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[quote=Anonymous]Sounds like my now-21 year old at that age. I'm fairly certain she has undiagnosed LDs. I'm even more certain that, had she had a diagnosis to fall back on, she would have used it as an excuse whenever possible.

She's worked hard and had to learn how to manage her workload. Middle school was the hardest time for her, high school somewhat better. She had quarters where she had a GPA in the low 2s, and one brilliant quarter with straight A's while taking honors and AP classes.

She's a senior in college with a 3.something GPA today, and says she's glad she never had a diagnosis, because she agrees that she would have used it as a reason for her troubles.

Her sister has some pretty severe LDs and couldn't survive without an IEP. I'm not advocating that we should ignore our children's needs. But I know that my younger dd had a couple special education teachers who caused more harm than they did good.

I'd hire a tutor/mentor instead of getting the school involved.[/quote]

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