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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parents see report cards and as long as those are good, they don't care what their kids do. That's how it was when I was a kid.[/quote]
eh. I care, but I can no longer really control my college bound senior. Straight As without trying too hard.  Sometimes DC will skip class if they aren't learning anything new.

After AP/IB exams, they said they aren't going to class anymore. For the most part, those classes stop teaching new material after the May exams.

Prior to senior year, yes, I make my kids go. [/quote]

My kid is at a private school. If he skips class, he gets detention. If he skips that, he won’t graduate with his class. Talk about motivating!

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In college, you have to be self-motivated (nobody is taking attendance), not micromanaged like your child currently is.[/quote]

First, you are wrong.  Many college classes do take attendance now because the kids are not self-motivated.  Some use quizzes in every class, etc.

But more to the point, in our society, we have agreed that 1) children are to receive a K-12 education and they are legally required to do so; and 2) students at B-CC are by definition not in college.  This means that they are not mature enough to live alone, and while parents should be transferring responsibility to them, it doesn't mean that parents should just stop participating in childrearing when their child reaches 10th grade.  Most kids need accountability in order to be responsible.  Trust until they screw up and then backtrack and teach.  "Chronic absenteeism" is pretty bad and warrants intervention from both parents and truant officers (but I know that's a pipe dream).  It's "compassionate" to let kids go up uneducated and undisciplined.[/quote]

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