<p>My teen (will be senior this fall) got 2 C’s on her report card this past semester because she was busy on Facebook the last month before exam time, got behind in calculus, stayed up late studying for calculus at the last minute, got a D on the exam anyway, then was so weary after the calculus test that she slept thru the alarm clock and woke up in time for her hard chemistry test, which she thus never studied for. So lost her B in chemistry and went down to a C.</p>
<p>How to wake her up and light a fire under her? She is a media baby, first reading tons of fun novels, now writing constantly on Unleash Your Imagination - FanFiction.Net or else on Facebook.</p>
<p>She goes to boarding school, but even at home in 10th grade I couldn’t get her to stop all the media (she was reading constantly).</p>
<p>She is lazy and hasn’t a clue about what to do with her life. I can’t get her motivated to go on college trips, to do anything. She has the stats to do a math-based major, or anything really, if she were motivated. She has few few ECs, as well. How could she, she would rather be reading or doing her media thing.</p>
<p>What would you parents do? If only I could ship her off to India with no computers and just let her cope!</p>
<p>Is there a possibility that your D is being pushed more than she should be? Perhaps she is rebelling against being pushed farther & faster than she feels comfortable being pushed. Why is she at a boarding school? Is it her choice to be there? Does she like being there, rather than home with her family? I think that there may be more to this than just a couple C’s. Has she had the opportunity to be a kid?</p>
<p>I think that you’re missing something: You like math…think that this is the magic bullet for getting ahead. Your daughter may be a writer, or a future computer geek…or a television mogul. </p>
<p>I am not saying that she should live her entire life on Facebook. There may be a need to curtail the amount of time spent there, but are you trying (with all good intentions) trying to pigeon hole her into a one size fits all kid?</p>
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<p>Sounds very familiar; I have one of those, too. May be your humanities-inclined D should go easier on math and sciences next year. We all tend to procrastinate more when it comes to doing tasks we do not enjoy, so it is possible that she spends so much time on Facebook for this reason. Sure, I’d rather type away on CC than scrub my kitchen floor (which is what I should be doing right now). Please let your D choose her own path.</p>