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Motivation - how do they get it if they don't already have it?
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 418397" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>He's bright?</p><p> </p><p>He's BORED.</p><p> </p><p>No one - easy child or difficult child - really <em>wants</em> to do boring busywork. And, honestly? Most homework is boring busywork.</p><p> </p><p>When I was in 2nd grade, at a private parochial school, I discovered that I didn't have to do my homework. The teacher thought I was the cat's meow, since I was already pushed ahead a grade, and I got away with it.</p><p> </p><p>I was pretty bright. And I was SUPER BORED. I hated homework - because I knew this stuff, why did I have to do it over and over and over and over?</p><p> </p><p>I'm still not as motivated as I could be, but at least I got over that. High school, though, was a nightmare where homework was concerned. If it was challenging, or a project, or I was interested? I got A's. Algebra, Geometry, Biology... YAWWWWWN. Not interested. Knew this stuff. I remember I was in Geometry, sleeping in class. Teacher woke me up. I looked up... "Mr. G? What do I get on tests?" "A's..." "LET ME SLEEP." And he was young enough, it intimidated him...</p><p> </p><p>Incentives helped me, too. My parents paid for college - IF I got A's. B's, I paid 25%, C's, I paid 75%, anything less I paid for. Lemme tell ya, after a couple quarters of paying $300 every 2 weeks? I got A's. (This was 20 years ago... No way I could afford that now... It would be more like $700 every two weeks, or more.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 418397, member: 6705"] He's bright? He's BORED. No one - easy child or difficult child - really [I]wants[/I] to do boring busywork. And, honestly? Most homework is boring busywork. When I was in 2nd grade, at a private parochial school, I discovered that I didn't have to do my homework. The teacher thought I was the cat's meow, since I was already pushed ahead a grade, and I got away with it. I was pretty bright. And I was SUPER BORED. I hated homework - because I knew this stuff, why did I have to do it over and over and over and over? I'm still not as motivated as I could be, but at least I got over that. High school, though, was a nightmare where homework was concerned. If it was challenging, or a project, or I was interested? I got A's. Algebra, Geometry, Biology... YAWWWWWN. Not interested. Knew this stuff. I remember I was in Geometry, sleeping in class. Teacher woke me up. I looked up... "Mr. G? What do I get on tests?" "A's..." "LET ME SLEEP." And he was young enough, it intimidated him... Incentives helped me, too. My parents paid for college - IF I got A's. B's, I paid 25%, C's, I paid 75%, anything less I paid for. Lemme tell ya, after a couple quarters of paying $300 every 2 weeks? I got A's. (This was 20 years ago... No way I could afford that now... It would be more like $700 every two weeks, or more.) [/QUOTE]
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