Really smart kids have their issues too proving that everything that needs to be learned in high school isn’t just about good grades. Unfortunately, you don’t know that if you’re struggling to earn credits, but for teens that easily make the grade, the issue may be how they socialize. Yep! Good old-fashioned people skills. It’s [...]
One of the hardest things your teen will do is move mid-high school. If your teen has a great network of friends and extracurricular involvement especially in their last year of high school, be prepared for a huge battle. Starting high school or even middle school is a big deal in and of itself, but to [...]
Any teen walking into high school has one big concern, who is my posse? Yes, there are some teens that are going to be more concerned with if they will excel academically, but more often than not your teen is going to be concerned with which table they sit at during lunch. Please don’t fault [...]
Your teen has always done well in school. All of a sudden their grades are dropping and none of the usual culprits seem to be playing a role: depression, bullying, socializing, etc. If this is happening it could mean that your teen has hit their academic wall. Every teen is going to hit their academic [...]
School has started or will be starting for many of you. In addition to the relief your teen will now be doing something productive with their day, there should be a clear game plan for the coming year. This includes setting goals, reviewing last year’s pitfalls and improving upon last year’s successes. In this way, [...]
“Well, I changed my class because that class was hard and I was going to get a ‘B.’ I can’t get a ‘B.’ Me? A ‘B’? I don’t think so. I have never gotten a ‘B’ in my life and I wasn’t about to start with some advanced placement physics class. “ Do you know [...]
Doc: How are your grades? Teen: Average (teen looks down and gives a nervous smile while adding) “I could do better, but I’m lazy.” What does average mean anyway? There is a law of averages and there is an average, but letter grades being average? Average usually means, they get mostly Cs, but they are [...]
