Reply #29: not a single "D" and a few missed days

[MissMillie]

D's in History, English, Biology
an "Incomplete" in Geometry
a VERY low C in Spanish
a low B in Band

This is a student who has demonstrated ability to do honor roll work.

I have only memory of him working on a homework assignment this term. I've asked him repeatedly about homework. He LIED to me.

He has missed 13 days of school in the first quarter (he's only allowed 20 for the year--or they will FAIL him and he'll have to do this year over again).

I've asked him about how school is going... I get "fine" and "I'm doing okay." This is a LIE.

He never once said, "Mom, I'm having trouble. I think it's because I'm not getting enough sleep."

If he needs help w/ that, he's going to get it. But I think he needs to learn that he needs to communicate w/ me BEFORE things get out of hand--before the grades go down the tubes and the attendence becomes a problem.

When we first moved to this town 4 years ago, we ran into a problem w/ him not doing homework and getting bad grades. We worked on it together. He was punished, but he was also watched like a hawk. I made the mistake of thinking that 4 years being passed, I was able to trust that he was mature enough not to let it happen again.

I was obviously wrong.

I'm AMAZED that the school never contacted me about missed days.