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[quote=Anonymous]If he is used to getting As and Bs then getting a D on a unit test will probably at least motivate him to work a little harder to at least get his 80% up to a more solid grade.

Unless his attitude is "Oh well, I guess I'm a D student now, whatever" you should give him a chance to learn from his mistake.  He now knows that Spanish 2 or 3 is going to be more difficult than Spanish 1 or 2, and he will likely correct himself.  If you must, tell him that if it keeps happening, you will need to micromanage his school work.

There seem to be a lot of parents of freshman flipping out over one poor test grade.  It's going to be a long four years for you guys.

My ADHD kid was capable of being a straight A student but it wasn't important to him to be one.  I, personally, was a straight A student.  But I realized that he's a separate person with his own priorities, likes, dislikes, interests, motivations, etc., and I realized that you don't need to be a straight A student to live a full life.   He did enough to get more As than Bs  (with the occasional poor test grade) and I was much happier being OK with that than I would have been if I had been "hands on" with his school work.

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