Our co-founders, Dr. Lindy Ledohowski & Dr. Rueban Balasubramaniam, have long believed that mastery over language is a profound equaliser. When Lindy was teaching Advanced Placement English as a high school teacher she placed a homemade sign above her door that read: “Analyse the world around you and be empowered.” This philosophy is a core principle underpinning…
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From High School to University – Part 1: Just Showing Up
“I need a make-up exam.” He said it to me casually, as though he were asking me for the attendance sheet or a copy of assignment instructions. “Excuse me?” I said. “I wasn’t at the midterm, so I need a make-up exam,” replied this first-year student in my history class, again with the implication that this was…
From High School to University – Part 2: So You Got Your First C
B- This was not what I’d expected. It was my first essay in my first year of university. I was a music student at the time and had enrolled in the course, “U.S. History 1945-68,” out of a passion for history and interest in the time period. I’d entertained fantasies of the professor reading my essay and…
Silver Stevie Award Winner – For Women in Business
On Friday, November 18th, 2016 our CEO and co-founder, Dr. Lindy Ledohowski, headed to New York, NY for the 13th annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run.The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world’s…
Students – Rubrics are your friend!
Attention High School Essay Writers— There is a Reason Why You Get That Rubric! Here at EssayJack, we are all about finding tools for your success. That includes reminding essay writers just like you that there is a lot more to the essay than coming up with three body paragraphs and a thesis. Here’s…
Stress, Anxiety, and the Take-Home Exam
“A better essay is what we all want.” A professor said that to me almost fifteen years ago, and it became the guiding principle of my work as a university instructor and especially as the Knowledge Ambassador for EssayJack. EssayJack is founded on the idea that writing anxiety and a lack of proper instruction in essay…
A Start Up Year In Review….#EJ2016MOMENTS
The start of a New Year is a time to set goals, break bad habits, and make plans for the future. It is also a time to reflect on the previous year. While the world saw a lot of change in 2016 – some good and some bad – we at Team EssayJack want to take a moment…
Teaching and Learning English
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There are over 1.5b people learning English in the world. Let’s put that number into perspective: that’s roughly 20% of the world’s population learning English. Right now. That’s a really big number. I mean, China, the most populous country in the world, has around 1.3b people, and India, the close second in terms of population, has about…
The diverse classroom
What is it like to teach in today’s secondary and post-secondary classrooms in our increasingly globalised and international world where students come from all over the place, and the continuity of education from early grades to higher education is no longer a given? What strategies can we as educators employ? I’ve been thinking long and…
Beyond Proficiency: Success as an ELL Student
“The language of the university is English.” These words were spoken by a senior professor in my department. I had just begun my MA and was at an orientation for teaching assistants. The graduate student leading the session had described the university’s multicultural, international community. He encouraged us to take international students’ difficulties with English…