GRRRRR

17 May 2016

Hi Friends

Ok so here goes, my DS hasn't been doing his homework and has been getting bad points at school for the last couple of weeks.  Now before I go on I know what is going to be said and yes I am responsible for making sure that he does his home work but you don't even see it then it becomes a issue.  I have resisted becoming the Mum who stands over her children and micromanaging them but I fear that I am going to have to do it now.  He can't afford not to pay attention in class ( he is Dyslexic so it is so much harder for him), not to do his reading and his spelling homework.  So as a result of this his electronic products have been taken off him and I am considering taking TV away until Friday night so that it can only be watched on the weekend.

This also makes me wonder why the hell the teacher didn't contact me and say something earlier, why did it take me going up and saying I am not happy about this for something to happen?
I get that teachers have a great deal on their plate and generally can't focus on just one student because there are 28 other kids in their class with 28 parents coming up and asking them to do something.  But if there is concern about a child isn't it common sense that you go I need to get to the bottom of this or speak to the parent.

So I have found some old Math books, found some spelling words and DS can do those for homework, we have worked to hard to get him up to a acceptable level and I am not going to have him slip back now.
Now I get that some people are going to say let him be, let him play, stop being such a hard-ass and that is fine that is your opinion and you are allowed to have it.  The reality is that you need to have a education to be able to get a job and support yourself because the world doesn't owe you a living.