What do you want? We know what you want.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

What's sad is he's only 9.
Yes, by 9 years old the school had already put that into his head (because he sure didn't learn it from us).
I'm just hoping that they don't tell him that he will go to 4th this year whether he passes the FCAT or not. That way he actually does his best.

Can you choose to hold him back, yourself?  That used to be an option, in some states, anyway.

Unfortunately, that fucks the kid for YEARS.

Ask me why.

Hrm. My faith in summer school is small enough not to mention.

What do, other than sit on him while he does homework plus extra mom-assigned schooltype work?

If you hold him back yourself, you are sending a very different message than is intended:

"I want you, the teachers, to know that my kid is a fuck up, and also that not only will I not complain when you fuck him over, I'll help you do it."

The message to your kid is:

"Even my parents think I'm a loser."

What do?  I offered incentives to my kids for all Bs+, and did nothing if they fucked up.  They don't want to work in the winter, they can bloody well do it in the summer.  Summer school isn't education as you think of it...But it's still an education.

[Sita]

Even if we wanted to, we couldn't hold him back. There is also no summer school offered until 5th grade.

We gave him the incentive of being able to play his shooting games if his grades picked up. Which he brought them up from a D and F to B's. We have some workbooks that we will be having him do work from during the summer to keep at least the math in his head for next year.

[Luna]

Even if we wanted to, we couldn't hold him back. There is also no summer school offered until 5th grade.

We gave him the incentive of being able to play his shooting games if his grades picked up. Which he brought them up from a D and F to B's. We have some workbooks that we will be having him do work from during the summer to keep at least the math in his head for next year.

Right track, then, if he brought them up that far.   

Point made, Roger. 

[navkat]

Cuteness and innocense stops after age 6. After that, their teeth are too big for their heads and they're catching on more than they pretend to.

Also, what Rog says about holding your own kid back is true, I have seen this in action. Also, you can really only pull that shit once so there goes consistency, out the window...unless you really *do* want to prove to Junior that it's possible to be a 13 year old dumbass in the 5th grade. Be prepared for a lot of lawsuits from a lot of beaten up eleven-year-olds though.