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Originally Posted by RayinPenn
Scenario:
-9th Grade Boy
-Hooked on the video games
-75 on last spanish exam...does very well when he studies
-C on science - (Lab partner, friend, great kid but academically challenged - doesnt help). I said I dont care how but find a way to get it done...
The wife learned of the spanish quiz via the online Highschool reporting..Was asked do you have spanish to study" Answer No? Wife 'fuming'.
Present Status: All electronics taken away
Yes I know its not the end of the world but Ive been throught that college choice process with the older one and good grades provide choices...
Thoughts?
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Not everyone is born with the same abilities. When will we realize that. Language is very hard for some people, Math is very hard for some people and easy for others. Those who have ability in one may not have ability in another. Not everyone is college material, That doesn't make them not valuable, stupid or worthless. There is a need for all kinds of training and all kinds of work. We have become a society of academic snobs. I speak as a person who has two very different children, one who academically gifted and one who is not. More extreme than most people at either end.
I wish they still had shop in REGULAR high school, taught plumbing and basic electronics, all respected professions and needed professions.
If a kid is NOT motivated in high school by himself, no one can motivate him. That ship has sailed.
I may be wrong. I don't know this child. I feel for you and for him. I know you care deeply. He has to care deeply about disappointing your expectations and may have given up.