Yes, difficult child does go up and down and up and down. It's not just at the end of the yr. But you really have to stay on him.
Good news/bad news: the teacher sent out a mass email to all the parents saying that she had heard back from several parents that they are alarmed by the progress reports. She had all the kids go through their backpacks, desks and cubbies and found many missing papers, some of which she graded on the spot.
So difficult child is in good company, so to speak.
She emailed me personally and said he is doing ISS suspension so he can get caught up. The last time they did this, he did it in 2 days, so I suspect this will be the same.
He won't be getting A's on his final rept card but it won't be F's, either.
We had a bit of a go-round tonight. husband, difficult child and I sat at the kitchen table while I read the emails and he had a fit. Not half as bad as what he used to do, mind you, but still very much of an attitude, including the old standby, "I don't care."
He even refused to go to (gasp!) baseball.
But husband got him to go.
difficult child is more bluff than anything.
After baseball, difficult child was in a much better mood, especially when he came home to 2 homemade rice crust pizzas.
He did a bunch of chores and I gave him back the PS2 controller for 2 hrs.
Tomorrow, we'll have to do it all over again. Glad I have a lock on my ofc door to hide that controller!
It gets old being a Warrior Mom.