It is Easter and the end of another term for Michael. This means naturally end of terms reports. Oh dear. Michael had a wake up call this term. He, who had been cruising and felt it an imposition that others expected him to do more than the bare minimum, was suddenly confronted by a rash of poor results. Grades slipping from first term. The phrase "unsatisfactory" peppered throughout the subjects under Effort.
Last term was very good but now it has all come home to roost. He is a fortunate child who finds learning straight forward in most subjects. He is in the top group in almost every subject. As a result however he has yet to accept that learning involves effort. He cruises and doesn't like to have to work at a problem. He isnt particularly resilient and is easily disheartened. As such I imagine he is like about 90% of all other 13 yr olds
I guess we have a somewhat bumpy road ahead as we navigate the indignation and petulance that I imagine will mark his desperate last stand of childhood freedom. Such joys await us
For Michael Easter 2010 makes the date when the awful truth that school was no longer going to be easy finally dawned on him
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