I am at a total loss as to what I need to do here... Long story short... I pulled my son out of PS halfway through the 8th grade to homeschool (for a variety of reasons), gave him the rest of the year and the summer to unschool, so basically we did nothing homeschooling-wise. End of the summer, he decided he wanted to try High School to be with his friends. We never officially finished the 8th grade at home, never filed any sort of paperwork, but they let him into 9th grade anyway. Now we're almost at the end of the year and he is failing several subjects. I've had meetings with his teachers about how to best help him, he decided that he made the wrong choice months ago, but the goal was to just finish this year and go from there. He came home today telling me that I need to call the school to talk about dropping some of his classes that he is failing anyway, so that he can have a shorter day. He is failing because he just doesn't want to do the homework. It's not because he can't, it's because he wont. He lies about it. I really really don't know what to do.
I feel pretty strongly that the reason he is failing coupled with the fact that he only has 5 weeks left, that IF he still has a chance to pass some of these classes, that he should put his head down and do his best to just pass. That he made a decision to go to school and should finish what he started, because no one is going to do him any favors when he is an adult and sometimes life and work is hard and he wont like it, but he will have to get through it anyway. I have told him again and again that I am here to help him with any subject that he has trouble with, but he has never once asked me for help. I admit that I might be totally wrong here too, I just haven't had any kind of input from other angles that might give me some perspective. His father isn't around, and his teachers would rather write him off and just not have to deal with him.
I have always felt that homeschooling is the best option for him. I am 100% committed to helping him. Even after this year is over, I don't know where to begin. I don't know how to explain this to the state when I enroll him as a homeschooler (we're in VT). I am so overwhelmed and so lost and all I want to do is help my son get the education that he deserves.
Any constructive criticism and/or friendly advice would be very much appreciated.
-Lisa
I feel pretty strongly that the reason he is failing coupled with the fact that he only has 5 weeks left, that IF he still has a chance to pass some of these classes, that he should put his head down and do his best to just pass. That he made a decision to go to school and should finish what he started, because no one is going to do him any favors when he is an adult and sometimes life and work is hard and he wont like it, but he will have to get through it anyway. I have told him again and again that I am here to help him with any subject that he has trouble with, but he has never once asked me for help. I admit that I might be totally wrong here too, I just haven't had any kind of input from other angles that might give me some perspective. His father isn't around, and his teachers would rather write him off and just not have to deal with him.
I have always felt that homeschooling is the best option for him. I am 100% committed to helping him. Even after this year is over, I don't know where to begin. I don't know how to explain this to the state when I enroll him as a homeschooler (we're in VT). I am so overwhelmed and so lost and all I want to do is help my son get the education that he deserves.
Any constructive criticism and/or friendly advice would be very much appreciated.
-Lisa