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[quote=Anonymous]I tore my hair out with my kids through public high school (Fairfax County).  No textbooks.  Every time there was an exam, the study material was a bunch of PDFs, some power points, some links to videos, etc, etc etc....it was really trying.

Interestingly, as my kids went through school (and it was like this starting early, in middle school)-they got used to it.

And now 2 of them are in college, and doing just fine. (Strangely, college is back to textbooks--which at $180 a pop is kind of depressing lol).

One is a junior in high school still, and he is doing just fine too.

Looking back, I think that it is much more stresssful for the parents than the kid.  (One of my kids has ADD, which made it much tougher on her than the other two, but she worked it out).

My suggestion is that parents are probably the worst people to try to help with this problem. We get very anxious without textbooks and a clear "list" of "learn X, Y, Z".

If your kids are struggling, have them reach out to friends or their teachers to help them organize. Honestly, it works much better![/quote]

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