Post: Failing Student Question
Posted by Whatwouldyoudo on 5/10/08
Since you are teachers, I want to know what you would do in
my position. My son is in 10th grade and stopped doing his
work this semester. His grades have dropped to Ds and Fs.
He is not following the plan his administrator helped him
draw up for finishing up the year with passing grades. He has offered numerous excuses for why the work isn't
done. He lies to me and to his teachers about it. He has
been on medication for depression and ADD for several years
and does not seem depressed (says he is not when asked). He
is not on recreational drugs and has friends any parent
would approve of. He comes home and pretends to do work, but doesn't finish
it or doesn't turn it in if he does. He is a good writer
and is writing his own book right now, which is what I
think he is doing some of the time he is at school.
He still thinks he will pass. Summer school, as you know,
will only replace two classes. On the side, I am very involved with the school and this is
embarrassing. I know I shouldn't care what others think,
but it still hurts.
Posts on this thread, including this one
Failing Student Question, 5/10/08, by Whatwouldyoudo.
Re: Failing Student Question, 5/10/08, by Djuna.
Re: Failing Student Question, 5/10/08, by deebs.
Re: Failing Student Question, 5/10/08, by Whatwouldyoudo.
Re: Failing Student Question, 5/10/08, by french teacher.
Re: Failing Student Question, 5/15/08, by ACP.
Re: Failing Student Question - I am so sorry, 5/15/08, by ACP.
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