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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe the teacher is seeing a noticeable decline in the care that the child is putting into schoolwork and is trying to nip something in the bud.  3rd grade is about when sloppy habits start.  Kids are proficient enough that they can work quickly but are not yet doing heavy-duty studying that will come in the upper grades so sometimes things are just easy to rush through.

I would expect a teacher to call out a student for inappropriate behavior so why not inappropriate care in doing work?  Even if there is a reason the child didn't do it as well as expected (like PP said, was too rushed one night) a good life lesson says you still need to own the consequences.  Otherwise reasons become excuses.

Coaches are also people who are often blunt in their comments to motivate or call out kids who are not doing their best.  Most kids have heard tough love comments before.

The comment probably could have been worded a bit differently but I don't think the sentiment is all that bad. [/quote]

Also, a coach told us that we should not start our kids in sports too earlier because kids become to discourage by coaches too early.  That we will meet a coach who will be to negative and make our child give up on a sport that they care about way too soon.[/quote]

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