Newbie with a big problem... so it is going to be long...

HerMamma
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:35:48 +0000

Well, today was the last day of the first semester. On Tuesday I got emails from two of her teachers (the first I had heard from one them since mid November) complaining about unfinished homework. I had been very clear with them that I wanted to be informed if they/she were still having issues.

I am really disappointed with the teachers for leaving it until four days before the end of term to tell me they were still having problems. I kept getting “things are going better” emails, and then all of a sudden to get two emails about three classes that basically said “things are bad” made me furious!

Thankfully, she told me that she has spent this week ‘catching up’ and by yesterday had handed much of it in. Still, her grades will be affected, and not anywhere close to what I know she could do.

Sadly at home, here, all the schools are on full year (all classes run from Sept - June) while her school is semestered (Sept-Jan, Jan-June) so coming home would be very hard on her, so we are kind of stuck.

I’m hoping that with the new semester starting that she can have a bit of a fresh start and I plan on getting in touch with all the new teachers next week. And then next year I think she is coming home. A sad ending to what started out to be a great experience last year at her old school.