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[quote=Anonymous]My eighth grade DS is quite bright, but not motivated to work and earn good grades.  Eighth grade has gotten hard and he is pulling Cs and below.  Generously perhaps he is overwhelmed and doesn't know how to get himself out of the hole, but he is sloppy and avoids putting the work in.

Random example - he had a test today, told me it was a quick "do now" type quiz and that there was one Quizlet to study, which I helped him with.  He got in the car after school and said there was a lot more on the test than he realized.  I just looked at Google classroom, and farther down on the page there was a whole second review document, which I hadn't seen!  ARGH.  Either he didn't know it (sloppy) or he lied about it in order to be done.

Routinely, he'll either lie, or he'll avoid looking about how much homework he has, especially if there's something else he wants to do.  Last Saturday I absolutely lost it and made him come home from a friend's early because he had a much longer math packet than he had admitted.

We look at his powerschool and Google classroom every night, but not everything is on there, and it's more playing catch-up.  I know he cares, and when he sits down to work, he does really well.  No ADHD signs.

I don't know if he's just feeling defeated, so won't try?  I don't know.  It's just awful and really starting to harm our relationship.  We can't go on like this for four more years, and next year it's going to start to really impact his life options.  Anyone been there who can provide any thoughts on how to help him (and me) get out of this mess?  I would have absolutely died of shame to be so underwater academically.  Not to mention my old-school Midwestern parents would have grounded me for life with these grades.  Please help!
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