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How can I help my child succeed in his classes?
My son is a very intelligent child. Aces all national tests like ACT, SAT, PSAT etc. but is failing classes because he does not do his day to day work in school. He is very well behaved in school and home. Participates in all class discussions and teachers comment that his point of view often takes the class into a higher level of discussions. He wants to go to college. I am afraid he will not be able to go if he keeps this up. How can I help him?
In Topics:
Motivation and achievement at school
> 60 days ago
What the Expert Says:
Additional Answers (1)
Many gifted children have simply never been challenged and doing day to day work can be either too boring or a challenge that he doesn't know how to handle.
I was in an advanced High School math class before I ever had to take homework home. I always got it done in other classes or on the bus on the way to and from. I was overwhelmed when I suddenly had a challenge because I didn't have the slightest idea how to study or do real work at my level. It was worse in college.
On the other hand, I usually opted to not do the work in my regular classes-the honors and AP work was excruciating enough but regular class work was like pulling toe nails off.
Like the other comment, talk to your son, let him know that to get into college he has to do work-that was my only inspiration to do anything in HS. He simply has to do it. Also, talk to his counselor and see if there is a way that something can be worked out so that he doesn't have to do the monotonous work in his regular classes. If he knows the stuff on the test and maybe does the big projects then that should show the school he has learned. Chances are they won't go for that but let them know that your son's future is on the line and that THEY are failing to teach him so they should fix it not just him.
Good Luck.
I was in an advanced High School math class before I ever had to take homework home. I always got it done in other classes or on the bus on the way to and from. I was overwhelmed when I suddenly had a challenge because I didn't have the slightest idea how to study or do real work at my level. It was worse in college.
On the other hand, I usually opted to not do the work in my regular classes-the honors and AP work was excruciating enough but regular class work was like pulling toe nails off.
Like the other comment, talk to your son, let him know that to get into college he has to do work-that was my only inspiration to do anything in HS. He simply has to do it. Also, talk to his counselor and see if there is a way that something can be worked out so that he doesn't have to do the monotonous work in his regular classes. If he knows the stuff on the test and maybe does the big projects then that should show the school he has learned. Chances are they won't go for that but let them know that your son's future is on the line and that THEY are failing to teach him so they should fix it not just him.
Good Luck.
> 60 days ago
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