Woohoo!! Ss's Report Card Looks Good!

Well, we got the report card in the mail today. It looks really good!! All of the perseverance and hard work paid off. Only two more trimesters until summer.

Ss got 5 A's, 2 B's and 1 C. That is awesome! The C was in Spanish. That's the only class that we can't track the assignments online. Not to mention, neither of us speak Spanish. Anyway, we are working on that one.

So, we are keeping ss off of ADD medication for now. It's more work but I think the benefits are worth it.

Dawn

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good for you!!

What a great feeling when you see the kids produce their potential!

The ADD med thing is so individual.... I have had teachers tell me they think my kids are ADD. After a lot of research I can only think that its the teachers that haven't reached these kids or the administrators haven't changed the paradigm. I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW there are websites for this topic! But... I home schooled my oldest (labeled ADHD SINCE 2nd grade) with a .9 yes a .9 GPA and she was able to turn it around to a 3.8 and maintained it her Jr and Sr yrs. Home schooling gave her the self confidence and broke the label. actually I enjoyed schooling her, she wanted to go back to prove to everyone she wasn't dumb!! This was done without meds... I think the benefits are worth it too. I think once the kids experience success that can be a motivator.. so you are in the right direction!!

ADHD....

My son...his creative, wacky mind. Please do not get me started on the politics of schools these days and their perception of a "normal" child.....

Anyways, for what it's worth, Thomas Edison would've probably been diagnosed ADHD as well. He was homeschooled as well because the teachers wouldn't tolerate his "out there behavior", and his mom didn't want to rein him in so to speak. Oh where would the world be if Edison's mom had been willing to conform her child?

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain."