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[quote=Anonymous]Why are her grades down?  Is it because she is not turning her work in?  Is it because she is being sloppy on the tests?  Is it because she doesn't understand some parts of the material?  Does she not want to look like the smart one?

Figure that out first and come up with a plan to fix it.  Then tell her straight forward, I am disappointed in your work.  Tell her you will need to micromanage her and sign off on every paper, homework, etc that you she turns in because she is not doing the level of work that you expect.  Treat her work like you would your staff/sub ordinate at work that is not performing well.  This way she learns that if she is not doing what she needs to be doing in the real world, she will need to suffer the scrutiny of a manager who will micro manage her.  This worked for my son, smart kid, just got lazy and played with statistics.  Took me two semesters to get him back on track but now I don't have to manage him at all and he also knows that is what happens at work if doesn't do what is expected.

Also, it is not a bad thing that she gets one bad grade.. .teachers her how to deal with criticism and how to get back up.  But do this in 9th grade, and early 10th... after you don't have time to risk it for college admissions.  Very small window to work with. [/quote]

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