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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No chance of ADHD, unless it only started in the last 5 months.

What blows away my mind is this - my child helps with homework/questions on some of the Algebra 2 topics earlier in the year to our neighbor's child who is in the same class. So not like child does not understand or finding it difficult. Attitude is a B is good enough for what the college I want to go to, so why bother. It is working fine, until the health issue. Then it seemed like, I have this health issue, maybe I do not even need a B. Not sure if that is the thinking but seems like it.

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Is your child always a straight A student? Perhaps they see "B" as a failure and out of fear of not getting an "A," they sabotaged themselves by intentionally getting an "F" instead of working hard and only getting a "B" instead of an "A."   My daughter has easily gotten almost all As all the way through her junior year. It seemed to me that if she had to work a little bit and study for a "B" (math, of course), she believed it was hard and she wasn't any good at it. 
By intentionally not doing the work and failing, your son has an excuse for the "F" -- one that isn't due to his ability. Whereas if he tried and still got a "B," maybe he would take that to mean he's not so smart after all.

Just one theory.[/quote]

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