Children for Sale….

And they clean the house really well….sometimes.

Lauren and Austin are just doing awful with school.  I’m terribly disappointed. 

Lauren is actually only struggling with Geometry.  A huge part of that is that she isn’t getting her assignments turned in.  The other part of it is that she is failing the tests.  BUT the teacher told us that if the students fail a test they have the opportunity to retake it to raise her grade.  And if the students fail an assignment they can redo that as well.  On top of that she is giving them homework packets to do to help raise their grades too.  There is also tutoring available if she just doesn’t get it.  So she has no excuse. 

Austin, on the other hand, seems to grasp what he is doing but is not getting his homework turned in.  Or he rushes through it, so he has no homework, and turns it in at school.

The Smackdown

Kevin has stepped in.  The children are banned from their televisions and video consoles.  The only tv time they will get is if we are watching a family movie together.  This puts the emphasis on their homework.  They have nothing to rush off to do now. 

They are both to bring home their math homework.  That way Kevin can look over it.  He is also in constant talks with the childrens teachers.  Tomorrow is the final day of the 1st 6 weeks so we will see what happens. 

Cursive Conundrum

Rachel is really struggling with cursive.  She has put too much pressure on herself to get it perfect.  Plus she thinks it is really hard so in turn it is.  The teacher is looking for ideas on how to help her.  Anyone have any tips/tricks/books/etc. that worked to teach your child to write in cursive??