Advice for son who does not care about grades

bogibogi
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:46:40 +0000

There are probably many factors which contribute to him not acing his humanities classes (i.e., poor teaching methods, lack of organization, etc.). Now that you mention it though, and something I haven’t considered before, his lack of maturity probably does play a role. He has always been a “Just the facts please, ma’am” kind of kid so I think that it is hard for him to comprehend the many Classics read in English. He is naive in a lot of ways so it may be hard for him to relate to characters, theme, etc. Not sure what I can do about that except let him experience the real world. So I need to remind myself that, even though he is bright, there are just some things he doesn’t “get” and that’s okay.

Definitely learning a lot from this thread. Thank you.