Had a frustrating morning dealing with a parent who is also a fellow teacher - and also one of those who has a "perfect" child. What rubbish! Her child never does her work or practices, nor does this parent ever ask the child to be accountable or bother to schedule a parent teacher conference (to which she was personally invited) to find out. Busy life, don'cha know?!
Long story short, the child will be switching to an easier class - supported by the administration that doesn't seem to give a flying hoot about any educational standards or even speaking to me about the child.
Seems we now reward capable kids who don't do their work (and their negligent parents) with... less work.
Does this work for you? 'Cause it doesn't for me!
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You mightn't like this, but I can tell you from first-hand experience that it does not work well. I can't say it doesn't work at all because I have decent grammar/spelling/math/science/etc. skills, but went through much the same way. I slacked, they thought I was brainless, the folks didn't put enough in (admittedly...now) and I was shoved into the breezy arenas. I did less work knowing I could get away with it, putting effort in where I wanted to shine. I'm still paying for that. *sigh.
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