Jason Robie: Find study solutions for your kids now that school is back in session

I snuck out of work a couple hours early last Monday. It was just a beautiful day and let’s be honest: The writing is on the wall. The mornings are getting cooler and the apples on the trees in our yard are starting to leave their fall droppings for me to hit with the lawn mower (At least it smells nice!). On my bike ride, I noticed that there were a higher percentage of buses running around through town. That could only mean one thing: The roads are going to be even quieter between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. And the kids are back in school.

When we were in school, especially during the first half of the year, it was a bit of a crazy time. Soccer, concert band, marching band, jazz band (Yes, I was a band geek!), part-time jobs, friends, skateboarding and generally being a persnickety teenager all seemed to fill my schedule to the max. Mom always said that it was also when I got my best grades, seemingly because I was too busy to procrastinate. Considering the workloads that kids seem to have today, I honestly don’t know how we got it all done.