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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP, so his grades overall are fine. A's and B's but they would almost all be A's with proper studying for the tests. He will not get into the colleges he wants with the B's though. I do think he is not focusing in class and yes I suppose it could be some level of ADHD but I really don't think it is. I think is he just not always trying and yes cutting corners, using google instead of reading the material, etc.

I like the idea of coming up with a plan together with set times, etc and going from there. Cutting down on sports next and then if its still not working maybe look into other things.

I just worry because he is much more motivated when its self driven, otherwise he feels like he is working for me and not for himself and thats self defeating.[/quote]
I have a similar issue with my DD. There could be multiple things at play here:

1. I have an older kid now in college who was a straight A student in a magnet program. They said that they see so many kids distracted when they are supposed to be studying.  DC has the ability to really focus and pay attention in class, and that is what gets the straight As, per DC.  DC doesn't think they are that much smarter, but that they are able to really focus. They *really* care about their grades.

2. Having stated that, we have recently discovered that this DC may also have some eye issues when reading long texts. Now, that doesn't impact them doing math or science, by their own admission (they rarely have long texts to read in science). And this where easy distractions comes into play. We are getting DC some help with the eye issue.

3. The other thing might be text anxiety. I have a feeling DC has this issue, as they have general anxiety issues.

So, absent any learning disability, it may be a combo of distraction when supposedly studying (hence, not retaining the material) and test anxiety.[/quote]

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