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Progress report. Grades. Ugh! (long)
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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 39653" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>I also know how frustrating this is!!! difficult child 1 is extremely bright but will only do the work in classes he really enjoys and for teachers he really likes. I recently got his grades in the mail too. He is currently flunking French. He has a 52 average. He was also failing a computer class, but decided to pass in the homework at the last minute, and now has a 92 average.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that we tried everything under the sun to try to make difficult child 1 complete his assignments. His therapist finally said that no matter what we do, it isn't going to matter unless difficult child 1 decides on his own that he wants to do well in school. Unfortunately, his therapist is right!!! </p><p></p><p>All we were doing by trying to get difficult child 1 to do well in school was making our lives more of a living H-LL than they already are. We decided that we will only discipline difficult child 1 for his poor choices, behavior, etc. at home. We no longer discipline difficult child 1 for school issues. We let difficult child 1's teachers and other school staff handle all school related problems.</p><p></p><p>The one thing that we decided to do was to allow difficult child 1 to take college level computer courses and receive college credit for them. Our goal is to get difficult child 1 to be a productive, self-sufficient member of society. We're hoping that by allowing him to develop the one interest he has, he'll be able to get a decent job working with computers even though his high school record is horrible.</p><p></p><p>This breaks my heart because I know how smart difficult child 1 is. He is losing out on so many opportunities and limiting his future in so many ways because of his poor choices. He is another one who can't connect the dots. </p><p></p><p>I hope your plan helps your difficult child. WFEN</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 39653, member: 3388"] I also know how frustrating this is!!! difficult child 1 is extremely bright but will only do the work in classes he really enjoys and for teachers he really likes. I recently got his grades in the mail too. He is currently flunking French. He has a 52 average. He was also failing a computer class, but decided to pass in the homework at the last minute, and now has a 92 average. The bottom line is that we tried everything under the sun to try to make difficult child 1 complete his assignments. His therapist finally said that no matter what we do, it isn't going to matter unless difficult child 1 decides on his own that he wants to do well in school. Unfortunately, his therapist is right!!! All we were doing by trying to get difficult child 1 to do well in school was making our lives more of a living H-LL than they already are. We decided that we will only discipline difficult child 1 for his poor choices, behavior, etc. at home. We no longer discipline difficult child 1 for school issues. We let difficult child 1's teachers and other school staff handle all school related problems. The one thing that we decided to do was to allow difficult child 1 to take college level computer courses and receive college credit for them. Our goal is to get difficult child 1 to be a productive, self-sufficient member of society. We're hoping that by allowing him to develop the one interest he has, he'll be able to get a decent job working with computers even though his high school record is horrible. This breaks my heart because I know how smart difficult child 1 is. He is losing out on so many opportunities and limiting his future in so many ways because of his poor choices. He is another one who can't connect the dots. I hope your plan helps your difficult child. WFEN [/QUOTE]
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