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[quote=Anonymous]Not sure if you are still reading, OP.  But here goes:

If a C is out of the norm,  I'd have a conversation with her about it, for the purpose of having her reflect on her own effort and the result of that effort.   I'd discuss how getting a C with your best effort is worth world's more than an A gotten easily with no effort.   And while it doesn't matter much in middle school, unfortunately grades will matter in high school.

It was around that age that time management and organization started to be a challenge for me.  Work was more complex and faster than it was in elementary school.  So I went from straight As to getting some Cs.   I figured out on my own that if I tracked my grades, I could figure out when I had to put in more effort to bring up a particular grade.   I got very organized with a small spiral notebook where I wrote down the grading rubric for each class, and tracked each grade.   You can do that online now, I know.

And this may not be her issue.  I don't know.  Sounds a little like planning and proscrastination issues to me.

I would be more likely to reward her for identifying a reason for the lower grade, laying out the steps she will take to try to do better (because it sounds like she can), and then have her work toward something nice for next quarter's grade.

If she's got actual academic challenges, I would NOT take away the phone.  I would address those.  No punishment.  [/quote]

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