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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just fudge the reading logs.

I always fudged those and the little practice logs when they were in MS band.  Our MS required all students to either take guitar, band, or chorus.  Neither kid can carry a tune, one has tiny hands and struggled during the "try it out night" with the guitar and the other had zero interest, so band it was for both.  They were supposed to practice an hour each night and 2 hours each weekend day.  I just signed pages and pages of the practice slips/log and they filled them in with fake numbers before class.  Did they practice?  Yes, but IMO, it's more important to focus on other academics vs. an instrument that neither was crazy about.

Both were avid readers and I found with the oldest, when the reading log was introduced, it made her want to read less.  I told her that we were done with the reading log and just filled in fake times.  Never even started it with my son and just faked it as well.

Homework is another issue.  We never skipped HW sheets or anything like that.  I wanted to set a good precedence and routine for coming home and doing their work after school.  I'm glad I did this because both never really gave me any issues with getting their work done.  No real tantrums that I saw my SIL deal with.  She was one who allowed her kids to no do HW in elementary school and then got a rude awakening when they hit MS and HAD to do the work or get lower grades.  [/quote]

My kids actually practiced their instruments and they actually did their homework including their reading logs.  You can definitely tell whether or not a kid has been practicing an instrument.  It's very, very obvious...[/quote]

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