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<blockquote data-quote="ksm" data-source="post: 595014" data-attributes="member: 12511"><p>UOTE=bby31288;595007]</p><p>Does your school use agendas to write their hw assignments at the end of each class? If not. It was a god send for my difficult child during her HS years.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>ALL the students in her school was given agendas back in about 4th grade. They were to take it home and get either a daily or weekly signature from their parents. Each class had a blackboard that the students would write the assignments for the whole week... Did she do it back then. No. I don't know how many times the agenda was lost. Either at home or at school. The school stopped giving them agendas in high school. If she would use it I'd buy them. I don't know how many I have already replaced over the years.</p><p></p><p>I just checked Power School and she got an absent in Algebra. I just went to her room and talked to her - and first she says she was in class, that she would get it cleared up tomorrow. Then I asked if she was late... and it was the "I don't remember" Then it was, 'yes I was late, but I was there for most of the class." Then it was, "I don't remember why I was late" Then... "a friend and I walked off campus after lunch and we were late getting back". Geesh. Still has a F in the class. There is a rule that after a certain amount of time a tardy automatically becomes an unexcused absence. The teacher could legally drop her from the class. She has had 8 absences (only 4 were excused ones) and 12 tardies. </p><p></p><p>She still thinks she can bring the grade up. She would have to get a VERY good grade on the final to pull that off. Right now, if the teacher dropped her and refused to let her take the final I would be OK with that. I have just had it. Just tonight, before I knew about the additional absence - she was telling me I should have faith in her that she will pass, that I should trust her. I tried to tell her that I hope she passes. I really do. But I can't trust that because of past behavior. </p><p></p><p>Then she tried to tell me that she doesn't mean all the mean, hateful, spiteful things she says to me. But she does mean the nice things she says to me (although rare!) Tried to explain that you can't have it both ways. Today, I just wanted to curl up in a ball and stay in bed all day. KSM</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="ksm, post: 595014, member: 12511"] UOTE=bby31288;595007] Does your school use agendas to write their hw assignments at the end of each class? If not. It was a god send for my difficult child during her HS years.[/QUOTE] ALL the students in her school was given agendas back in about 4th grade. They were to take it home and get either a daily or weekly signature from their parents. Each class had a blackboard that the students would write the assignments for the whole week... Did she do it back then. No. I don't know how many times the agenda was lost. Either at home or at school. The school stopped giving them agendas in high school. If she would use it I'd buy them. I don't know how many I have already replaced over the years. I just checked Power School and she got an absent in Algebra. I just went to her room and talked to her - and first she says she was in class, that she would get it cleared up tomorrow. Then I asked if she was late... and it was the "I don't remember" Then it was, 'yes I was late, but I was there for most of the class." Then it was, "I don't remember why I was late" Then... "a friend and I walked off campus after lunch and we were late getting back". Geesh. Still has a F in the class. There is a rule that after a certain amount of time a tardy automatically becomes an unexcused absence. The teacher could legally drop her from the class. She has had 8 absences (only 4 were excused ones) and 12 tardies. She still thinks she can bring the grade up. She would have to get a VERY good grade on the final to pull that off. Right now, if the teacher dropped her and refused to let her take the final I would be OK with that. I have just had it. Just tonight, before I knew about the additional absence - she was telling me I should have faith in her that she will pass, that I should trust her. I tried to tell her that I hope she passes. I really do. But I can't trust that because of past behavior. Then she tried to tell me that she doesn't mean all the mean, hateful, spiteful things she says to me. But she does mean the nice things she says to me (although rare!) Tried to explain that you can't have it both ways. Today, I just wanted to curl up in a ball and stay in bed all day. KSM [/QUOTE]
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