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[quote=Anonymous]Our rising 8th grader is enrolled in 3 ninth grade classes (math, science, and social studies). Since we live in NY, he’ll have to take the Regents exams at the end of the year. Placement depends on how you do on certain standardized tests.

He’s a smart kid but has adhd and can be spacey, disorganized, unmotivated, unfocused etc. We often have issues where we discover that he missed a quiz or several hw assignments and never made them up and now it’s too late. It’s frustrating as his parent and neither of us have the time or inclination to stay on top of him and direct his homework and studying on a nightly basis. We’re still trying to figure out the right medicine and dosage. Since these are ninth grade classes, he’ll have to send them on his college transcripts.

In our situation, would you want him to take the more challenging classes? Most likely he’ll get Bs or A-s in class and As on the finals. I don’t think colleges care if you have adhd. They’ll just look at the Bs.

He’s not gunning for Harvard or the like but I would like him to go to college. What do you think?[/quote]

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