Bit of a panic here. DS is at a top state secondary - one of those ones parents fight to get their DC into. He is very bright and good at rugby and loves school normally.
But during lockdown he has successfully managed to do fuck all. Despite my best efforts (I also have a full time job as does DH, plus other children so can't be all over him as I have zoom meetings for much of the day) he has done the minimum and I am worried about his future.
The school does one or two zoom lessons a week and the rest of the time, the children are just set work by their teacher and they have to do it. He is late on submitting it and spends most of his day surfing the net, apart from the ten times a day I come in and read him the riot act/say let's go through what your plan for the day is.
Should I send him private? It would kill us but we could just about do it with some work behind the scenes.
Are private schools seeing places open up that weren't there before because (eg foreign) parents are pulling out? Or will there not be the places.
Would it be a mistake because his (usually fabulous) school will improve by Christmas? And I might only be able to get him into a second rate one?
Anyone else in the same boat? I'd love to hear.
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Shall I move DS,13, state to private because he's doing nothing?
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Literallynoidea · 29/06/2020 14:43
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