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[quote=Anonymous]My 10th grade son is at a private high school where there are no retakes etc on tests and they generally count for 30-60% of the overall grade, depending on the teacher. His grades are almost always A's for homework, classwork etc and then he has a test and loses the A. Sometimes these tests are B's or C's, almost never A's and often the grades are F's. This was the case freshman year as well but I felt like he was overwhelmed and stressed. This year he seems very relaxed and is clearly just not studying enough or paying enough attention to his classwork assignments to remember the material for the test. He wants good grades and to go to a good college and works hard-ish but it's not consistent and again, the F's!

Sometimes he comes to me with his studying, but it's usually late and always the night before the test. He often needs my husband to review math (his teacher is not good this year but husband is great at math so it's a natural resource) but he will also get angry when I suggest studying earlier or more, and depending on the day will turn in wrong math homework instead of making sure he knows the material by reviewing at home. He doesn't like me to ask questions or micromanage which I understand, but I also cannot tolerate these low test scores. Do I demand he do better, force study time, punish if a low grade comes in, etc or so I let him tank his college options and let him figure it out himself? Even 1 low quarter grade will hurt the possibility for an A for the year and it's hard for me to watch, esp when I am paying for him to have smaller classes and teacher support that he is not taking advantage of. Help.[/quote]

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