DD2 has just started 6th form. New school (no choice as previous school only goes to 16) She was very happy to be going, lots of friends going too, and she aced her GCSEs..(all A* and As)
Fast forward 2 weeks and she's a mess. She picked subjects she likes and is good at, but she is finding the workload terribly hard and is falling apart with the maths (A* at GCSE so she has the ability). She ahs gone into panic mode 'I can't do it' . Says the maths teacher is setting them tons of work but not actually teaching them how to do any of it! Obviously it's unlikely to 100% the case but she's falling apart.
Her sister did maths A level too and is trying to reassure her that it seems impossible to everyone at first but it'll be ok, but I'm not sure. DD2 isn't the calm person DD1 is. I have told her she HAS to speak to her teacher at school and explain that she just isn't getting it, and see what he says. Presumably it's not to late to switch courses and frankly I'd rather her NOT do maths if it's going to be so awful...we have already lived thro it once with her sister!!
Should I encourage her to stick with it and hope it sinks in, or to ell her to sod it and pick something else before the term is really underway?! She doesn't plan to do anything needing maths at Uni.....
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kidsncatsnwine · 13/09/2010 19:30
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