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<blockquote data-quote="mrscatinthehat" data-source="post: 277216" data-attributes="member: 2063"><p>easy child is ending her junior year. Only a couple of days left. She has been working pretty steady and hard this year and doing well. Much better than the previous two years. Not that she was a bad student then but she just kicked it up a notch this year.</p><p> </p><p>Well in her chemistry class they are doing a full class project. One that everyone has a role in. Different jobs and such. They are making soap. It is interesting. She has asked me to purchase many items for the project. Though I never have a problem with providing what she needs for school I have some concern with her being one of the only ones doing the providing. She said that no one else in her group will get the stuff etc. This has been going on for over a week now. So I have bought it all. No problem (well a little problem but certainly not with her). Tonight she tells me she needs something else for tommorow otherwise she wont' be able to do the next step. I said ok we would go to the store. She sat next to me and started to cry and freak out. I picked up the phone and called the school. I dont' normally make a habit of this but easy child rarely cries. </p><p> </p><p>I left a message for the teacher as he was still in class. easy child and I went to the store. Figured out what would work for what she needed. While at the store the teacher called. I sat in the shoe department and had a long talk with him. I explained that I understood what he was doing with such a project trying to teach the kids that they all have to work together to make it happen and if someone doesn't hold up their end that others have to pick up the slack. I also said I had no problem providing the stuff that was needed. My concern came with what her grade would end up being because the others didn't hold up their end. I explained that it was bothering her to the point of making her cry and that was not normal for her. </p><p> </p><p>He was very patient and explained that there were individual components and one very small overall complonent. He also said that he knew who in what groups was doing the work and that their grades would reflect that. He told me that easy child was not going to need to worry about her grade that as long as she did her lab reports and portfolio that she would do just fine. He thanked me (I was surprised at this) for being concerned and bringing it to his attention. I in turn thanked him for listening.</p><p> </p><p>When I got off the call I spoke to easy child. I high lighted what she needed to know. She was much better. She did say that it was not something she liked that I call in. I explained that I knew that and that is why this was only the second time that I had called about something like this. (The first was freshman year and slightly different). I usually try and let her handle these types of things but she was just losing it to the point I felt I needed to handle it. And it obviously wasn't a bad thing as she has been much more relaxed tonight. I explained to her that it was one of my duties when things got out of control to step in still. She was ok with it (I can tell she is easy child and not difficult child by that).</p><p> </p><p>3 days left. I will make through junior year.</p><p> </p><p>beth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrscatinthehat, post: 277216, member: 2063"] easy child is ending her junior year. Only a couple of days left. She has been working pretty steady and hard this year and doing well. Much better than the previous two years. Not that she was a bad student then but she just kicked it up a notch this year. Well in her chemistry class they are doing a full class project. One that everyone has a role in. Different jobs and such. They are making soap. It is interesting. She has asked me to purchase many items for the project. Though I never have a problem with providing what she needs for school I have some concern with her being one of the only ones doing the providing. She said that no one else in her group will get the stuff etc. This has been going on for over a week now. So I have bought it all. No problem (well a little problem but certainly not with her). Tonight she tells me she needs something else for tommorow otherwise she wont' be able to do the next step. I said ok we would go to the store. She sat next to me and started to cry and freak out. I picked up the phone and called the school. I dont' normally make a habit of this but easy child rarely cries. I left a message for the teacher as he was still in class. easy child and I went to the store. Figured out what would work for what she needed. While at the store the teacher called. I sat in the shoe department and had a long talk with him. I explained that I understood what he was doing with such a project trying to teach the kids that they all have to work together to make it happen and if someone doesn't hold up their end that others have to pick up the slack. I also said I had no problem providing the stuff that was needed. My concern came with what her grade would end up being because the others didn't hold up their end. I explained that it was bothering her to the point of making her cry and that was not normal for her. He was very patient and explained that there were individual components and one very small overall complonent. He also said that he knew who in what groups was doing the work and that their grades would reflect that. He told me that easy child was not going to need to worry about her grade that as long as she did her lab reports and portfolio that she would do just fine. He thanked me (I was surprised at this) for being concerned and bringing it to his attention. I in turn thanked him for listening. When I got off the call I spoke to easy child. I high lighted what she needed to know. She was much better. She did say that it was not something she liked that I call in. I explained that I knew that and that is why this was only the second time that I had called about something like this. (The first was freshman year and slightly different). I usually try and let her handle these types of things but she was just losing it to the point I felt I needed to handle it. And it obviously wasn't a bad thing as she has been much more relaxed tonight. I explained to her that it was one of my duties when things got out of control to step in still. She was ok with it (I can tell she is easy child and not difficult child by that). 3 days left. I will make through junior year. beth [/QUOTE]
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