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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]i would also add that if you have a kid with good executive functioning skills, that helps tremendously in getting all A's. My DD is very bright, and always scores well on tests and quizzes, but can't turn in work on time for the life of her if she misses a day or two of school. The number of assignments with points taken off because they were late is amazing -- she has had her grades lowered because of that, not because of her knowledge of the material. She's working on it, but it's very demoralizing. Friends of hers who aren't taking challenging classes but have strong [b]organizational skills will get that valedictorian status[/b], but she won't.
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Yes. This is the way it will be in life, too. Organizational skills are very important. Instead of making it sound like this is the teacher or school's fault somehow, PP, maybe you should be glad that your daughter is learning the importance of these skills now, and changing her habits so that she'll excel in high school.
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Oh, I'm not making it the schools fault, especially not with her -- we are stressing those points with her now and learning this now in a low-cost situation in a good thing.  I've read "The blessing of a b minus" and getting on board with it.  It's just hard to manage the emotions, especially in a 7th grade girl with hormones all over the place and anxiety/depression/suicidal thoughts but good enough grades (mostly As, maybe one or two B/B+s depending on when the teachers finish accounting for work done but turned in late in the system and also one test last week that hasn't shown up yet in intensified algebra). [/quote]

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