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Luke is going to drive me insane.
He has been giving me the worst time about everything involving school and I never know what is going on until it hits the fan. Then I have to push and push to get an answer from him until he's near tears or at them.
He is:
- not doing his homework
- not turning in half-finished homework
- not completing class work in math that is coming home with failing marks as a result. A 38% came home today. Of the 15 questions on the page, he DID 5 and left the rest blank. Previously he got a 27% on an UNTIMED assessment in math. If I recall correctly, it was something like 16 questions, he finished 9 of them but only got 5 right (I know those aren't the exact numbers but it gives you a picture of what's going on)
I don't know what he needs. I've tried to correct the homework issues with no TV unless homework is done rules, but my mom and I forget because for THREE YEARS of school, he did his homework faithfully at homework time in aftercare. And if we happen to ask, he denies that he has any. He's also not allowed to watch TV on weekends unless he has completed all of his backdated homework. The last two weeks, he made the choice to just plain not watch TV. Last night I checked his folder and found everything for this week done! Woo, its working! Nope. That was last week's math homework (not sure if he even turned it in). This week's is somewhere (?) in his backpack. Not done. And not turned in.
I now have a teacher conference for next week.
You know its not good when its not a note that comes home, but an email received only an hour and a half into the school day.
I don't know what he needs. Does he need stricter rules? Does he need more grown-up guy time? Does he need more Mommy time? Does he need math drills at home?
According to him, he just gets distracted because he'd rather be reading. That used to translate in to "Why aren't you peasants done yet? Oh, I can read now that I'm the only one done? 'Kay" Now it apparently translates to longing to pull out a book SO MUCH that he doesn't actually do his other work. Which delays pulling out the book.
I just have no idea.
He has been giving me the worst time about everything involving school and I never know what is going on until it hits the fan. Then I have to push and push to get an answer from him until he's near tears or at them.
He is:
- not doing his homework
- not turning in half-finished homework
- not completing class work in math that is coming home with failing marks as a result. A 38% came home today. Of the 15 questions on the page, he DID 5 and left the rest blank. Previously he got a 27% on an UNTIMED assessment in math. If I recall correctly, it was something like 16 questions, he finished 9 of them but only got 5 right (I know those aren't the exact numbers but it gives you a picture of what's going on)
I don't know what he needs. I've tried to correct the homework issues with no TV unless homework is done rules, but my mom and I forget because for THREE YEARS of school, he did his homework faithfully at homework time in aftercare. And if we happen to ask, he denies that he has any. He's also not allowed to watch TV on weekends unless he has completed all of his backdated homework. The last two weeks, he made the choice to just plain not watch TV. Last night I checked his folder and found everything for this week done! Woo, its working! Nope. That was last week's math homework (not sure if he even turned it in). This week's is somewhere (?) in his backpack. Not done. And not turned in.
I now have a teacher conference for next week.
You know its not good when its not a note that comes home, but an email received only an hour and a half into the school day.
I don't know what he needs. Does he need stricter rules? Does he need more grown-up guy time? Does he need more Mommy time? Does he need math drills at home?
According to him, he just gets distracted because he'd rather be reading. That used to translate in to "Why aren't you peasants done yet? Oh, I can read now that I'm the only one done? 'Kay" Now it apparently translates to longing to pull out a book SO MUCH that he doesn't actually do his other work. Which delays pulling out the book.
I just have no idea.