BAW
The Flower
If you are a teacher or were or still are a high achieving student, please give me your thoughts and advice.
My son is 15 and a 10th grade student. He is HIGHLY intelligent and has the potential to do great things. He regularly tests in the upper 95th percentile on standardized tests. As smart as he is, he gets terrible grades. I think right now he has C- average.
My question is...how do I motivate him to work to his obvious potential? I see it just wasting away because these grades will not get him into college. He is almost halfway through high school and nothing I have tried has worked. He's looking at journalism as a career but he has failed 4 semesters of language arts. He's been tested and he doesn't have any learning disablities...so I'm kind of at a loss with him.
The real kicker is I just got a letter from Governor Davis' office informing me that because my child scored in the upper 10% of his high school or the upper 5% of the State of California on the STAR test, he qualifies to receive a $1000 Governor's Scholarship.
My son is 15 and a 10th grade student. He is HIGHLY intelligent and has the potential to do great things. He regularly tests in the upper 95th percentile on standardized tests. As smart as he is, he gets terrible grades. I think right now he has C- average.
My question is...how do I motivate him to work to his obvious potential? I see it just wasting away because these grades will not get him into college. He is almost halfway through high school and nothing I have tried has worked. He's looking at journalism as a career but he has failed 4 semesters of language arts. He's been tested and he doesn't have any learning disablities...so I'm kind of at a loss with him.
The real kicker is I just got a letter from Governor Davis' office informing me that because my child scored in the upper 10% of his high school or the upper 5% of the State of California on the STAR test, he qualifies to receive a $1000 Governor's Scholarship.