He was up until 1:30am working on a final English assignment to turn in on the last possible day to submit work for grading (of course), but.....he did actually graduate high school. On a Friday the 13th (of course, again).
Graduation Day
He took pity on me since I've been doing first day of school drop offs from 1990-2013 and this was officially my LAST ONE! He was oddly in a better mood for a 1st day as well - his schedule was posted last night and he's (mostly) happy with the results though he still... Continue Reading →
Oct 6 – High school English still sucks
A side effect of a concussion as we have learned in our house is a reduction in cognitive abilities. Naturally we joke that when you start off with a low bar on that skill set, that some brain bruising might be hardly noticeable! Heh. Aren’t we a supportive bunch? But honestly, I... Continue Reading →
Another One Bites The Dust
Another summer - done! Another school year begins. Here's the status I just dropped on Facebook: First day of 11th grade! No, I didn't take any pictures (I am lame and he wouldn't have allowed it anyway). No, I didn't honk and encourage cars to run over the students streaming across the intersection when the... Continue Reading →
Motivating the motivator
I've written a couple of posts about finding motivation for my teenager. I'll update on that particular task shortly, but in the course of writing most recently about finding my focus again, I mentioned to classic To Do list. The page pictured above is from the notebook that I started using when Eve & I... Continue Reading →
Finding motivation in new places
So clearly all these years 15 has displayed the motivation described above on the football field, but never in the classroom. And while baby steps in terms of perhaps focusing on a desired area of study have been made, there has still only marginal improvements made on the grade book. He still declares that all he really... Continue Reading →
Dear Betty Lou
I'm pretty sure 15 is going to drive me to stow away on a cruise ship soon. Preferably one heading someone warm with fizzy umbrella drinks being served hourly. Probably one of the biggest issues I've noticed with him is his lack of ability to develop good working relationships with his teachers. He acts like... Continue Reading →
Dear Martha – part 2 – HELP!
I think we all know 15's academic challenges and such He's doing better thanks to me keeping that thumb on his forehead all the time. Even nearly finished with online driver's ed as I mentioned. Last week, they had to meet with their counselor and sign up for 11th grade classes. I wasn't too focused... Continue Reading →
At least he’s studying….
Of course, studying can't really happen unless there is music in his ear. So, he has my old iphone 3Gs which is now basically an Ipod touch on steroids - it still has all the apps and music on it from when it was mine. His own phone is off to his right. He was... Continue Reading →
Motivation….detected..maybe?
Thanks to many wonderful suggestions after my post last week, I had a few productive conversations with Alex. He clearly needed to see a pathway for himself. A concrete reason to go to college, otherwise he wasn't going to care - ever - about high school. I didn't have one big lecture session - instead... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 