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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 205055"><p>I didn't read all the responses.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, Wynter always does much, much better on tests than on classwork/homework. Her grades never, never reflected her ability. It's the anxiety for her. Big time.</p><p></p><p>My first question would be, why is he working on the wrong thing in class and why is the Science teacher not noticing this? </p><p></p><p>It sounds like the contract to check his agenda is not enough. Someone needs to help him organize his papers/assignments, too. If they were correctly signing off on his agenda they would notice that he hadn't turned in the assignments.</p><p></p><p>I seriously doubt they wouldn't promote him to high school. They just change the terminology. Instead of being promoted (passing), he would be "placed". My son failed both 7th and 8th grades and they "placed" him to the next grade anyway. Even when I asked them not to in the 8th grade because I knew he wouldn't be academically ready for high school. They looked at me like I was some kind of horrible mother for wanting to hold my son back. "It would be detrimental to his self-esteem." Yeah, so would failing high school classes and not graduating with his class. He has struggled every year in high school and if he passes all of his courses this year PLUS gets a work credit, he'll get to graduate on time. It's been hell because he didn't have the foundation needed for the high school courses (since he failed).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 205055"] I didn't read all the responses. FWIW, Wynter always does much, much better on tests than on classwork/homework. Her grades never, never reflected her ability. It's the anxiety for her. Big time. My first question would be, why is he working on the wrong thing in class and why is the Science teacher not noticing this? It sounds like the contract to check his agenda is not enough. Someone needs to help him organize his papers/assignments, too. If they were correctly signing off on his agenda they would notice that he hadn't turned in the assignments. I seriously doubt they wouldn't promote him to high school. They just change the terminology. Instead of being promoted (passing), he would be "placed". My son failed both 7th and 8th grades and they "placed" him to the next grade anyway. Even when I asked them not to in the 8th grade because I knew he wouldn't be academically ready for high school. They looked at me like I was some kind of horrible mother for wanting to hold my son back. "It would be detrimental to his self-esteem." Yeah, so would failing high school classes and not graduating with his class. He has struggled every year in high school and if he passes all of his courses this year PLUS gets a work credit, he'll get to graduate on time. It's been hell because he didn't have the foundation needed for the high school courses (since he failed). [/QUOTE]
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