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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, a lot of us have been there….

A lot of times it is just a responsibility or time management issue/lack of follow through. Almost as if they get behind and then struggle with how to ask for help or “right” themselves again. Also at our HS, the whole “I turned it in, but the teacher hasn’t graded it yet” actually IS totally valid at times, which is understandable but exasperating as a parent in terms of keeping track/identifying problems early. My kids have had a few teachers who saved up work over weeks and then graded it all at once.

My DS is currently a sophomore and had a great fall semester but was like this spring semester of freshman year (after having a great fall freshman semester). In his case, it was a spring sport that he was struggling to balance with schoolwork and I trusted him/lost track and didn’t catch it early enough. He ended up with two C’s (due mostly to organization and not turning things in) and I was definitely not thrilled.

Overall, it was a learning experience. He learned it was way easier to keep on top of work from day 1 rather than try to play catch up.  I kept a much closer eye on things this fall semester as well.  [/quote]

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