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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sit with DS (middle school at Landon) in a restaurant (usually Woodmont Grill in Bethesda) and I ask him what grade he thinks he got in each course, without showing him.  I then show the grades and we discuss how he got each one and how he can improve.  Its become a "thing" we do together.   [/quote]

How typical.

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Why?  What do you do?  Yell at your DC over morning Cheerios? 
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I'm guessing the "how typical" poster thinks this is too much to-do over the report cards.  Just a guess.[/quote]

I think it might be the fact that a middle-schooler is getting treated to a restaurant in a wealthy area that many of us might consider too expensive for date night with our spouses. AT least that was my reaction...[/quote]

I personally reacted to the dog and pony show element  where the kid has to guess the grades first, [b]clearly placing the parent as the dominant person in the conversation[/b] with all the information, and then the focus is on how the kid can improve.  But Woodmont Grill is also hilarious.  I have a total mental image of this whole scene.  And btw, this kid is going to be telling his therapist about this when he's older.
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"clearly placing the parent as the dominant person in the conversation".  This is a [i]parent[/i] and [i]child [/i]we're talking about.  Are you under the odd impression that they are equals?

My guess is that the purpose for making the child guess the grade first is to make him think about what he did and take responsibility for it, before seeing the result.  Otherwise the child just focuses on the grade, as opposed to how he got it.  Sounds reasonable to me.

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