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RE: There is neither need nor necessity to wallow in the trough of mediocrity!
You've got some good and not-so-good stories I'm hearing then!
Ugh! Middle school is the worst! I despise the entire concept actually.
Yeah, I do, though I think I've managed to some degree to forget my middle school years. Lot more failures than successes.
We ended up pulling our oldest out of seventh and eighth grade to home school him because during his sixth grade year, he would end up in tears because of the homework the teacher sent home. He just couldn't keep up with it to his own satisfaction—very conscientious about his grades at that point (still is, but he doesn't cry now, as far as I know anyway).
Best two years of his scholastic life up until that time took place during that time. I homeschooled both of them, and learned a lot in the process. When he went back to public school as a freshman in high school, he was feeling better about his abilities and his knowledge.
The younger one would have been fine either way. Didn't start caring about school or his grades until he got into college. :) I think it was partly because he was trying to impress his future wife, who is a lot more demanding of herself scholastically. It was good for him.
Being a parent and a teacher, I'm always in awe of those who do both simultaneously! It's a huge undertaking but one I imagine to be very rewarding and probably frustrating at times too.
Nothing like a girl to kick a boy into gear haha
I think in my case, even when I was attempting not to be, I was alway dad rather than teacher to my sons. Which is fine. Parents have teaching roles, so I guess it was a natural enough extension of what I was already doing. And since I've been a lifetime student of different things, thanks to books, libraries and then the internet, learning a long with them was just another plus.
Well, it got the girl, I think. Actually, it may have been more of a case of opposites attract. :)