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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 365314" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>I spoke with difficult child and he wants to be in the math class. I will not let him be removed.</p><p></p><p>He failed to hand in a paper in his AP Euro class this year and earned an F for the quarter, on top of a C+ and a D for the first two quarters. The Euro class is one of the hardest in the school and many brilliant children don't even pass the first or second quarter. My daughter's friend, who is at an Ivy league college now, dropped this course in the first quarter. At his CSE, he was told that if he didn't pass for the fourth quarter, he would have to go to summer school and have to give up his summer job as a shooting range counselor at Boy Scout camp. The next week, he got a 94 on the final and a 96 on the last paper for the course. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, he was one of 10 students chosen to be in a special, competitive science type program which involved doing research projects and papers. It was an elective. When he didn't hand in the first paper, I pulled him out of the program. Why should he take a spot in a limited program that another child might actually use to advantage? In the math class, he isn't taking a spot from another kid. There's no waiting list, like for the research group.</p><p></p><p>So it's an issue of motivation for him. It's important to him to be in the Honors math class but it's not necessary to his self-esteem to actually do well in it. Ditto with honors chem and honors Latin (however, I did pull the plug on continuing with Latin next year). He refuses to be in AP English and I am not pushing it. Next year, he will take Honors Math, honors physics, AP psychology and AP US History. </p><p></p><p>Do I wish he'd get the grades he's capable of getting? Sure, but if he did, I wouldn't be here on this board, getting great advice from terrific and caring mom. Thanks to all.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate everyone's thoughts on the matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 365314, member: 3493"] I spoke with difficult child and he wants to be in the math class. I will not let him be removed. He failed to hand in a paper in his AP Euro class this year and earned an F for the quarter, on top of a C+ and a D for the first two quarters. The Euro class is one of the hardest in the school and many brilliant children don't even pass the first or second quarter. My daughter's friend, who is at an Ivy league college now, dropped this course in the first quarter. At his CSE, he was told that if he didn't pass for the fourth quarter, he would have to go to summer school and have to give up his summer job as a shooting range counselor at Boy Scout camp. The next week, he got a 94 on the final and a 96 on the last paper for the course. On the other hand, he was one of 10 students chosen to be in a special, competitive science type program which involved doing research projects and papers. It was an elective. When he didn't hand in the first paper, I pulled him out of the program. Why should he take a spot in a limited program that another child might actually use to advantage? In the math class, he isn't taking a spot from another kid. There's no waiting list, like for the research group. So it's an issue of motivation for him. It's important to him to be in the Honors math class but it's not necessary to his self-esteem to actually do well in it. Ditto with honors chem and honors Latin (however, I did pull the plug on continuing with Latin next year). He refuses to be in AP English and I am not pushing it. Next year, he will take Honors Math, honors physics, AP psychology and AP US History. Do I wish he'd get the grades he's capable of getting? Sure, but if he did, I wouldn't be here on this board, getting great advice from terrific and caring mom. Thanks to all. I appreciate everyone's thoughts on the matter. [/QUOTE]
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