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[quote=Anonymous]Wait till you get your test results from this year.  That is what matters.  Also look at where your child scores vs the cut-off. If the cut off is 135 and your kid scored a 137, I would skip it.  There will be kids who score 150 in the class and there is a good chance that your kid will struggle and might be better off being the big fish in the smaller pond.  (of course there will be plenty of kids in the 130s)

However, if your child scored a 150 or up and is unmotivated, nothing is going to help. Frequently these are the kids that figured out exponents in the 1st grade and they are just going to be bored and since everything comes easy to them, they don't try hard.  The AAP system doesn't serve these kids very well in it's current form.

I've got a 6th grader and it has always been a struggle with motivation. DC did/didn't do the work for years without trying and now struggles with the basic BS that is homework and "projects".  Trying to explain that you have to show your work in Pre-Alegbra, not just the answer or your essay needs more than one sentience.  But then this also opens other conversations about homework value....

Not to mention anything that involves a posterboard![/quote]

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