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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 323872" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>My difficult child 1 always hated school too (except for preschool and Kindergarten). She hardly even went to school in 9th grade and ended up at an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) at the end of the school year. She did okay at their school and managed to get some credits, then came home and failed all her classes at an expensive private school we sent her to. After that she ended up at another Residential Treatment Center (RTC) where for some reason she decided she would work on her GED (she refused to consider working on a diploma) and did very well. She got "student of the month" award several times and her teachers all told me what a pleasure she was to teach and how they wished all their students were like her! She passed the GED with no problem and then managed to get kicked out of the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) because she refused to cooperate with them anymore.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I don't have any real advice but I think I did "give up" on my difficult child--by the time she was in the 2nd Residential Treatment Center (RTC) I didn't even care about her education, I just wanted her off the streets and in rehab for her drug problem. Her decision to work hard and get a GED was all hers and probably it was a good thing because she was determined to do the opposite of whatever we wanted her to do!</p><p></p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 323872, member: 3450"] My difficult child 1 always hated school too (except for preschool and Kindergarten). She hardly even went to school in 9th grade and ended up at an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) at the end of the school year. She did okay at their school and managed to get some credits, then came home and failed all her classes at an expensive private school we sent her to. After that she ended up at another Residential Treatment Center (RTC) where for some reason she decided she would work on her GED (she refused to consider working on a diploma) and did very well. She got "student of the month" award several times and her teachers all told me what a pleasure she was to teach and how they wished all their students were like her! She passed the GED with no problem and then managed to get kicked out of the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) because she refused to cooperate with them anymore. Anyway, I don't have any real advice but I think I did "give up" on my difficult child--by the time she was in the 2nd Residential Treatment Center (RTC) I didn't even care about her education, I just wanted her off the streets and in rehab for her drug problem. Her decision to work hard and get a GED was all hers and probably it was a good thing because she was determined to do the opposite of whatever we wanted her to do! Jane [/QUOTE]
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