How to stop making silly mistakes

twogirls
Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:26:45 +0000

@homerdog

Most kids don’t want their safety. One of my D’s safety schools was the school that Lindagaf’s son currently attends. Despite it being a safety for her, I have no doubt in my mind that had she attended, she would have done just fine. Lots of success stories and very smart kids really do emerge from safeties.

That being said…I certainly don’t want to jinx your D LOL.

As I mentioned earlier, I think your D needs a break. It’s possible that she has reached her test prep saturation point (at least for now) and can use a rest from the stress.

My D took both the SAT and ACT in December of her junior year. Despite getting 2 scores that were very high …and in retrospect she should have been “one and done” for each…I had this bug in my head that nobody takes these tests just once. I made her take them again…and she went down. She warned me she would take the tests again if I wanted her to…but in her mind there was no reason to do so and she was putting no more effort into the process (and she didn’t).

I am telling you this because I sincerely believe that there comes a time when they need a break from the chaos…and I think a few days off may do your D some good.