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

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Yes, actually, it might. Because a drop usually goes down as an F in the GPA, IIRC. It might, however, be better for him to FAIL the current class, and re-take it. In some systems, when you do that the earlier failure gets expunged from the record. I think much will depend on what system this particular school uses.

[deedeebythebay.livejournal.com]

Interesting, in college I had to drop a few classes over time, and some of them "past the deadline" and they were never considered an "F" or affected my grade. You're right, each system is different.