Or so says my dd's science teacher tonight!
It was parents evening tonight and my dd's science teacher and form teacher are one and the same.
She is in yr 8. The teacher said all other teachers were very pleased with her, but he wanted to know why her last two science test results were so poor, when she was one of the most able in the class.
He said 'I can't understand what's gone wrong, so can't help fix it.'
So I said to dd 'What's the reason?'
She said 'The topics were boring.'
Teacher said 'That's not an excuse.'
I said 'No that's not an excuse that's her reason, how can we make the topic more enjoyable for you, do you need to write bullet points for revision, draw diagrams, how would you like to revise this.
The teacher said 'She's yr 8, science is not meant to be enjoyable, she just has to accept that she has to learn it.
He then finished the meeting by saying 'I can't understand why the test results were poor, so I can't do anything about it'.
Please any teachers or other parents, explain the other perspective, as I came out with my dd saying is this going to get worse. I said if education was meant to be unenjoyable no one would stay in FE. We'll make it enjoyable for you, and try new study techniques.
BTW she wants to do science at University, so certainly don't want her thinking it's meant to be unenjoyable.