Recently had a depressing parent teacher meeting. DS 8 is drifting along, no commitment to working hard, not interested in reading, showed me a maths test he did where he got 26/50. Saw some written work that was riddled with mistakes - capital letters, spelling, full stops etc.
He's not stupid but he is just not motivated to work hard, wants to get through it all as quickly as possible to get on with playing with his friends. He had to do a project recently and started off ok but halfway through lost interest and was rushing to get it finished and just dashed it off.
She did make some suggestions for engaging him more in reading but I was nearly in tears. I just get the feeling the school is happy for him to drift along and keep making all these mistakes but never really help him focus more. It's been pretty much the same since he started.
I'm blaming myself. I work full-time and just don't have the energy to do more with him.
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WipsGlitter · 23/11/2016 16:43
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