Is there a particular reason a teenage, who was all aces in school grades until they started going through their changing years, and claims they have no date? Has suddenly started failing classes. Could there be any other exexplanation besides attraction. And who knows a teen in the class better than a teacher?
There can be plenty of reasons for a teen to suddenly start doing less well at school. Their priorities can change seemingly overnight as they learn and discover new things and they really start to question the world around them for the first time.
Teens can lose focus because of popularity, lack of popularity, insecurity about their looks, worrying at the state of the world or almost anything else. The only way to be sure is to talk to them (NOT lecture!) and listen to what they have to say.
As to who knows a teen better than their teacher – well, virtually anyone. Teachers know what happens in school, but pupils rarely if ever give them any real clue as to why.
The only person who can give you real reasons is the teen themselves – assuming even THEY know why. Sometimes teens aren’t sure themselves.
Get your teen(s) to read this anyway. It might help:
http://elliotkane.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=humanology&action=display&thread=3845
September 26th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
ummm the answer to your last queston is his peers. i coudlnt understand the other quesitons, but here it is. NO the middle school grades are NOT that important. middle school is about teaching work ethic and respect for authority.
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September 26th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Yes Middle School grades are *that* important. They can help ou get into good programs at high school
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September 26th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Depends what kind of school they go to. Middle School grades were important to me, but now I go to a magnet school, and good grades are much harder to get.
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September 26th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
I don’t understand your question…could you reword this with better grammar, please?
Are you saying that a young teenager (13? 14? 15?) used to do really well in school but now is having trouble focusing because of a girl/boy?
P.S. All grades are always important, no matter how young/old you are.
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September 26th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
you should strive to do the best you can but grades are really not that important until 9th grade or until colleges look at your transcript
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September 26th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
There can be plenty of reasons for a teen to suddenly start doing less well at school. Their priorities can change seemingly overnight as they learn and discover new things and they really start to question the world around them for the first time.
Teens can lose focus because of popularity, lack of popularity, insecurity about their looks, worrying at the state of the world or almost anything else. The only way to be sure is to talk to them (NOT lecture!) and listen to what they have to say.
As to who knows a teen better than their teacher – well, virtually anyone. Teachers know what happens in school, but pupils rarely if ever give them any real clue as to why.
The only person who can give you real reasons is the teen themselves – assuming even THEY know why. Sometimes teens aren’t sure themselves.
Get your teen(s) to read this anyway. It might help:
http://elliotkane.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=humanology&action=display&thread=3845
References :