We go through similar stuff. My son got a 60 on a science test recently. I am positive he knew 100% of the material (because there was about ten minutes' worth). He must have missed a page or filled in bubbles in the wrong order, or something . It frustrates me because yes, he does need to learn to be careful and organize his work, but the expectations seem so one-sided!
His teacher is completely disorganized - doesn't update the grades online, doesn't send home graded assignments in a timely manner. It's my understanding that doing these things are school policy.
If they would just post homework assignments and test dates online it would save a lot of frustration. But that would not be "Teaching the kids to be responsible about writing down their work."
The tests my son takes are a joke - silly facts like what is a pocosin? Who cares? Why can't someone ask him about Alexander's contribution to military strategy or to discuss the fall of the Roman Empire? Just once in a while?
He is expected to be a perfect little robot when it comes to completely his busy work, but nobody offers him anything challenging and the teacher doesn't complete her own busy work.
I think as a parent it's a difficult position to be in. I don't want him to percieve me as being dismissive of the school. OTOH, I think the sloppy work and lack of attention to detail is both developmental and due to lack of challenge. What's especially frustrating is that the time spent on this nonsense could be spent actually learning something challenging and interesting.
I look forward to reading the responses.
Last edited by JaneSmith; 10/13/10 07:14 AM.
