ERRRRRGGGGGGGG TEENS...they think they know it all...

[Dar]

My DS (17 yrs old) failed ALL his classes this semester. I told him he is not sitting around all summer playing video games or reading he is going to summer school and trying to earn some of the credits he failed.

I asked him a few weeks ago to get me the summer school info from the office. He comes home and says "I asked for the info and they said that the sign up was closed already. The classes stopped taking registration June 1"

I get a call from his math teacher today telling me that he had failed his grade 11 math (he got a 30%) and she suggested taking summer school.

huh...i thought wait a minute....i looked it up on the school board website and the summer school registration closes on Friday June 25

he can still go...

(insert evil laugh here)...he thinks he got away with it....he is going to get up bright and early tomorrow morning and I will drive him to school holding his hand if I have to and sigh that (beepity beep) my self...lol

disclaimer....i know all teens are not like this ..

eta: by this time in his highschool "career" he should have 24 credits...he has 15 and to add reading to the list of what he not going to be going for the majority of the summer

 

[b.hromada]

Let me tell you, its those darn video games. All my boys are like that. Its just so frustrating, because they couldn't care less about school, work, etc. One of my sons is just like yours. No amount of talking, taking away the internet, etc. has helped. What are parents to do?

 

[Davaroo]

You're on the right track. Keep the hammer on him and don't let up.

He has to learn that the world only cares for what he does. If he does nothing, the world will think that of him and will place only that before him.

Eventually, every mother hen tires of her brood and wants to see the backside of them. It's not bad - it's how the world works. The brood then has to face the world without her, ready or not.

He better be ready when that time comes to him.

 

[Dar]

with mine its girls and books...yes you read that right books...he will read his novels instead of doing homework ..i have had to ground him from novels and take away his library card on many occasions the local library thinks its hilarious that i will call them and ask them not to re issue a card cause he is grounded

 

[pixie74943]

Beat that kid upside the head and chain him to a desk (thats not child abuse is it)

I feel like that with my friends half the time.. I went to Uni, and I get calls from them asking me to be there reference for a job at a supermarket...

Use that parental authority of yours and beat him into shape. Not going to Uni or TAFE is fine by me if you get yourself a job, but there is no excuse for failing High School

And have fun while your doing it.. remember to SMILE cause he's gonna hate you for making him go to summer school

 

[chiknwhisperer]

My 13 year old DS is the same way. His GPA for the year was 1.9. The boy is intelligent as can bebut won't pull his head out long enough to look around.

 

[pixie74943]

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why would you do that... thats horrible

If someone took my books away I would cry for weeks.
Tell him if he writes a best-selling novel he doesnt have to finish high school

 

[Dar]

Quote:

why would you do that... thats horrible

If someone took my books away I would cry for weeks.
Tell him if he writes a best-selling novel he doesnt have to finish high school

he is writing a novel actually but he still has to finish highschool...lol

 

[briana1975]

My boys all like video games, but they also know school comes first. If they don't get homework done they don't get any time to play. Granted my boys are 9 and 6. But my step son is 17 and he now lives at his mom's because he didn't like our rules. His choice not ours. I am home, so I do know it is a lot harder if you work outside the home and the kids get home first. I was one of those kids. My mom had to work and I did not do my home work but said I did.

 

[gritsar]

When you do take him to school, be sure and kiss him goodbye in front of all his friends for good measure!

Kat - who is starting to believe my mom was right when she said all teenagers should be kept in cages until they are old enough to leave home.