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[quote=Anonymous]"NP and HS magnet teacher here. Your son probably just experienced the first classes that he actually needs to put time into studying for, and he probably doesn't know what studying looks like. I see a lot of students who have just coasted through middle school by "being smart" and thinking they only need to "remember" what is covered in class. Students often think they understand material because they can follow along with what the teacher is doing, but they don't recognize that they can't work independently with different material. Magnet classes are fast paced and demand critical thinking of students. They need to take basic concepts and apply them in new and different situations. In order to do this well and consistently, students need to practice, and some may need to practice more than just whatever homework is assigned by the teacher."

There may be other things that help, but this is the majority of the answer.

OP, this is the ENTIRE reason we sent our DC to a test-in magnet because not learning this in HS and having to learn it in college @ $75K/year is more of a disaster.

During the 9th grade, our DC learned this and the 10th grade was fabulous.  By the 11th grade, DC thought they had it all figured out and needed to learn it again.

Again, 12th grade was better but the real payoff came during DC's early college years because knowing what to do immediately when you have a bad test is priceless.[/quote]

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