolgoers. Henry has also trained staff of businesses in communication skills and public relations.