Posts by Idris Musty

Quality time or quantity time with the family – is there such thing as quality time? It is true that we save up, look forward to and invest a lot of emotions into planning for what we hope will be a fabulous holiday. The reality is, it is often the case that what we remember…

Is the summer holiday too long? History has it that the purpose of the long school summer holiday, which started a couple of hundred years ago in Britain, is due to agriculture as it allows for cheap labour. During the Victorian time, school children were employed for harvesting crops during school holidays. Many politicians, including…

Making the best of life after Brexit for the education and future prospects of our young people My hope is that someday people will realise the mistake made in the referendum by voting for Brexit and the UK will end up not leaving Europe. However, we are where we are and as a parent, we…

In the last blog article on Brexit and the effect of it on education, I listed five areas in which experts in education and also students are concerned about. I will be exploring each of those areas in more detail today. I will also be suggesting practical measures that parents can take in order to…

Correlation between affluence/education and how people voted in the referendum At present, the future of the country is uncertain, however, one thing is certain from the analysis of the result of the referendum in newspapers. There is a clear correlation between affluence and how people voted in the referendum. Analysis of the election results indicated…

There have been many speculations in terms of what the future holds for education before the Brexit vote, and the worry people have has not eased after the result of the referendum. Some of those speculations have come to be realised while some have not, or perhaps not yet anyway. What we have now is…

19. Recognise achievements by rewarding yourself for your hard work. But be honest with yourself! Remember to reward yourself for your hard work. Make a promise to yourself at the start of every day of revision that, if you complete all of the tasks you have set yourself for the day, you will reward yourself…

16. Fill your lungs! Get your daily dose of fresh air by ensuring you spend some time outside each day. Take time during your revision period to spend at least half an hour outside in the fresh air. There are many ways in which you could combine this with completing a productive activity – for…

13. ‘Double double’ to prevent pen trouble! Ensure you have correct amount of stationary. Rather than packing your stationary in a rush the evening before each exam, make a checklist during the weeks beforehand of all the items you require to take into each paper. The evening before each exam refer to your checklist and…