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[quote=Anonymous]OP - I read your post again and I think you might be sort of approaching this wrong.  I have a high school kid - not sure every poster here does or not.

But, I don't think it's fair or right or even a good idea to be hands off all quarter and just punish if your kid ends up with failing grades. It's not going to work because there is nothing you can take away from your high school kid to get him to fix this problem. You know that right?

Maybe your kid has some needs (which you might be willing to concede since you have previously got him coaches or tutors or whatever) and he needs your help during the quarter to prioritize, encourage compliance etc, and generally assist.

Or maybe you need to work on positive reinforcement, which is really a much better system. So, paying for grades or buying screen time with grades or working towards a reward (trip to NYC or whatever he might like).  But, again, not giving rewards at end of the quarter - maybe each week after checking edline you give rewards if homework is done and tests taken?

I don't think you will find much support for doing nothing to help all semester and then punishing your kid for doing nothing all semester. I definitely don't think that will improve his grades or make your point.[/quote]

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