Is your high school senior still going to school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your high school senior still going to school?
I seen non stop TikTok videos today of high seniors going to school once a week, and failing every class and missing over 20 assignments thinking it’s “slay”!
I know it’s not happening at my DC school in FCPS so it’s this an outlier ?

How did I know this post was going to mention “TikTok” before I opened it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your high school senior still going to school?
I seen non stop TikTok videos today of high seniors going to school once a week, and failing every class and missing over 20 assignments thinking it’s “slay”!
I know it’s not happening at my DC school in FCPS so it’s this an outlier ?

Haha OP guess what? This is nothing new. Teen mom premiered my junior year of HS.

[Anonymous]

Mine is going every day and to all classes. She is still doing work and doing well but her strong motivation has plummeted. After AP tests, I will probably have to push and prod her to stay motivated. She’s always going to go to school and class to see her friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. He wouldn't do that because he wants to be allowed to use a car, and continue having his phone, internet access at home, etc.

At some point you have to build internal motivation! Kid is getting too old for that stuff.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD is still going but she says tons of kids are skipping school.

Seriously, why? Has to be the red-shirted kids.

Seek help for your bizarre obsession with redshirted kids. It’s creepy.

np- do you know what obsession means or do you just throw that word around when you don’t like something?

I mean it’s true. Only an obsessive would bring up redshirting in this context the way PP did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Last year, about this time, by then-senior started missing a lot of early morning classes. But he was very on top of his assignments, and made sure he completed them as required. He also had IB projects and exams, so he couldn't totally check out. He finished the year with straight A's but definitely was missing classes on a regular basis.

And you allowed this?

He finished the year with straight As.

Land your helicopter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your high school senior still going to school?
I seen non stop TikTok videos today of high seniors going to school once a week, and failing every class and missing over 20 assignments thinking it’s “slay”!
I know it’s not happening at my DC school in FCPS so it’s this an outlier ?

Outlier. Social media not being real life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. He wouldn't do that because he wants to be allowed to use a car, and continue having his phone, internet access at home, etc.

At some point you have to build internal motivation! Kid is getting too old for that stuff.

I would normally agree, however, Nowadays teenagers and Gen Zs in general lack internal motivation and prefer instant gratification and external motivation.

[Anonymous]

I don’t even think it would occur to my kid to do that. There is a supposed senior skip day but his school has already imposed strict consequences for that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year, about this time, by then-senior started missing a lot of early morning classes. But he was very on top of his assignments, and made sure he completed them as required. He also had IB projects and exams, so he couldn't totally check out. He finished the year with straight A's but definitely was missing classes on a regular basis.

And you allowed this?

He finished the year with straight As.

Land your helicopter.

Ofcourse, every parent in the DCUM forum has kids with straight As.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your high school senior still going to school?
I seen non stop TikTok videos today of high seniors going to school once a week, and failing every class and missing over 20 assignments thinking it’s “slay”!
I know it’s not happening at my DC school in FCPS so it’s this an outlier ?

I was just at school all day this week for an event on site (volunteer). I have lots of friends with seniors and those kids were at school. However, they weren't in class a big chunk of the time. They were just walking around school with their friends and I even asked one about it and he said "I'm a senior. I don't have to go to class the last half of the year." <shrug>

[Anonymous]

Yes. Will take his 4 APs. UMD gives a lot of credits. Has club obligations also. Got in trouble with a teacher for trying to skip a class. He was told that he was too square to skip school without getting caught and so he has to do extra assignment. Now, I write fake medical excuse for him sometimes so he can stay home. Poor kid. None of my street-smart genes got inherited,

[Anonymous]

My daughter in FCPS said the seniors on her sports team skip school a lot or stay just until attendance is taken so they can come back and play in the game after school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year, about this time, by then-senior started missing a lot of early morning classes. But he was very on top of his assignments, and made sure he completed them as required. He also had IB projects and exams, so he couldn't totally check out. He finished the year with straight A's but definitely was missing classes on a regular basis.

And you allowed this?

He finished the year with straight As.

Land your helicopter.

NP. For once I agree with the helicopter comment. Unless you are planning on moving to college with your kid, at some point you need to let them make their own choices, good or bad. If my kid gets suspended for skipping classes, that's on him.

[Anonymous]

Going? Yes.
Staying all the way through and attending last period gym? Not so much.