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| Fri, 05-18-2007 - 2:13pm |
Ok, dd is a Freshman in high school and in all honors classes. She is pulling a 4.0 but is fighting to keep her A in Honors Geometry. Her other classes are all too easy for her. She could do better in her Honors Geometry but she hates math and gives minimal effort.
This morning, dd did not want to get out of bed for school and feigned back pain. Further discussion uncovered that she didn't want to swim in PE today because she is having her period, and she did not want to go to math class because she might have a math test today and she did not study. The PE teacher gives nonswimmers an automatic F for the day, no excuses without a dr's note. Then, she is having trouble with some of her old friends. They make her feel like a shadow, according to dd.
OK, I compromised with her. I let her stay home through second period PE because I can understand that she does not want to swim during her period (she does not use tampons). However, I took her for third period math, ready or not. Was that too tough? I am afraid if I let her stay home to avoid a test, we would set a bad precedent and she would use that as an out in the future.
DD then surprised me and begged to do something other than regular high school next year. She wants to attend an online high school. I told her that I didn't condone hiding from her problems with her friends by staying home next year. I do not think she would benefit from homeschooling for the rest of high school.
What do you all think? Am I being too tough? Should I give her more ability to choose where to go to school next year, online or not? Should I have let her stay home from school to avoid the math test?
Mimi

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