Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
I wrote a few weeks back that my daughter Erin (6) was having trouble getting her homework done. I took everyone’s advice and she has been doing better – with homework that is. When it comes to school work, she is lazy and unmotivated. Patty and I just thought it was some sort of “Mid-Term Bluesâ€Â; a sort of getting back into things from a long Christmas break thing. That’s not the case.
Turns out she just doesn’t want to do her work. Oh, she’s very capable and when she’s up against the wall, she get’s it done fast and it even comes out correct. I have even seen it with my own two eyes when I come in a volunteer with her class in Computer Lab. For example yesterday, Thursday, I came in at my usual time and the teacher told me that Erin would be down to the Lab soon because she is finishing up her math work. To be fair, she wasn’t the only one working on this particular school work, but she loves coming down to Computer Lab not only because she loves computers, but she is always happy to see me. When I went to check on her, she finished up, with every problem correct, and proceeded to sit down at her station. She then worked hard on her computer finishing the assignment before many other kids. For that I am proud of her, but I just don’t know what to make of it.
Report Cards come out soon and following that there will be Parent-Teacher conferences. Perhaps then we’ll be able to straighten everything out.
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Hi Chris,
Your daughter is probably much like mine, a bright young lady! My daughter used to come home from school crying that everything was “so boring.†We switched schools public to private, no change (except we were much poorer!) After three years of this, a kind teacher at the private school informed us of a distance learning program offered by a state supported university. The program is fully accredited the girls were in effect in a supervised public school, but at home. Now the girls moved at their own pace and have been happier ever since.
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Hi Chris,
Your daughter is probably much like mine, a bright young lady! My daughter used to come home from school crying that everything was “so boring.†We switched schools public to private, no change (except we were much poorer!) After three years of this, a kind teacher at the private school informed us of a distance learning program offered by a state supported university. The program is fully accredited the girls were in effect in a supervised public school, but at home. Now the girls moved at their own pace and have been happier ever since.