aargh....

[jay]

James has overall adjusted well to high school... bringing his grades up to A-level in Algebra II, World History, and Literature Survey... everything except in one area. We received today's midterm progress report, and he's in danger of *failing* his Honors Chemistry class. Aargh... it is hard to let go, to let him sink or swim on his own sometimes. I want to dive in and fix it.... but I'm not allowed to do much more for him than help with homework. Although maybe I should investigate whether there are private tutors in chemistry. Any suggestions? His homework and labs have improved, but he is choking on his quizzes and tests.

Unless there's a quick improvement by midterms, he's going to have to drop at least one of his two bands...

Comments

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

I was in honors chemistry in high school & managed to pull a B. (I'm not offering to tutor though -- I don't remember enough.) It was in college chemistry where the tests his me hard, I had trouble finishing the tests. (For me, it was after I struggled through Chem with a C that I found out while my reasoning ability and other scores are very high, my processing speed is on the low side & I could have qualified for extra time on the tests.)

I wish him good luck -- a tutor with tips on test taking for chemistry might help.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Midterms are coming up... and they're doing introductory quantum physics as an offshoot of studying electron shells and ionization. As a freshman... and James seems to have a similar issue with chem tests.