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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 126335"><p>My son failed Language Arts 3 years in a row. When he was in the 8th grade, I asked they hold him back (he actually failed 2 classes in the 8th grade which means he failed the year, yet the 'placed' him in the 9th grade) because once you get to high school you don't get to just move on. You have to have the classes and the credits to graduate. Having failed Language Arts for 3 years in a row, I knew there was no way he was going to have the foundation for high school classes. </p><p></p><p>The guidance counselor looked at me like I had grown another head and said they don't do that because it hurts their self esteem. They wouldn't even put him in summer school...because his proficiency test scores were good.</p><p></p><p>Well, he barely passed 9th grade English and that was only because he had a teacher that took an interest in him and took time out of her day to work with him one on one. She told me that she was just as frustrated because she had a lot of students who failed LA the preceding year or more and she didn't have time to teach them what they are already supposed to know. He barely passed 10th grade English - and that was with A LOT of help from me. This year he has American Lit with a brand new teacher who I think has really good ideas, but needs to work on organization...he ends up bouncing around a lot and he has a disproportionate amount of students failing. And, guess what? easy child is one of those kids. He's failed the first 2 quarters which means he's failed it for the year. I have a call into the guidance counselor (several, actually, since first quarter) to find out if he can do summer school or if he's going to have to double up on English classes next year.</p><p></p><p>As far as homework, if it's going to be assigned it needs to be checked. The way I see it, homework is supposed to be practice. If it's not being checked or gone over in class how are the kids supposed to know if they're doing it right? I don't care how they grade it or not, but it's important for the kids to see if they've made mistakes and how to correct them.</p><p></p><p>by the way, the only teacher of my son's I hear from on a regular basis is my son's math teacher. Must be something with math teachers, eh Kathy? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> She emails everyone she has an email addy for at least once a week to let the parents and students know what's on the agenda for the week. It's helpful to me because otherwise I have no idea what easy child is supposed to be doing. If he tells me has no homework or he did it in study hall, I have no way of knowing otherwise. Of course, this is the one class that he would ace without my intervention.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 126335"] My son failed Language Arts 3 years in a row. When he was in the 8th grade, I asked they hold him back (he actually failed 2 classes in the 8th grade which means he failed the year, yet the 'placed' him in the 9th grade) because once you get to high school you don't get to just move on. You have to have the classes and the credits to graduate. Having failed Language Arts for 3 years in a row, I knew there was no way he was going to have the foundation for high school classes. The guidance counselor looked at me like I had grown another head and said they don't do that because it hurts their self esteem. They wouldn't even put him in summer school...because his proficiency test scores were good. Well, he barely passed 9th grade English and that was only because he had a teacher that took an interest in him and took time out of her day to work with him one on one. She told me that she was just as frustrated because she had a lot of students who failed LA the preceding year or more and she didn't have time to teach them what they are already supposed to know. He barely passed 10th grade English - and that was with A LOT of help from me. This year he has American Lit with a brand new teacher who I think has really good ideas, but needs to work on organization...he ends up bouncing around a lot and he has a disproportionate amount of students failing. And, guess what? easy child is one of those kids. He's failed the first 2 quarters which means he's failed it for the year. I have a call into the guidance counselor (several, actually, since first quarter) to find out if he can do summer school or if he's going to have to double up on English classes next year. As far as homework, if it's going to be assigned it needs to be checked. The way I see it, homework is supposed to be practice. If it's not being checked or gone over in class how are the kids supposed to know if they're doing it right? I don't care how they grade it or not, but it's important for the kids to see if they've made mistakes and how to correct them. by the way, the only teacher of my son's I hear from on a regular basis is my son's math teacher. Must be something with math teachers, eh Kathy? ;) She emails everyone she has an email addy for at least once a week to let the parents and students know what's on the agenda for the week. It's helpful to me because otherwise I have no idea what easy child is supposed to be doing. If he tells me has no homework or he did it in study hall, I have no way of knowing otherwise. Of course, this is the one class that he would ace without my intervention. [/QUOTE]
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