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re: OT Parents: Kids with bad grades
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:38 pm to CaptainJ47
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:38 pm to CaptainJ47
Also routine helps for sure.
Kid does know tech like crazy. I am working on my masters in predictive analytics from Northwestern (Illinois not Louisiana) and he knows how to work the software. Money is not a motivator because he finds other ways to hustle for it. Street smart kid who isn't interested in focusing on school.
I am opposed to medication personally but heat qualify.
Kid does know tech like crazy. I am working on my masters in predictive analytics from Northwestern (Illinois not Louisiana) and he knows how to work the software. Money is not a motivator because he finds other ways to hustle for it. Street smart kid who isn't interested in focusing on school.
I am opposed to medication personally but heat qualify.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:40 pm to Paige
He will never make it in college.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:40 pm to wal marks
what are the bad grades based on? ... tests? ... hw (which is bullshite)? ... there's a difference between not learning the material and not doing the bs ...
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:40 pm to Bmath
Yeah in 5th grade he was doing about three hours of homework a night and would be crying about it
So I scheduled a conference with his teachers, intent on telling them they were giving too much homework. Every one of them proceeded to tell me that he was reading a book in class and not doing his work. So he was having it for homework. He quit taking the book to school and amount of homework went way down. So talk to the teachers
So I scheduled a conference with his teachers, intent on telling them they were giving too much homework. Every one of them proceeded to tell me that he was reading a book in class and not doing his work. So he was having it for homework. He quit taking the book to school and amount of homework went way down. So talk to the teachers
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:41 pm to CaptainJ47
Get involved in their education. Get to know their teachers and work with them daily on their homework. Give them encouragement and rewards rather than punishment. It will work a lot better in the long run.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:41 pm to tiderider
Scores 60th percentile on private school standardized tests. Grades are 2.2-2.8 with a D somewhere along the way.
Oh and work ethic is the big concern.
Oh and work ethic is the big concern.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:42 pm to CaptainJ47
Medication may help. Depending on the problem. My son was on it for awhile but decided to stop taking it. It never motivated him to do homework
Are you checking his grades and assignments online to see what the problem is?
Are you checking his grades and assignments online to see what the problem is?
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:43 pm to CaptainJ47
My take is by 8th grade my parents were sink or swim so frick you kid. They did the opposite with my sis and she ended up being a 2.5 college kid.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:45 pm to CaptainJ47
60th percentile? Yeah, something is wrong
Take him to an educational testing place. I went to LSUS. I thought my son had a learning disability in elementary but they said he was just ADD
Take him to an educational testing place. I went to LSUS. I thought my son had a learning disability in elementary but they said he was just ADD
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:46 pm to Paige
Yeah we had him tested last year- most scored him in need and one said he was the perfect student. We may try again.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:47 pm to CaptainJ47
You have to get involved as a parent.
Change the password wifi until kid is done with what he needs.
Wife and I saw this and we won't forget this little trick either....
Change the password wifi until kid is done with what he needs.
Wife and I saw this and we won't forget this little trick either....
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:47 pm to CaptainJ47
don't know ... seen plenty of kids bored with school ... at all levels ... sounds like you know the problem ... he's plenty capable but just jacking off in school or at home ...
honestly don't know the solution ... you could whip his arse till the cows come home and it probably wouldn't do any good ... other than trying home schooling or telling your state rep to support school vouchers (which would do no good, but would feel good), you're gonna battle this all the way through college ...
my advice is to let it ride ... teach him as much about government/economics/history/english/science as you can on the side and just accept it for now ... crappy advice, no doubt ...
honestly don't know the solution ... you could whip his arse till the cows come home and it probably wouldn't do any good ... other than trying home schooling or telling your state rep to support school vouchers (which would do no good, but would feel good), you're gonna battle this all the way through college ...
my advice is to let it ride ... teach him as much about government/economics/history/english/science as you can on the side and just accept it for now ... crappy advice, no doubt ...
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:47 pm to CaptainJ47
Start the year off with no privileges. No TV cell phone internet etc. you want to play xbox? show me homework and it better be right.
Let them earn crap like a cell phone with grades. 4.0 average gets the whole thing free. Lower graders will require the kid to pay a copayment through sweat equity. The kid will learn the value of a $ grades at the same time.
Don't cave and make sure you and your spouse are on the same page with this.
Let them earn crap like a cell phone with grades. 4.0 average gets the whole thing free. Lower graders will require the kid to pay a copayment through sweat equity. The kid will learn the value of a $ grades at the same time.
Don't cave and make sure you and your spouse are on the same page with this.
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 10:03 pm
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:48 pm to CaptainJ47
" I am working on my masters in predictive analytics from Northwestern (Illinois not Louisiana)
I am opposed to medication personally but heat qualify."
Something doesn't add up here....
I am opposed to medication personally but heat qualify."
Something doesn't add up here....
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:50 pm to CaptainJ47
Start the year off with no privileges. No TV cell phone internet etc. The kid wants to play xbox? Make them show you the homework and it better be right.
Let them earn crap like a cell phone with grades. 4.0 average gets the whole thing free. Lower graders will require the kid to pay a copayment through sweat equity. The kid will learn the value of a $ grades at the same time.
Don't cave and make sure you and your spouse are on the same page with this. It'll take work on your part so be prepared to have to give up your time and relaxation monitoring but it will definitely be worth it when they're 21 and not living on your dime still.
Let them earn crap like a cell phone with grades. 4.0 average gets the whole thing free. Lower graders will require the kid to pay a copayment through sweat equity. The kid will learn the value of a $ grades at the same time.
Don't cave and make sure you and your spouse are on the same page with this. It'll take work on your part so be prepared to have to give up your time and relaxation monitoring but it will definitely be worth it when they're 21 and not living on your dime still.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:51 pm to CaptainJ47
My son was not doing well in school around the 4th grade. His mother told him that he had a choice, have fun at home after school or have fun in school. Since he was apparently having too much fun at school and not getting work done at home, all of his gameboys, video games, etc were taken from him for a complete marking period. He would get them back if he made nothing lower than a B+. He didn't the first marking period thereafter and so he could not use his electronics. The following marking period he did fine and got nothing less that a B+ and got his priorities in order. That was how he went through elementary school and high school. After that, he was on his own at Washington & Lee.
It's hard to believe that he is a doctoral candidate in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University now. I expect he will stay in academia for the rest of his life.
Good luck. I hope your child lives up to his/her potential.
It's hard to believe that he is a doctoral candidate in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University now. I expect he will stay in academia for the rest of his life.
Good luck. I hope your child lives up to his/her potential.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:52 pm to windmill
K so auto correct on the iPhone is a bitch- all is well.
Love the padlocked outlet trick- very nice.
Also in lined to teach him real world shite that is applicable- Econ or others. BTW the F so far is in religion. Like I said- perfect OT'er of the future.
Love the padlocked outlet trick- very nice.
Also in lined to teach him real world shite that is applicable- Econ or others. BTW the F so far is in religion. Like I said- perfect OT'er of the future.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:56 pm to CaptainJ47
Man my kids went from giving a flip in school to not giving a frick.my youngest had to attend summer school he hated getting up while everyone else got to sleep in over the summer seemed to have cured him of fluffing off in school. My oldest two just got lazy and basically took them almost failing to realize that that will get them nowhere. Extra work to catch up and tutoring plus getting xbox and phones taken away helped. My 3 range between 8th grade to a junior in high school. So good luck
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:00 pm to CaptainJ47
It was simple for me, if I had anything less than a B I got zero "privileges". Those included telephone, tv,radio, going anywhere but school, vehicle, and pretty much anything else that came up. It stayed that way til I got another report card with better grades
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