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>Kate: > >Kids go through phases my son had some ups and downs >when it came to school performance. He was pretty >close to straight A's until the end of grade 6. > >Then in grade 7 he went to junior high. He got a lot >more homework and he wasn't super consistent about >doing it. He still did pretty well as was he was >bright, but mostly A's with just a small percentage of >B's started to become mostly B's with a few A's and >the odd C. He was complaining quite a bit about the >amount of homework the teachers were giving out. I >took their side (which doesn't happen enough today) >and said they are trying to prepare you for high >school and the work load you will have when you get >there. The discussion then morphed into me asking him >if he was completing all his homework and assignments >each day. > >He gave me what I used to call the constipated look >which meant no. I told him that was going to change >pronto and if I hear he isn't making a good effort or >assigned work is not getting done there will be some >bare bottom consequences. > >Over the next 3 years or so he did get I think either >4 or 5 spankings for lack of effort. Each spanking >worked for a while then he'd slip back into some >laziness and I'd snap him out of it with a pants down >encounter. > >Second year of high school for whatever reason (maybe >he grew up over the summer I don't know) he got his >act together and was much more consistent. Then his >results went back to mostly A's as it had been before. > >So I don't know he had like a three year period age >12-14 or thereabouts, where we had some battles. He >always seemed to start each year slowly, I think there >was a November spanking each year as he always seemed >to get off to a lazy start. Then there was 1 or maybe >2 towards the end of the school year when he'd start >to slack off too soon, it wasn't holiday time yet. > >Now I look back on it with a smile on my face but I >was quite frustrated and upset at the time. > >My daughter was much more consistent so far as effort >in school went. She had a disrespectful little mouth >at that age though. We moms all have problems, >problems. > >Keep up the good fight Kate and good luck.
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