my 9 year old is a straight a student in everything but has an f in math what should i do?

Answer 1

Get a tutor for math.

Answer 2

First, talk to your child and try to find out what they don't understand. Then, talk to your childs teacher and find out what they think is going wrong. How could a 9 year old get an F in math? There is obviously a fundamental skill that they missed at some point in school. It is hard to get an F in the 3rd or 4th grade, I mean you almost have to work at it. I have a child that was in the first grade and couldn't read. For some reason the teacher had dubbed him the smartest kid in the class and would not address the fact that he could not read. I mean, my daughter was reading at the 11th grade level when she started kindergarten, so obviously I was very concerned. I took my son to childrens mercy hospital to be tested, because the school did nothing about my concerns. He came back testing at the 5th percentile in reading skills. That is just about as poor as you can get. It cost me $600 to get the testing done, but it forced the school to do something about it. Now he is in 5th grade and gets all A's and is in the gifted program, and even won the spelling bee. My point here is that you need to investigate this. The school should have already done that considering the descrepancy between the grades. If you can afford it, get some testing done, or even if you cant afford it. I couldn't. It may be one very simple thing that your child just missed.

Answer 3

I was always terrible at math. As far back as 4th grade, I had problems with math that plagued me all the way thru college. Other than math, however, I was always in the classes with the smart kids and in high school I took all honors-level courses except math. I was probably the only kid to be taking Advanced Sciences and Languages, but taking "retard' math courses. And I still had to get extra help with math during my lunch periods.

As a parent, if you can help your kid with math that is a good place to start. If the problem is serious, then you might need to get some serious help such as tutoring.

Please don't force you kid to be good at everything. Every person has things they are good at and things that are difficult for them. So if your kid has to take "retard" math classes all through school but does great in everything else, then he or she should turn out okay.

Answer 4

Just try to help a little more with the math, some people are math oriented and some aren't. Not everybody's brain develops at the same pace, my math brain didn't kick in until I was in my twenties and I struggled with it and barely passed all the way through my high school years. A tutor might help or it might not, I could get it one day, but the next day it was gone, I just couldn't seem to retain it?

Answer 5

Been there.. You need to accept that your child (all children) are not perfect and they will fail just as much as they succeed from time to time. Just acknowledge that this school year in math is more difficult, maybe your kid isn't clicking with the teacher or their are students in the class that are making your kid self consciences. Talk to the teacher and see if there is any extra credit or before/after classes for help in the subject they need. Sometimes a kid just needs a little extra attention even though they are great at the subject for reinsurrance for themelves.

Answer 6

check to see if he as a learning disablility in math and check out the teacher in the way she/he is teaching it. I only say this bc when i was in class i got As and Bs but in math i got Fs i had a learning disablity in math i could not learn it as fast as the others some teachers could teach me it and i could get it right off the bat and some teachers could not teach me it. Maybe you could take him to the Sylvian Leaning Center for the math to help him out or get him to stay after the class to get some tutoring in. IF he con not understand the way the teacher is teaching the math i suggest not staying after class bc that will not help but Go to the learning Center or get anther outside tutor for it if it is the teacher.
also if he is trying really hard to do not be too hard on him about him failing the class bc if he is trying and fails and you holler at him it only make it worse becasue i know if he is trying and he is failing he already feels bad enough.
GOOD LUCK

Answer 7

LOL I had to laugh....so was I. I just hated math, I found it boring. My son is the same way. Try to find a way to make it more interesting for him/her. Putting the problems in video game formats work for him, me, I just drove my younger sister insane. She was a wiz in math. But she really got me through it. Find out what your child likes to do and work the math into it. Good Luck

Answer 8

First thing should be talking to your child and his/her math teacher. Then tutoring.
If you don't have the time to tutor him/her yourself, try asking his/her math teacher or just find a tutor somewhere else. I think that a out-of-family-tutor should work the best. It always did in my experience.

Answer 9

get her a tutor. some children really struggle in math and there is no shame in getting them the help that they need. ask her teacher if they know of anyone that could help.

Answer 10

This needs immediate attention. Don't get mad or yell just nicely ask them why math is hard. if its not your child has problems with distractions or is over-confident. Yes there is such a thing.