Anonymous
01/24/2012 15:49
Subject: Re:How to motivate DC to do more when school expectations are lacking?
My 2nd grader is doing the same thing, inspired by all the Wimpy Kid books (and WK knock offs). No ideas to fix it here, just feeling for you.
Anonymous
01/24/2012 14:51
Subject: How to motivate DC to do more when school expectations are lacking?
I don't think it is reasonable to expect the teacher to develop a special curriculum for your child at this age. Next year he can be placed in one of the centers for the highly gifted. But I bet the teacher would be willing to adapt the current class plans to meet his needs. You should call her.
And just because he says the teacher knows he's doodling doesn't mean it is so.
And just because he says the teacher knows he's doodling doesn't mean it is so.
Anonymous
01/24/2012 14:14
Subject: How to motivate DC to do more when school expectations are lacking?
How about letting him enjoy himself at school and draw in his journal if he likes so that he has a positive association to learning when it really matters: high school.
Anonymous
01/20/2012 18:40
Subject: How to motivate DC to do more when school expectations are lacking?
Anonymous wrote:My DC (3rd grade) brought home his composition book yesterday to show me his "comics" that he's been working on. I opened his composition book to find pages and pages of what amounts to doodling (he doesn't have a particular artistic talent that he's cultivating - these are mostly stick figure drawings) with no real story line or dialog. He apparently has been doing this during school (language arts class), and by the number of drawings, I get the feeling that this is how he is spending most of his time in this class. I asked if Mrs. XXXX knew that this was what he'd been doing and he said yes.
I'm frustrated. I feel like the school has decided that they don't have the time or the resources to challenge him, so they are just going to let him do whatever the heck he wants to keep him busy. I've had an ongoing conversation with the school ... teachers, specialists, administrators (we are on our 3rd principal), but nothing changes. My DC gets straight A's, has super high test scores, and is reading at a 10th grade level, so I think the prevailing thought is that DC is doing fine in school so we don't need to worry about him.
In the meantime, my DC is just cruising ... not expending any effort, and doing very well academically. I've had conversations with him about how I think he needs to have higher standards for himself and how he shouldn't be content with doing the least amount possible to get by. I tell him that I have higher expectations because I know him better than the school and I know what he can do. This is not working. I'm worried that at some point there's going to come a time when everything isn't cake for him and he's not going to know what hit him.
How can I motivate my DC to try harder and do more when I'm not getting any support from the school.
How about telling him to stop doodling and to bring his composition book home everyday so you can inspect it?
Anonymous
01/20/2012 11:15
Subject: How to motivate DC to do more when school expectations are lacking?
My DC (3rd grade) brought home his composition book yesterday to show me his "comics" that he's been working on. I opened his composition book to find pages and pages of what amounts to doodling (he doesn't have a particular artistic talent that he's cultivating - these are mostly stick figure drawings) with no real story line or dialog. He apparently has been doing this during school (language arts class), and by the number of drawings, I get the feeling that this is how he is spending most of his time in this class. I asked if Mrs. XXXX knew that this was what he'd been doing and he said yes.
I'm frustrated. I feel like the school has decided that they don't have the time or the resources to challenge him, so they are just going to let him do whatever the heck he wants to keep him busy. I've had an ongoing conversation with the school ... teachers, specialists, administrators (we are on our 3rd principal), but nothing changes. My DC gets straight A's, has super high test scores, and is reading at a 10th grade level, so I think the prevailing thought is that DC is doing fine in school so we don't need to worry about him.
In the meantime, my DC is just cruising ... not expending any effort, and doing very well academically. I've had conversations with him about how I think he needs to have higher standards for himself and how he shouldn't be content with doing the least amount possible to get by. I tell him that I have higher expectations because I know him better than the school and I know what he can do. This is not working. I'm worried that at some point there's going to come a time when everything isn't cake for him and he's not going to know what hit him.
How can I motivate my DC to try harder and do more when I'm not getting any support from the school.
I'm frustrated. I feel like the school has decided that they don't have the time or the resources to challenge him, so they are just going to let him do whatever the heck he wants to keep him busy. I've had an ongoing conversation with the school ... teachers, specialists, administrators (we are on our 3rd principal), but nothing changes. My DC gets straight A's, has super high test scores, and is reading at a 10th grade level, so I think the prevailing thought is that DC is doing fine in school so we don't need to worry about him.
In the meantime, my DC is just cruising ... not expending any effort, and doing very well academically. I've had conversations with him about how I think he needs to have higher standards for himself and how he shouldn't be content with doing the least amount possible to get by. I tell him that I have higher expectations because I know him better than the school and I know what he can do. This is not working. I'm worried that at some point there's going to come a time when everything isn't cake for him and he's not going to know what hit him.
How can I motivate my DC to try harder and do more when I'm not getting any support from the school.