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Anybody who has successfully turned around a lazy bright 16 year old boy please share your secrets. GCSEs looming and getting desperate.

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Hart1eyHare · 21/01/2020 21:24

Ds is so lazy. Does minimum. Mocks fine some good but a few not where he should be as supposed to be getting high grades in all.Got told at parents evening how lazy he is and how he hands work in late.This evening he knocked off a physics paper supposed to be 1 hour 45 in an hour as he was hoping to meet up with friends online. Did a really shoddy job. Then found yet another late English piece on his desk. Faffed around the whole evening not settled to it and doesn’t seem to care. Have given him the riot act and taken his phone.

Honestly at my wits end. Can’t face 4 more months of this. Such a shit attitude and a waste. He’s so disorganised on top. It’s driving me nuts.Angry

What to do?

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JeffreysWorkTrousers · 21/01/2020 22:25

Talk to him about what his options are if he doesn't get the grades he wants to get. Ds1 (sorry, very motivated) his mate had to change his A level choice on GCSE results day as he didn't get a 6 in maths so couldn't take it as an A level.

He had to make a decision in about an hour talking it through with a teacher from the sixth form. So he is essentially doing a subject he didn't want to do because he didn't work hard enough.

Set times for revision, but test him if you can, there are a million flashcards on Quizlet that you can find and ask him questions on so you can test his knowledge. Reading notes isn't effective revision. Knowing how to apply the knowledge to the questions is key. But start by idenitfying how knowledgeable he is.

If you have to sit over him, then so be it. But remove all possible distractions of phone, xbox etc.

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