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Eeyore is not adjusting well to high school
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 437386" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I think this is a good case of pick your battles. I would not go to far into this other than to establish a set time everyday to be spent on homework. I would use an hour and if he does not have homework then he would have assignments that I set up for him. It is pretty easy to find free resources online or you could get some used textbooks fairly cheaply and give him work out of those. If he is interested in any topic I would try to sets lessons up around that (write word problems using whatever he is interested in, have him do research on it, write a story or paper about it, whatever).</p><p></p><p>I would also try to find a tutor to work with him on study skills. No one teaches kids how to study, how to learn anymore. They get info spoonfed to them for tests so that they will do well on the standardized tests, but actually knowing how to study is entirely different. You could probably find someone at a local university or even community college to hel pwtih this. I only know it is possible because i took a 3 credit class on study skills my third year in college. I was struggling massively at that point in spite of top test scores and academic scholarships. I knew a lot of info but I didn't know how to learn. The class was set up for jocks to get an easy A if they showed up and wrote their names on their papers but it did more for my education than any class or teacher before or since. in my opinion it should be mandatory for all kids to get out of jr high and again to get out of high school and college. Once I knew <em>how</em> to learn I could learn anything. </p><p></p><p>I would approach the education dept of the university to find someone to teach study skills. Esp if you can find a guy that he would look up to. Or a girl he would find cute and want to impress. </p><p></p><p>You also might ask at school to see if any teachers allow students to stay after school for homework help on a weekly basis. This might also help Eeyore as he would see other kids do homework too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 437386, member: 1233"] I think this is a good case of pick your battles. I would not go to far into this other than to establish a set time everyday to be spent on homework. I would use an hour and if he does not have homework then he would have assignments that I set up for him. It is pretty easy to find free resources online or you could get some used textbooks fairly cheaply and give him work out of those. If he is interested in any topic I would try to sets lessons up around that (write word problems using whatever he is interested in, have him do research on it, write a story or paper about it, whatever). I would also try to find a tutor to work with him on study skills. No one teaches kids how to study, how to learn anymore. They get info spoonfed to them for tests so that they will do well on the standardized tests, but actually knowing how to study is entirely different. You could probably find someone at a local university or even community college to hel pwtih this. I only know it is possible because i took a 3 credit class on study skills my third year in college. I was struggling massively at that point in spite of top test scores and academic scholarships. I knew a lot of info but I didn't know how to learn. The class was set up for jocks to get an easy A if they showed up and wrote their names on their papers but it did more for my education than any class or teacher before or since. in my opinion it should be mandatory for all kids to get out of jr high and again to get out of high school and college. Once I knew [I]how[/I] to learn I could learn anything. I would approach the education dept of the university to find someone to teach study skills. Esp if you can find a guy that he would look up to. Or a girl he would find cute and want to impress. You also might ask at school to see if any teachers allow students to stay after school for homework help on a weekly basis. This might also help Eeyore as he would see other kids do homework too. [/QUOTE]
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