Having struggled to get my son through GCSEs (in the end, they were not great, but not terrible either) I thought he was getting down to work in 6th form and all seemed to be going well. However last night at a parent's eve I got such a shock (as did he) when we found out he has U in Maths and Physics (but A* in computing). We think he can turn the physics around, but if he doesn't make a massive improvement in maths by mid-Jan they will throw him off the course. He is very immature, struggles to focus in class and tends to sit with mates and mess around. At 16 he really should be taking more responsibility for his learning and his teachers are clearly pretty angry with him.
I'm rather exhausted as a single parent, coming home from a demanding job to then have to intensively supervise his work, test him, check what he is doing. I wake up in the night worrying and am really tired out emotionally and physically. I don't know whether I should let him fail and that might be the 'wake up call', or to continue to try and help him. He's devastated and seems really lost. His teachers say he should be getting Bs or even As. I'm not sure if I'm looking for advice or just someway to try and reduce the stress and anxiety I feel. I don't have family and my friends children are all high achievers so I don't feel I can talk to them about this.
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stellarossa · 13/12/2013 12:34
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