She is very smart, but has no desire to excel. All she wants to do is play and watch tv.
I have encouraged her, bragged on her, threatened her, bribed her, reverse psychologied her, and made deals with her, but nothing seems to work.
She just wants to goof off. She makes good grades, but she could do much better. For example, every week her teacher gives a list of spelling words to learn, along with 2 more difficult bonus words that are more challenging. She never wants to try to learn those for the extra credit! She just says, "we don't have to know those...." I remember always wanting my mom and teacher to be proud of me and trying to do everything I could for good grades. Any suggestions?
2006-11-17
11:10:38
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Agent99
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