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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 385635" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>This is what I finally started doing with cgfg. I'd give her reminders to pick her homework up and get it organized, she'd look at me like I had 4 heads and say "after this show" or "I will" or "I'll do it later" and I'd think to myself "Self, she ain't gonna do it, and we ain't gonna say no more" (I use my good grammar when talking to Self). And then when she got to school the next day and called to tell me to bring her homework or her thumb drive, or her project or whatever, I started saying "no, I reminded you to gather it up last night". She's doiing somewhat better about responding to the reminders.</p><p> </p><p>I have also taken a major backseat to school in general. Told her we are done nagging her to do the work, if she wants us to give her reminders, just ask. Wants us to point out a missed assignment when she's beeen sick, just ask (her excuse for not making up work when she's sick is that the teacher doesn't tell her what to do - but she doesn't ask - its not the teacher's responsibility). But we won't breathe a word of it, otherwise. I know she had 7 assignments she didnt' do in the last month. 100% club field trip was Wednensday. She had to turn in those 7 assignments to be able to go. She busted her butt to get them in by Friday. She got D's and F's on all the past assignments, plus 3 of that day's current assignments, most likely because she had to spend her time messing with these other 7 assignments. Now she has 2 grades that are D's. She refuses offers for help and claims to understand it all....so we'll see where things go, but she did buck up and get the work at least turned in so she'd get to go on the field trip. Her next challenge will be getting the grades back up, causee she also can't go if she has a D or an F in any class...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 385635, member: 1848"] This is what I finally started doing with cgfg. I'd give her reminders to pick her homework up and get it organized, she'd look at me like I had 4 heads and say "after this show" or "I will" or "I'll do it later" and I'd think to myself "Self, she ain't gonna do it, and we ain't gonna say no more" (I use my good grammar when talking to Self). And then when she got to school the next day and called to tell me to bring her homework or her thumb drive, or her project or whatever, I started saying "no, I reminded you to gather it up last night". She's doiing somewhat better about responding to the reminders. I have also taken a major backseat to school in general. Told her we are done nagging her to do the work, if she wants us to give her reminders, just ask. Wants us to point out a missed assignment when she's beeen sick, just ask (her excuse for not making up work when she's sick is that the teacher doesn't tell her what to do - but she doesn't ask - its not the teacher's responsibility). But we won't breathe a word of it, otherwise. I know she had 7 assignments she didnt' do in the last month. 100% club field trip was Wednensday. She had to turn in those 7 assignments to be able to go. She busted her butt to get them in by Friday. She got D's and F's on all the past assignments, plus 3 of that day's current assignments, most likely because she had to spend her time messing with these other 7 assignments. Now she has 2 grades that are D's. She refuses offers for help and claims to understand it all....so we'll see where things go, but she did buck up and get the work at least turned in so she'd get to go on the field trip. Her next challenge will be getting the grades back up, causee she also can't go if she has a D or an F in any class... [/QUOTE]
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