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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 667975" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Rann -</p><p></p><p>The young men my son was shopping with are 21 and 18. It seems like a wide age range but all of these boys have grown up in a large group from cub scouts on. The 18 and 21 year olds are Eagle Scouts, as is my Difficult Child. My middle boys, 19 and 21, are also part of this group. The end of the story is that after I told him no, oldest boy called H, who was about 10' away from me, and confessed that he really wanted my card number because he wanted to buy a new bow (arrow, not cello), which I had already refused to do. When he got home, he came to me and apologized for yelling at me. I accepted it but told him I'm still not giving him my card number! The best thing about having him live at home is that he and youngest boy have finally developed a close relationship. Given that they are almost 9 years apart in age, if oldest boy lived away and had a career, that probably wouldn't have happened.</p><p></p><p>Back to Odin - if the situation doesn't get better, consider letting him switch out to regular history or to another section of APWH with a different teacher. As a parent who went through the AP track at a HS that highly values it (with Difficult Child), I kind of think it's over-rated. Many colleges don't even accept the credits. Difficult Child got his because he's at a state school but his friends at private colleges really didn't. Since Odin isn't a history geek, why put him through the torture. Accelerated classes ARE the least restrictive environment for super-bright kids but you have to know when to pick your battles. My Difficult Child got a 760 on his verbal SAT but there is no way in heck I'd have put him in honors or AP English because he just didn't like it enough to make it worthwhile. If Odin loved history, I'd think maybe you should fight for it but since he doesn't, let him spend his efforts on the classes he does enjoy and make history easy for him. He can always take APUSH next year with a different teacher.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>Sven</p><p></p><p>P.S. What does your user name mean? Mine is from oldest boy - when he was in HS, he asked his favorite teachers to call him Sven, instead of his real name. The Gandhi is because he's a family hero. Oldest boy came up with it for himself and I appropriated it when he reverted to his real name - when we switched him to the alternative HS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 667975, member: 3493"] Rann - The young men my son was shopping with are 21 and 18. It seems like a wide age range but all of these boys have grown up in a large group from cub scouts on. The 18 and 21 year olds are Eagle Scouts, as is my Difficult Child. My middle boys, 19 and 21, are also part of this group. The end of the story is that after I told him no, oldest boy called H, who was about 10' away from me, and confessed that he really wanted my card number because he wanted to buy a new bow (arrow, not cello), which I had already refused to do. When he got home, he came to me and apologized for yelling at me. I accepted it but told him I'm still not giving him my card number! The best thing about having him live at home is that he and youngest boy have finally developed a close relationship. Given that they are almost 9 years apart in age, if oldest boy lived away and had a career, that probably wouldn't have happened. Back to Odin - if the situation doesn't get better, consider letting him switch out to regular history or to another section of APWH with a different teacher. As a parent who went through the AP track at a HS that highly values it (with Difficult Child), I kind of think it's over-rated. Many colleges don't even accept the credits. Difficult Child got his because he's at a state school but his friends at private colleges really didn't. Since Odin isn't a history geek, why put him through the torture. Accelerated classes ARE the least restrictive environment for super-bright kids but you have to know when to pick your battles. My Difficult Child got a 760 on his verbal SAT but there is no way in heck I'd have put him in honors or AP English because he just didn't like it enough to make it worthwhile. If Odin loved history, I'd think maybe you should fight for it but since he doesn't, let him spend his efforts on the classes he does enjoy and make history easy for him. He can always take APUSH next year with a different teacher. Good luck. Sven P.S. What does your user name mean? Mine is from oldest boy - when he was in HS, he asked his favorite teachers to call him Sven, instead of his real name. The Gandhi is because he's a family hero. Oldest boy came up with it for himself and I appropriated it when he reverted to his real name - when we switched him to the alternative HS. [/QUOTE]
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