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...

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[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Well, that IS annoying. In that case, he needs to tough it out, one way or another. Tutoring might help. But in some ways, he might do better to actually FAIL the class, and then take it over. I don't know what their rules are about it, but sometimes it's better to do that than, for instance, to squeek by with a D or even a C, which is immutably on one's record. It may be time to have another conversation with the counselor, though I have to say that the first one you relayed doesn't give me a lot of hope that the counselor will do better in this situation.