When is the best time of day for your eleven plus child to
study? After school? Before school? In the morning? In the evening? Some of the
time? All the time?
Do you remember the `Rime of the Ancient Mariner’? One
foolhardy sailor shot the albatross and woe came to the ship:
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor
motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.
The rest of the crew forced the sailor to wear the albatross
around his neck. When the ship reached land he was forced to wander the world telling
all of his guilt.
No parent would want the eleven plus to become an `albatross
around the neck’. We certainly don’t
want the eleven plus to lay a heavy
burden of guilt on a child. That could be self-defeating and could, over a
period of time, become an obstacle to success.
It is likely that
there can be no one best time of day to study. The weather, for example,
changes from day to day – and sometimes from hour to hour. The changes can come
from the weather, day and night and from season to season.
Your child may
have a good day at school or a bad day, friendships may grow or wither. You may
approach your child with concern in your voice or determination. What is the best
time of day for your eleven plus child to study?
It depends.
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