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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 342673" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I would give it a try. If it doesn't seem to be improving anything within a few weeks, then address that issue. I would also ask about a 1:1 tutor during study halls and ask that she be given a daily study hall in place of an elective. Or, have her drop a major class and make it up during the summer so that she can have a study hall to focus on the other major classes. (We did this with Diva - we had her take math through a small private school during the summer and insisted that the school give her a study hall period during that time - she did the math the summer BEFORE the grade - you may have to wait for summer to start this). That way she could get her work done and didn't have math homework every night. The summer school she went to didn't have homework either - everything was done during the class time.</p><p> </p><p>I think it is harder for a kid to not do work in the school setting or with another adult than it is to come home and purposely not do homework.</p><p> </p><p>I know those parent letters are such a waste of time. I have to sign them along with all the other parents of the 7th grade math class. What a joke! As if any parent who is not supportive is going to turn around and start behaving properly in encouraging their child. And, there are subjects that you just don't want me to help any child with let alone one who will whine and carry on when I am trying to explain something I do know about. If I wanted to teach my child, I would have homeschooled him. It is the schools job to make sure they are teaching each and every student. It is their job to make sure how they are teaching is being received by the students. We know that does not happen - if it did, none of the kids would fail. There truly are teachers out there that do not have the ability to teach and that is very sad.</p><p> </p><p>I applaud your school for actually noticing that your child is falling behind and actually trying to offer help. The school my Diva went to was very happy in allowing their students to fail. They could care less if the kids understood what was being taught. No one EVER informed me when Diva was falling behind - I had to wait until the report card came out. I begged and pleaded for extra help but they were not interested in finding any. I pulled her out and put her into another school and guess what? She went from D's to A's. A wonder what a good teaching staff can do when they really want to teach the student.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 342673, member: 5096"] I would give it a try. If it doesn't seem to be improving anything within a few weeks, then address that issue. I would also ask about a 1:1 tutor during study halls and ask that she be given a daily study hall in place of an elective. Or, have her drop a major class and make it up during the summer so that she can have a study hall to focus on the other major classes. (We did this with Diva - we had her take math through a small private school during the summer and insisted that the school give her a study hall period during that time - she did the math the summer BEFORE the grade - you may have to wait for summer to start this). That way she could get her work done and didn't have math homework every night. The summer school she went to didn't have homework either - everything was done during the class time. I think it is harder for a kid to not do work in the school setting or with another adult than it is to come home and purposely not do homework. I know those parent letters are such a waste of time. I have to sign them along with all the other parents of the 7th grade math class. What a joke! As if any parent who is not supportive is going to turn around and start behaving properly in encouraging their child. And, there are subjects that you just don't want me to help any child with let alone one who will whine and carry on when I am trying to explain something I do know about. If I wanted to teach my child, I would have homeschooled him. It is the schools job to make sure they are teaching each and every student. It is their job to make sure how they are teaching is being received by the students. We know that does not happen - if it did, none of the kids would fail. There truly are teachers out there that do not have the ability to teach and that is very sad. I applaud your school for actually noticing that your child is falling behind and actually trying to offer help. The school my Diva went to was very happy in allowing their students to fail. They could care less if the kids understood what was being taught. No one EVER informed me when Diva was falling behind - I had to wait until the report card came out. I begged and pleaded for extra help but they were not interested in finding any. I pulled her out and put her into another school and guess what? She went from D's to A's. A wonder what a good teaching staff can do when they really want to teach the student. [/QUOTE]
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