crazymama30
Active Member
I am getting tired of homework, both his and mine. This is difficult child's last year at this elementary school. They are having an overnight field trip to a zoo and you actually get to sleep at the zoo. Sounds really cool. difficult child has switched between wanting to go and refusing to go. It just depends on the day. He has not had any experiences with overnights at friends houses in the last 4-5yrs, the last overnight he had at a friends house was in Kindergarten.
In order to be able to go on this field trip, the kids are supposed to have 3 or less missing assignments. Ok for most kids, but not difficult child. He routinely has 6 or more, and if we get them caught up they build right back up. I am tired of it. Many times he forgets to bring home the material he needs, lies about when it is done, does not turn it in, you all know the routine. I was really trying to get him to be able to go on this field trip as I wanted him to have a good experience on an overnight because the school he goes to next year does several overnight field trips.
I am not liking this constant back and forth. I end up e-mailing the teacher several times a week about the stupid assignments, difficult child says he forgot them, can you help him remember them? He can't find them in his desk, can you help him find them? I think there is some validity to some of this, but wonder if he is working us both and that thought is making me angry. He has been taking his patch off, and that does not help at all, but I do not want to do medication change at the end of the school year when behavior wise he has been fine.
The teacher e-mailed me last night as he has not been giving his best effort at the standardized testing. Well, I really would not expect him to though I hope he would. She wanted me to talk to him, which I will, to see if that will encourage him to try harder. He has failed the math twice. Do I look like a miracle worker? Ugg. I just cannot wait for middle school
In order to be able to go on this field trip, the kids are supposed to have 3 or less missing assignments. Ok for most kids, but not difficult child. He routinely has 6 or more, and if we get them caught up they build right back up. I am tired of it. Many times he forgets to bring home the material he needs, lies about when it is done, does not turn it in, you all know the routine. I was really trying to get him to be able to go on this field trip as I wanted him to have a good experience on an overnight because the school he goes to next year does several overnight field trips.
I am not liking this constant back and forth. I end up e-mailing the teacher several times a week about the stupid assignments, difficult child says he forgot them, can you help him remember them? He can't find them in his desk, can you help him find them? I think there is some validity to some of this, but wonder if he is working us both and that thought is making me angry. He has been taking his patch off, and that does not help at all, but I do not want to do medication change at the end of the school year when behavior wise he has been fine.
The teacher e-mailed me last night as he has not been giving his best effort at the standardized testing. Well, I really would not expect him to though I hope he would. She wanted me to talk to him, which I will, to see if that will encourage him to try harder. He has failed the math twice. Do I look like a miracle worker? Ugg. I just cannot wait for middle school