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[quote=Anonymous]I would dig a little deeper into what's happening in his classes. In some other thread, I think about a 6th grader being unmotivated in school, there was agreement that with lots of teachers burned out, there is lots more technology in class, and some of the learning is pretty impersonal. Even good teachers are sitting back and letting the apps do the work. There may be a lot of textbook work in 9th grade "to prepare you for the demands of junior or senior year"--as if freshman year doesn't even matter in and of itself. Or maybe math and science have gotten less hands-on and it's just doing problems and writing answers all day long.

You might ask him if you can look through his stuff together and get his take on it. If there's something he's into, maybe you want to watch a docu-series together or listen to a podcast series in the car together if that isn't too cringey (my kids are younger--what do I know?) Most kids are genuinely curious about something and will want to talk about the thing. It could be that he's not into school right now because his classes are legit boring or he has boring teachers.  [/quote]

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