Punishment for report card C?

[Anonymous]

My fourth grader had a grade drop from an A to a D (not entirely his fault - his teacher gave him a 0 on a quiz he missed while out sick for a week and she won’t let him make it up, but he has also has poorer grades than he should have on every other quiz for two months and refuses to put any effort into his homework or other graded work for that class) and he has lost screen time until he begins improving it. He has straight As in everything else so we’re monitoring this a bit to figure out what exactly is going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My fourth grader had a grade drop from an A to a D (not entirely his fault - his teacher gave him a 0 on a quiz he missed while out sick for a week and she won’t let him make it up, but he has also has poorer grades than he should have on every other quiz for two months and refuses to put any effort into his homework or other graded work for that class) and he has lost screen time until he begins improving it. He has straight As in everything else so we’re monitoring this a bit to figure out what exactly is going on.

WTF? Is this a weird private school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My fourth grader had a grade drop from an A to a D (not entirely his fault - his teacher gave him a 0 on a quiz he missed while out sick for a week and she won’t let him make it up, but he has also has poorer grades than he should have on every other quiz for two months and refuses to put any effort into his homework or other graded work for that class) and he has lost screen time until he begins improving it. He has straight As in everything else so we’re monitoring this a bit to figure out what exactly is going on.

WTF? Is this a weird private school?

Clearly teaching an important life lesson: if you get sick don’t stay home, come to work and infect your coworkers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like he needs help, not punishment

This! Rushing etc is completely normal for a kid this age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My fourth grader had a grade drop from an A to a D (not entirely his fault - his teacher gave him a 0 on a quiz he missed while out sick for a week and she won’t let him make it up, but he has also has poorer grades than he should have on every other quiz for two months and refuses to put any effort into his homework or other graded work for that class) and he has lost screen time until he begins improving it. He has straight As in everything else so we’re monitoring this a bit to figure out what exactly is going on.

WTF? Is this a weird private school?

More likely isn’t accurate.

[Anonymous]

Do you know how many employers, future spouses, or anyone really at all give a flip about what grade you got in 3rd grade math?

The smartest person I've ever known - litterally someone that designs components for commercial aircraft and avionics systems... Pretty consistently got D's in almost all math classes growing up. He's now a very highly paid engineer working for Northrup Grunman. Making almost half a million per year.

Your kid will be fine, OP. Help him, if anything. Don't 'punish'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having you as a parent is punishment enough.

This. Interesting OP uses the word punishment.

[Anonymous]

You need to understand why he is getting a C and teach the skills that are missing. It is common for kids to rush through work at that age. Sometimes it is due to ADHD, sometimes immaturity, sometimes tiredness, or something else. Punishment doesn’t teach. The C is information about how he is learning or how he is feeling and functioning in school.
It is not something to punish and give consequences for.