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Maybe get him some help in Math over the summer. Even if he is not planning for a technical degree in college, that trajectory of his math grades from 8th to 10 is a little concerning. With the math grade brought up, you'll have a better idea of where he can go next year.

This. I've always sent my kids to the match center 2xs a week in the summer. They end up reviewing the year before and get a very solid grip on the fundamentals and they even get into material for the upcoming year. They are both solid math students and I think its because of the summer work they do.

Anonymous wrote:8th grade
Spanish 1 A
9th grade
Pre Ib English 9 C+
World History A
Earth Science B
Algebra 1 B
PE A
SPANISH A
AVID A


10TH GRADE
PRE IB - English B
Geometry C+
Biology B
World History B+
Health& PE A
Info Systems A
Spanish 3 A

Is your kid still in the AVID program? If so, reach out to the leader and tell them your kid is struggling in math and you want to find him tutoring help this summer and next year. Also email the math teacher and counselor and ask for the same? Be persistent. They might be able to help you with finding low cost tutoring.

Maybe get him some help in Math over the summer. Even if he is not planning for a technical degree in college, that trajectory of his math grades from 8th to 10 is a little concerning. With the math grade brought up, you'll have a better idea of where he can go next year.

Look around at your successful friends. Where did they go to school? Did they get the best grades? Look at your friends who were super smart in school and got great grades. Where are they now. I think you will find that there are many very successful people who didn't have straight As in high school and didn't get into a top college. I think you will also find that many kids who were straight As in high school and went to a very good college are not necessarily the most successful of your friends.

Everyone should try their best, of course. But someone who is not conscientious about studying and reading will not do well in law school. Someone shy and who lacks confidence will not do well in sales. Pushing them to fit a certain mold will not benefit them. Find you kid's strengths and passions and find careers that fit their strengths and then they will be a success.

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OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

It is why parents ride their kids asses over academics like a rented mule.

Don't mean to sidetrack the thread from the OP but we have a kid with an LD and we're riding him like a rented mule to just get him to 3.5.

Not everyone is the same. Many parents push their kids to their fullest potential. I will admit, I laugh at these threads. I never even graduated college and have a very successful career in sales. Last year, my w2 was 617k. I make more than my DH who has an MBA.

That gives me hope but you obviously have a real talent. Not everyone has what you have. I think parents are playing to the statistics.

It's social skills and confidence. That's all. No amount of college will give you the confidence it takes to bear rejection without feeling rejected and to be comfortable talking to people you have absolutely nothing in common with. No amount of education will teach you to convey your passion about a product to skeptics.

Exactly. Sales is a very hard life and not something I want my kids to have to fall back on. It won't be for them. I want more opportunities for them, which is why I ride them on the grades.

Having the interpersonal skills to makes over 600k is not a fall back. That's a very successful career that most people can't hack. I'd love to have the skills to make 600k in sales, but I dont. It's only thr best of social animal who can swing that.

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OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

Some of the average average kids in my daughter's class are going to places like Shenandoah University, Liberty University (1 very religious friend), VCU, Radford, CNU, Longwood, Mary Washington, and a bunch are going to WVU, which is an excellent school (I graduated from there B.S., M.S., & PhD).

Definitely not good enough for VT. Maybe good enough for GMU, but we'll see how the next 2 years play out there. GMU used to be a cakewalk school even 5 years ago! Probably not going to get in a JMU either.

Start looking out of state. He'll have better luck there.

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OMG we screwed. Where do the average kids go? I don't mean NoVA average (which is high performing), I mean average average.

It is why parents ride their kids asses over academics like a rented mule.

Don't mean to sidetrack the thread from the OP but we have a kid with an LD and we're riding him like a rented mule to just get him to 3.5.

But its sad you said "just" and then said "3.5", do you know how sad our society is.