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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 327364" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Yeah, we have access to an online grade book, and that's what I check. I knew she had some missing assignments, but she had told me she'd done them, I checked with her mom, who verified she had done the work, etc, and the teacher just hadn't graded them.</p><p> </p><p>So when they didn't show up repeatedly, I checked with the teacher. The blank sheets are in her binder, not done. After a few back and forths with the teacher, becomes pretty obvious. I check with mom, "she showed you science work, but did you verify that it was <em>the makeup work?"</em> No, she didn't. Given that there are blank worksheets in her binder and none of the work can be accounted for, go back to easy child and ask and after 3 more stories, you get the truth. She never did it.</p><p> </p><p>I'll still help her. If she forgets a paper at school, I'll take her back to get it. If she needs help with homework, I'll help her. If she wants me to look up her work for the day, I'll do it. I'll ask her if her work is done. I'll spot-check it for her. I might even still do a random check to make sure it is done.</p><p> </p><p>What I won't do is wade thru this scenario any more. I won't watch the grade book and decipher, through mountains of emails back and forth to her teachers and her mom, playing the "she told me this story..." game, whether or not she's feeding me a line of bs anymore. I'll ask that person in her presence or ask her in their presence. If I remind her to pick up her stuff and she doesn't, I'm not going out of my way to drive it to school for her. If she misses a day of school, I'll ask her to put a note in her assignment book to ask teachers for her assignments, but I'm not going to write it in there for her, or email the teachers to see that she did. She's got to put forth <em>some</em> initiative of her own. I've been doing that stuff for 4 years now, and the situation hasn't changed one bit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 327364, member: 1848"] Yeah, we have access to an online grade book, and that's what I check. I knew she had some missing assignments, but she had told me she'd done them, I checked with her mom, who verified she had done the work, etc, and the teacher just hadn't graded them. So when they didn't show up repeatedly, I checked with the teacher. The blank sheets are in her binder, not done. After a few back and forths with the teacher, becomes pretty obvious. I check with mom, "she showed you science work, but did you verify that it was [I]the makeup work?"[/I] No, she didn't. Given that there are blank worksheets in her binder and none of the work can be accounted for, go back to easy child and ask and after 3 more stories, you get the truth. She never did it. I'll still help her. If she forgets a paper at school, I'll take her back to get it. If she needs help with homework, I'll help her. If she wants me to look up her work for the day, I'll do it. I'll ask her if her work is done. I'll spot-check it for her. I might even still do a random check to make sure it is done. What I won't do is wade thru this scenario any more. I won't watch the grade book and decipher, through mountains of emails back and forth to her teachers and her mom, playing the "she told me this story..." game, whether or not she's feeding me a line of bs anymore. I'll ask that person in her presence or ask her in their presence. If I remind her to pick up her stuff and she doesn't, I'm not going out of my way to drive it to school for her. If she misses a day of school, I'll ask her to put a note in her assignment book to ask teachers for her assignments, but I'm not going to write it in there for her, or email the teachers to see that she did. She's got to put forth [I]some[/I] initiative of her own. I've been doing that stuff for 4 years now, and the situation hasn't changed one bit. [/QUOTE]
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