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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be very worried..sounds like needs assistance with executive functioning. No way 10-20 minutes a night is sufficient for homework. Drill him every night about his assignments and what he has on the horizon. That will enforce the importance and help him start to manage his time. Not working hard is a non starter  and that tone needs to be set now before high school.[/quote]

I totally disagree. My son’s grades are all high 90% and he usually finishes homework on the bus or in the morning before school starts. Deal’s homework isn’t time consuming.[/quote]

I also disagree. Seems to be that you child just need to do work (missed assignments).  Deal grades pretty much everything that a child is asked to do including stupid stuff like completing a survey.  Any missed grade is assigned a zero and as you know a zero can devastate an average.  Also, the school has really clamped down on the ability to make-up work so missed assignments are really starting to matter.  Check his assignments on Aspen and I met you will see that most of the zeros or low grades will be in the "Homework" category.  If they are however in the "Summatives" then you should worry and get help.  For kids with a "work ethic" issue, Aspen is a god send - use it! and make sure your kid uses it too.[/quote]

DCPS in general clamped down because at DEAL teachers made sure students did not fail, now they have to play by the rules like all the other schools! Yes, check in with your child's teacher and yes students can earn grades for absolutely anything such as filling out a survey  :roll:  Even summations, they've already taken the assessment or done the work about 4 times before they get that grade...it all looks great in Aspen though and few parents are going to complain![/quote]

I read things like this and it really makes me scratch my head, like our kids go to totally different schools.  Nothing you just wrote resembles the last 4 years that I have had kids at Deal. The three times my kids needed a retake, they were told the grade wasn't bad enough and they could not do one. I think the retake thing must be an urban legend, because I have never seen it actually done.[/quote]

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