Marian

Either my kids require more nagging than yours, or I'm just a natural nagger. Probably both.

But on those occasions when one of them has shown unusual resistance to my reminders, there has usually turned out to be some specific reason for it. Often, that reason was not obvious to me -- and in some cases, it wasn't obvious to the kid, either, until we sat down and talked about it for a while.

In this case, I wonder whether your daughter's resistance to the summer assignments and to your reminders about them might reflect a change of heart about whether to take AP English. Might she think -- especially given her relatively low CR score -- that a standard non-AP 12th grade English class would be a better choice for her? And if she does think that, perhaps she might want to call the guidance department at her high school (they're usually open most of the summer -- except, perhaps, for a two- or three-week period when the staff takes their vacations) and see whether she can get her schedule changed.

As for the SAT, I suspect that she may be dealing with her own reaction to her SAT scores, which are relatively low in comparison to her GPA. It's quite possible that she thinks that her scores cannot be significantly improved -- and she may be right. If that's the case, she may be rethinking her college selections and realizing that some of the schools she aspired to are likely to be out of reach. That's a lot for a young person to process.