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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you had her evaluated for learning disabilities? We were told by the school for years my kid was just not trying when he had mild dyslexia.

In middle school, we paid for grades. I know that’s supposed to be bad, but we needed to motivate. He had internalized that he just wasn’t good at school and therefore gave up as soon as it wasn’t easy or was boring. Paying  gave him the motivation to push through which got his self confidence back up. It’s still a slog, but it helped. [/quote]

My parents paid for grades but it was after they saw that I was sitting at the table working through math homework for hours on end and not walking away. I think they wanted to reward the effort that they saw. I have a long list of LDs, math, science, and foreign languages were hard for me. It wasn't a ton of money but it was nice to have the work I was doing be acknowledged even if the grades were not great. They focused more on the effort score then the letter grade but there was a $5 bump for an A. [/quote]

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